![]() Duck Duck Dog Dog Cat Cat Rabbit Rabbit Turtle Turtle Alligator Alligator Giraffe Giraffe Lion Lion Caterpillar Caterpillar Bee Bee Horse Horse Donkey Donkey Snake Snake Snake Snake Fish Fish Fish Fish Butterfly Butterfly Dragonfly Dragonfly Penguin Penguin Fruit Fruit Flower Flower Flower Flower Hexagon Challenge Triangle Challenge These mats are my own work: I came up with all of the designs for the animals and other items, and made the mats using Photoshop. (Provide a link instead.) Do not sell them. Do NOT put these pattern block mats on your own site or blog. You can find them at Lakeshore, Learning Resources, and many other educational supply stores. You can also buy them through the link below. To make designs with pattern blocks, they should lay flat on the table (not stacked like regular blocks) and they should touch.Ĭlick the image below to purchase from Amazon (affiliate link): I have seen sets made “wrong” with different colors for the different shapes. Sets come in wood or plastic, and my personal preference is the wood. The squares are always orange, the triangles are always green, the hexagons are always yellow, etc. A set always includes these shapes: green triangle, orange square, blue rhombus, beige thin rhombus, red trapezoid, and yellow hexagon. Real pattern blocks are standard shapes and colors. ![]() Many people ask me what are pattern blocks or where can they buy them? They are small blocks, usually made of either wood or plastic, that are a common learning material in classrooms. Click on the thumbnails to download and print the mats. Pattern blocks teach children about shapes and geometry, as well as develop their visual discrimination skills. The blackline mats offer more of a challenge as children figure out which shape goes in the space. Each mat comes in color and blackline, depending on your preference. We also talked a lot about the shapes as he covered them – the number of sides they had, whether those sides were parallel or perpendicular, etc.Īnd then, just like Little Sister, we counted up the number of each shape when he had completely covered the mat.I made these pattern block mats using Photoshop. To give him plenty of practice reading and solving addition problems, I had him say the number sentence out loud. Instead of rolling just one die, he tried his luck with two and added together the numbers that landed on top. Meanwhile, across the table, Middle Brother (age 5) was working on addition. One roll after the next, she rolled the die, counted the dots and covered the matching number on her pattern block mat.Īnd when the picture was complete, we worked together to count the number of each shape. With a little guidance, she found a spot on her mat and grabbed a trapezoid to cover it. I gave her one die and invited her to roll it.Ī two! Little Sister recognized the number of dots right away but needed some help finding the matching number on her mat. I invited Little Sister (age 3) over to join me first. Depending on your learning goals, you could either print both sets or stick with just one version. Note: Because I wanted to practice counting and number recognition with Little Sister (age 3) and wanted to work on addition with Middle Brother (age 5), I printed one copy of each mat. (You can grab the blocks on Amazon HERE.) Preparing the activity was a synch! I printed the pattern block mats (below) and grabbed our dice and a box of pattern blocks. ![]() This post contains Amazon affiliate links. Grab your set below and then hop over and snag our complete Roll and Cover Pattern Block Pack! Pattern blocks are always a fabulous way to learn about shapes, but our free snowman pattern block mats take kids’ learning to the next level by adding in a dose of counting and addition practice, too. ![]()
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