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Creating Growing Patterns with Nocturnal Animals Free Printable

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My 2nd grader loves patterns. I mean LOVES them. She’s not satisfied with the simple ones either which makes it super fun to work on with her. Last week on her internet math program, she was introduced to growing patterns and has been intrigued with them ever since. Today we worked on growing patterns with this cute nocturnal animal free printable I created.

This free printable for exploring growing patterns with nocturnal animals is perfect for kids who are ready for a bigger challenge with patterns

Materials for Growing Patterns with Nocturnal Animals:

Paper and/or card stock

Laminating pouches & laminator

Scrap paper (super fun to use black paper with white crayon!)

To prep: Print and laminate the pattern building cards.

This free printable for exploring growing patterns with nocturnal animals is perfect for kids who are ready for a bigger challenge with patterns

You can print multiple copies if you want to make very big copies, but one pattern using all six cards, filled up my dining room table length-wise, so one set can get you far!

What is a growing pattern?

Simply put, it is a pattern that grows or expands. Instead of having the exact same pattern the entire way through, it changes slightly with each repetition. The “pattern” part is that it changes with the same variable every time.

A simple pattern might be:

ABABABABABAB

ABBABBABBABBABBA

AABBAABBAABB

ABCABCABCABCABC

But a growing pattern could be:

A AB ABC ABCD ABCDE ABCDEF

AB ABB ABBB ABBBB ABBBBB

This free printable for exploring growing patterns with nocturnal animals is perfect for kids who are ready for a bigger challenge with patterns

Our favorite of the day was this one!

AAB AABCC AABCCD AABCCDEE AABCCDEEF

This free printable for exploring growing patterns with nocturnal animals is perfect for kids who are ready for a bigger challenge with patterns

Why do we want to learn patterns like these?

First of all, they are great for building reasoning skills. The kids have to explain why the pattern makes sense.

Second, they will help with mathematical problem-solving skills.

This free printable for exploring growing patterns with nocturnal animals is perfect for kids who are ready for a bigger challenge with patterns

A numeric pattern might be:

2, 1, 4, 3, 6, 5, 8, 7 (de-coded that is 2, 2-1, 2×2, 2×2-1, 2×3, 2×3-1, 2×4, 2×4-1)

Of course a second grader is not going to understand a pattern like that, but starting with simple growing patterns will prepare them for the bigger patterns later on.

nocturnal-animal-square

I’d love to see what patterns your kids can come up with!

Be sure to check out all of the great Nocturnal Animal Posts from the 2nd Grade Blogging Team!

Bat Science Experiments: Echolocation Activities from Preschool Powol Packets

Nocturnal and Diurnal Animals Sorting Activity from Look! We’re Learning!

Creating Growing Patterns with Nocturnal Animals from Life Over C’s

Nocturnal Animal Report: Hedgehogs from Crafty Kids at Home

Bats in a Cave Sight Word Game from Creative Family Fun

Nocturnal Animals Writing Tray and Word List from Lemon Lime Adventures



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  1. Ducks n a Row says

    October 21, 2015 at 10:54 am

    This looks like so much fun!

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  2. Carla says

    October 15, 2015 at 2:15 pm

    Kim, I cannot even tell you how in love I am with this post! The printable is adorable and the growing patterns are fantastic!!

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