Materials
3-4 cookie cutters
Tempera paint
Paper plate with paper towel
Strip of paper approx. 4×18 inches
Directions
Lay a double layer of paper towel on a paper plate. Pour tempera paint onto the paper towel. Invite your child to choose two cookie cutters and dip them one at a time into the paint. Make a repeating pattern with the cookie cutters. Encourage your child to say the pattern out loud as he creates it.
For younger children, generate a pattern for your child to copy. Say the pattern out loud together. Find the two cookie cutters used to make the pattern. Help you child copy the pattern. Once your child understands that patterns repeat, encourage him create a pattern and see if you can copy his pattern!