Growing Patterns: What Comes Next?
Growing and shrinking patterns: block towers, pairs of dots, flower petals, a row of hearts that gets shorter and squares that grow. A first step toward counting on and skip counting. The answer key is on page 2.
- Size
- US Letter (8.5 × 11 in), fits A4
- 2 pages: the worksheet and its answer key
- Level
- Kindergarten
- License
- Free for personal & classroom use
About this worksheet
Growing and shrinking patterns: block towers, pairs of dots, flower petals, a row of hearts that gets shorter and squares that grow. A first step toward counting on and skip counting. The answer key is on page 2. Big pictures and only a few tasks per page make it a gentle start for kindergartners.
Tips for using it
- Point to each item and say it out loud, then say what comes next before drawing it.
- Name the pattern with letters once your child gets it: red, yellow is an AB pattern.
- Use real objects (blocks, buttons, snacks) to build the same pattern before doing the page.
Printing tips
Download the PDF and print at 100% (or “fit to page” on A4). Page 1 is the worksheet and page 2 is the answer key with the answers in red; print just page 1 if you want to keep the answers for checking. The PNG shows page 1 only. Free for personal, family and classroom use.
