Patterns

Patterns: Welcome

In this workshop we’ll explore how children build their knowledge of patterns.

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a small child counts the layers in a stack of sandwiches

Watch: Families Find Patterns While Preparing Lunch

In this short video, you’ll see how children learn to recognize patterns with their families.

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Seven small looms made of popsicle sticks are arranged in two rows.

Make a Loom to Weave Patterns

In this activity, you will help your child learn about patterns while weaving ribbons on a loom made from popsicle sticks!

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Make a Pattern

Play with different shapes to make your own patterns.

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Math Talk: 8 Ways to Do It On the Go

Whether traveling to school, the grocery store, or to visit relatives by car, bus, or walking, here are eight ideas to use math talk while on the go and on the road.

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5 Cozy Ways to Add Math to Kids' Bedtime Routines

With counting sheep and cows jumping over the moon, bedtime is full of math traditions and opportunities to use math talk. Find ways to end bedtime battles by sprinkling math into solid nighttime routines.

A small girl is lifted up off a bed by her caregiver and she pretends to fly

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Beat the Heat: 4 Indoor Games to Keep Kids Learning in Summer

Are your little ones stuck indoors during the summer? These four no-cost indoor math games can help you beat the heat and help prevent summer learning loss.

A child's hands holds a bird feeder made with a pipecleaner, cereal and blueberries.

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Make an Easy Bird Feeder

In this hands-on math activity, you and your child will create a bird feeder using fruit and cerealthat will make the birds in your neighborhood sing with joy!

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Play With This Pattern Parrot Craft

In this fun craft activity, your child will create original patterns to make a colorful parrot.

colorful snake crafts made of buttons on a table surrounded by craft supplies

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Craft a Slithering Math Snake With Buttons

Practice sorting and pattern-making with this fun button snake craft.

Mixed race couple grocery shopping with their preschool-age daughter who is counting out vegetables

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What is Math Talk?

Did you know pointing out the math in your everyday life can help your preschooler in school? Learn how to do it easily and make math fun by harnessing the power of math talk.

a black dad and his daughter laugh as they eat ice cream together

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6 June Activities to Celebrate Summer, LGBTQIA+ Pride, Dads and Juneteenth

Try these activities, crafts, recipes and book lists to celebrate June events together as a family and help kids learn STEM and math concepts at the same time. Spoiler alert: There are pancakes and ice cream involved.

A small child paints an abstract pattern on a rock.

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How to Make a Community Friendship Rock Garden

Plant the seeds of civic and community engagement in your kids by making a community rock garden with hand-painted rocks and by reading together.

Closeup of a small child's hands as they shape craft pipe cleaners into different shapes like triangles and circles.

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Do the Twist: 5 Fun and Easy Kids Math Activities With Craft Pipe Cleaners

These math activities that only require craft pipe cleaners and imagination will have kids doing plenty of twisting (and hopefully not a lot of shouting).

A young mother takes a selfie with her son, who has Down syndrome, in the park.

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Read, Bake and Make: 9 Kid-Friendly Ways to Celebrate Teachers, Moms and Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage

Find books, crafts and recipes that can help kids develop social emotional learning, plus early math and literacy skills, while celebrating May holidays.

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