Preschool Fruit Theme Fun Pattern Activities

Hands-on pattern activities for preschoolers bring an abstract concept to life! Identifying, manipulating, and extending patterns help young learners understand what patterns are. Pattern making activities for preschool form an important foundation for more advanced pattern recognition activities later on, like skip counting and operations.

These Preschool Fruit Theme Fun Pattern Activities are the perfect addition to any food-themed unit. Use them to teach patterns by exploring fruits and vegetables or healthy eating, colors, and patterns. The printable mats are colorful and inviting. Download today for an easy-prep, hands-on pattern activity for kindergarten or preschool.

Fruit Themed Pattern Activity

We found this fantastic bin of fruit themed counters. It is SO MUCH FUN! I love how bold yet bright the colors are and how realistic the fruit is! I have created a handful of engaging activities based on these fun fruit counters!

Kids will love this early childhood activity. It is the perfect hands-on activity to introduce and practice an important math concept. Keep your classroom teaching interesting by providing kids with math games, themed activities, and interactive preschool lessons. This fruit theme activity for preschool is easy to prep and versatile in the way you decide to use it!

Materials Needed For Fruit Pattern Activity

Paper | Laminator | Lamination Pouches | Fruit Counters 

 edxeducation-13120 Fruit Counters – Set of 108 – Early Math Manipulative for Kids – Teach Beginner Addition and Subtraction – Build Counting, Sorting and Language Skills

 

Prepping The Activity

First, print the activity. You can use regular paper, construction paper for durability, or cardstock.

I prefer to laminate each page. This is optional, but it will preserve the life of the activity. If you plan to use this activity more than once, I recommend laminating. If you want to save on lamination sheets, you can laminate the pages back to back, so both sides will have a pattern set.

We also like to use dry-erase pouches. You can easily slide the activity into the pouches to protect the papers, without laminating!

After you have prepped the activity, grab the fruit counters and get ready to play! If you do not have the fruit counters yet, I definitely recommend purchasing them. This year I’ve been sharing all sorts of ways to use them for preschool and kindergarten.

If you don’t have fruit salad counters, this pattern pack includes fruit pictures to use instead.

You may also love this Fruit Matching Game.

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How To Use the Fruit Preschool Theme Pattern Activity

Grab your fruit counters and your pattern set. Consider giving each student a paper plate to keep their fruit counters on. You might even sneak in food and nutrition facts with a nice fruity snack afterward!

Patterns Included In This Set:

• AB
• AAB
• ABB
• ABC

This activity is super easy to differentiate. Children can copy, continue, or create a pattern (both with guidance and independently.)

Children can look at the pattern created, then copy it in a separate location or place the fruit counters directly on top of the pictures like we did. Young children may find it easier to place the fruit directly on top of the pictures.

The second level is for them to continue the pattern with the fruit counters.

Next, kids can create patterns with the help of the AB letters.

Finally, independent pattern making takes the food theme idea for preschool to the next level! Confident students can create their own patterns!

The Fruit Theme Pattern Pack is great for differentiating math centers for learners at all stages of understanding patterns.

Your strong learners will love the challenge of the harder patterns. At the same time, students who are still learning about patterns won’t be frustrated with an activity that is too difficult.

With seven fully differentiated sets, over 40 pages, these fruits and vegetables preschool theme pattern mats are perfect for math centers in any pre-k or kindergarten classroom.

If you like this activity, try our Zoo Printable Animal Pattern Set.