Building Bridges - Partner Resources

Game Resources

Goal

This game will teach your child how to copy, continue, and create patterns. A pattern is something that repeats over and over again.

Child Vocabulary

Math Vocabulary

Pattern

Age-Appropriate Definition

“Something that repeats over and over again”

Hand Motion

Point 2 index fingers towards one another and move in circular motion.

TS Gold Alignment

Game Level

Name / Descriptipon

Seed

2 Years

Pre-Patterner

A child may not recognize patterns yet. They may see a stripe shirt with no repeating unit and call it a pattern.

Sprout

3 Years

Pattern Copier

Child copies simple repeating patterns. For example, copies the teachers as they string beads that go: green, yellow, green, yellow, green, etc.

Sprout

4 Years

Pattern Extender AB

Child is able to extend AB repeating patterns. When shown a pattern that goes: black, orange, black, orange, the child is able to add to it: black, orange.

Bloom

5 Years / Kinder

Pattern Extender (non AB) and Explainer

A child is able to extend patterns, even if they are not AB, for example they may extend an ABBA pattern. A child can explain or describe a pattern. They may say, "This is a pattern, it goes: purple, white, purple, white, purple!"

Bloom

5 Years / Kinder

Pattern Creator

Creates and explains simple AB patterns and may begin creating more complex ABBA patterns. For example, a child creates a tower that goes: cube, rectangular prism, cube, rectangular prism, cube, etc.

Building Bridges Resources

How To Play