Kindergarten Makes Patterns

Identifying patterns is an essential skill taught throughout the kindergarten year. This important skill transfers to every area of the curriculum. Patterns are found in math, reading, science, music, art, dance and poetry. A fun way to reinforce these skills is by having students draw their own patterns.

Kindergarten students listened to the funny story Pattern Fish by Trudy Harris. They were then challenged to create their own pattern fish using the drawing program Early Learning Toolkit. The students are very independent with the program using all the tools, selecting different templates, and printing to a selected printer.

Here are some wonderful examples: