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Learning and Development: Pattern - Mathematics in the early years- In sequence
Nursery World,
15 November 2007
Introduce children to patterns, and help them learn to recognise the mathematical rules behind them, describe patterns and create their own, with these ideas from Sheila Ebbutt and Carole Skinner
Photo at Oak Tree Nursery, Ilfracombe, Devon by Jim Wileman. Pattern is fundamental to mathematics. A key idea is that a mathematical pattern is usually not just an arrangement, but involves a rule or mathematical relationship. Exploring pattern develops a sense of regularity and order, which children need to understand and recognise mathematical rules, solve mathematical problems and make generalisations. When they make patterns, children are learning to apply rules....
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