Cinco de May Patterns
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What's Inside
Can you figure out these Cinco de May patterns?
Children look closely, name what repeats, and figure out what comes next. The book gives a simple way to practice early math language during circle time, small-group work, or a quick patterning check-in.
It fits well with preschool, 4K, and kindergarten lessons on patterns and seasonal math. Use it when you want a short read-aloud that supports attention, sorting, and prediction.
Teaching & Discussion Guide
Use this guide to turn Cinco de May Patterns into a mini reading lesson at home or in the classroom.
Concepts & skills practiced
- Pattern recognition
- AB patterning
- Predicting what comes next
- Math vocabulary
- Visual discrimination
- Seasonal math
Discussion Questions
- 1 What do you notice first about these Cinco de May patterns?
- 2 How can you tell what part of the pattern comes next?
- 3 Can you say the pattern out loud using words like repeat or next?
- 4 Which pieces or parts stay the same in each pattern, and which parts change?
- 5 Can you make your own Cinco de May pattern for us to follow?
- 6 How is this pattern similar to another pattern we have seen in class?
Words to Learn
- pattern
- A pattern is something that repeats in a special order.
- repeat
- To repeat means to happen again and again.
- order
- Order means the way things are arranged.
- sequence
- A sequence is a group of things that go in order.
- next
- Next means the thing that comes after.
- same
- Same means it does not change.
- different
- Different means it is not the same as something else.
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