{"id":3602,"date":"2013-10-10T14:50:21","date_gmt":"2013-10-10T22:50:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kidnexions.com\/blog\/?p=3602"},"modified":"2013-10-10T18:19:29","modified_gmt":"2013-10-11T02:19:29","slug":"pom-pom-patterns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.familymathnight.com\/blog\/?p=3602","title":{"rendered":"Pom Pom Patterns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kidnexions.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=3603\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3603\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3603\" title=\"Pom Pom Patterns\" src=\"http:\/\/kidnexions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/PomPomPatterns1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.familymathnight.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/PomPomPatterns1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.familymathnight.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/PomPomPatterns1-450x337.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Mathematics has been described as the science of pattern. \u00a0That\u2019s because pattern is the foundation of all work done in math and is the thread that binds all parts of mathematics together. Through recognizing, describing, extending, and generalizing patterns in quantities, numbers, shapes, and space, we learn that there is a sense of order and predictability to math. We come to realize that the rules and procedures that we are so used to using actually evolved as efficient ways to represent these patterns.<\/p>\n<p>Patterning activities begin simply in prek-k. \u00a0Below is an example of a repeating pattern. Part of the pattern is hidden under the cups. \u00a0The child makes a prediction as to what comes next in the pattern then lifts the cup for confirmation.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kidnexions.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=3604\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3604\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3604\" title=\"Pom Pom Patterns2\" src=\"http:\/\/kidnexions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/PomPomPatterns2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.familymathnight.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/PomPomPatterns2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.familymathnight.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/PomPomPatterns2-450x337.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s important to also ask the question, &#8220;What comes here?&#8221; and point to a cup that is not the next in line. \u00a0This becomes a little more abstract as the child needs to think through the repeating core of the pattern and use that to predict what&#8217;s hidden under a particular cup. \u00a0As always, ask the child to explain her thinking.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mathematics has been described as the science of pattern. \u00a0That\u2019s because pattern is the foundation of all work done in math and is the thread that binds all parts of mathematics together. 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