Kindergarten Patterning Lessons & Centres | Ontario 2026 Aligned

Kindergarten Patterning Activities & Centres | Ontario 2026 Curriculum Aligned

Looking for a comprehensive, developmentally appropriate patterning unit for Kindergarten?

This hands-on math unit focuses on creating, naming, extending, reproducing, and identifying the core of repeating patterns. Students work with AB, AAB, ABB, ABC, and ABCD patterns using a variety of manipulatives and representations.

 

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Updated to align with the Ontario 2026 Kindergarten Math Curriculum

This unit supports these expectations:

• A7. Pattern and Relationships: investigate repeating patterns
  • A 7.1 identify, describe, and create patterns
  • A7.2 identify the core of a pattern and describe why it is important
  • A 7.3 show that patterns can be represented in different ways because the core remains the same
  • A 7.4 extend patterns in both directions and identify any missing elements

 

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Perfect for:

✔ Whole-group instruction
✔ Small group math
✔ Hands-on math centres
✔ Intervention & reinforcement
✔ FDK / JK / SK classrooms

 

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What’s Included:

10 Explicit Patterning Lesson Plans

• Clear, structured lessons designed to build understanding of:
• Identifying the core
• Naming pattern types
• Representing patterns in different ways
• Extending patterns in both directions
• Identifying missing elements

Hands-On Pattern Cards & Centres

Students practice using:

• Pattern blocks (AB, AAB, ABB, ABC)
• Pony beads (AB, AAB, ABB, ABC, ABCD)
• Building bricks
• Unifix / multilink cubes
• Counting bears (colour & size patterns)
• Shape patterns
• Loose parts pattern mats
• Play dough pattern mats
• Dabber patterns worksheet
• Pattern mats + worksheet/recording sheet versions
• My Pattern Mini Book
• Find the Core Mini Book
• Pattern Helper Mats
• Pattern Labels

Whole Group Teaching Slides (Supports Lesson 8)

• Includes:
  • PowerPoint file for interactive whiteboard lessons
  • PDF version included
  • Google Slides version of “Patterns in Our Life”

 

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Why Teachers Love This Unit:

✔ Builds true understanding of the pattern core (not just copying)
✔ Multiple representations for deeper learning
✔ Consistent structure across activities
✔ Simple, self-explanatory activities to support independence
✔ Easy to differentiate
✔ Updated visuals & activities
✔ Ontario-aligned

No scrambling. No reinventing your math block.

Just clear, structured, hands-on patterning instruction.

 

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⭐ Save by Bundling!

This sorting unit is included in my Year-Long Kindergarten Printable Math Bundle.

It is also included in my Ontario Kindergarten Math System | Year-Long Curriculum | Printable + Digital, which includes the printable math units, digital math lessons, assessment tools, small group support, and year-long implementation tools.

If you plan to purchase one of the full bundles, please do not purchase this unit separately.

 

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Related Resources

• Numbers to 10 Google Slides™ – Kindergarten Whole Group Math Lessons
• 2D Shapes for Kindergarten
• Sorting for Kindergarten

 

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