Patterns

 

 

Some of the students are challenging themselves to create more complicated patterns. I have been working with a few students in order to teach them how to name the pattern. For example, ABCD ABCD; or it may be an AA BB CC DD AA BB CC DD. There have been a few students who have decided to create patterns when building with Lego, or other building materials. I have included a few examples so parents can observe Mathematicians in the making.

 

 

ABCDE  ABCDE    ABCDE

I could not fit the whole pattern into the photo.

 

AAB   AAB   AAB

 

AABBCC   AABBCC    AABBCC

 

Lego     AB  AB  AB 

Then the same child changed it to a:

AAB   AAB    AAB

 

She changed it one more time to a:

 

AAABB     AAABB    

 

 

When your child is at home creaing and designing a building, a structure, a painting, or a picture, ask them to create a pattern for you. Investigate patterns at home, for example, when you set the table with forks, knives and spoons. When you bring the Mathematics into your child's home life (not drill and practice) this assists your child to know Mathematics is everywhere, not just something I do at school.