ORIGO Big Book – Foundation: Perfect Patterns

A repeating pattern (for example: 1, 2, 1, 2 ) repeats without alteration. A growing pattern (for example: 2, 4, 6, 8 ) increases or decreases in a regular manner. Both types of patterns are introduced in the book Perfect Patterns.

These whole-class activities provide students with the opportunity to:

listen to a story about patterns
use materials to make repeating patterns
use the Teaching Tool to copy and extend repeating patterns
use materials to copy and extend increasing and decreasing patterns
use the Teaching Tool to copy and extend increasing and decreasing patterns