Mathematics for Intermediate Phase Teachers iii (University of South Africa)
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Assignment No 3 EMA1501 ASSIGNMENT NO 3 EMA1501
QUESTION 1
1.1 Briefly name each stage of the development of patterns. Provide activities to explain your
understanding of these stages. Show your understanding and enhance your presentation by
illustrating each stage with pictures.
Children love to find patterns in the world around them. Patterns help children understand
change and that things happen over time. Patterns are things that repeat in a logical way, like
vertical stripes on a sweater. They can be numbers, images or shapes. For example, a pattern
can be made out of plastic animals alternating between two and four legged animals or animals
that swim versus animals that fly.
Patterns help children make predictions because they begin to understand what comes next.
They also help children learn how to make logical connections and use reasoning skills.
Patterns can be found everywhere in our daily lives and should be pointed out to small
children. <The sun came up and went down and then the moon came up and went
down.=
Do not underestimate what a child is capable of learning in all academic areas including math.
Toddlers can act out patterns such as jumping to the left, then right, then left and then right.
They can observe repeating patterns like a block standing, block lying flat, block standing,
block lying flat, etc. They become able to copy simple repeating patterns, such as green, white,
green, white and so on. Eventually, they will be able to make their own simple patterns.
provides the following ideas to extend exposure to patterns with young children:
• Use math talk: <Let’s clap to the beat of this song.= <Your sweater has stripes.
Red, blue, red, blue, red, blue…=
• Read books and sing songs and lullabies with words and phrases that repeat.
• Have a consistent routine.
• Describe what you see the child doing. <I put the blocks in the pail; you dumped
them out; I put blocks in; you dumped them out.=
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STAGE 1 :CHILD CAN DESCRIBE PATTREN
Patterns are things that repeat in a logical way, like vertical stripes on a sweater. They can be numbers,
images or shapes. For example, a pattern can be made out of plastic animals alternating between two
and four legged animals or animals that swim versus animals that fly.
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STEP 2. CHILD CAN RECOGNISE A PATTERN
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