Materials
One type of object in two different colors—for example, yellow and blue buttons, small table blocks of two different colors (We used yellow and blue unifix cubes.)
Strip of white paper (approximately 3″X12″)
Markers that are the same color as the objects
Directions
Draw a simple pattern on the white strip of paper using the two colors of markers. Invite your child to copy the pattern by building right on top of the pattern on the paper. Say the color as she copies the pattern—blue, yellow, blue, yellow. Continue learning about patterns as your child copies various simple patterns. Let your child know it is a pattern by saying out loud the colors and pointing out how they repeat—blue, blue, yellow, yellow.