Pattern Party

About Pattern Party

A line of pictures repeats — apple, flower, apple, flower — and the last spot is empty. Which one belongs there? Patterns start simple (two things taking turns) and grow into three-part patterns as your child keeps going. This is the very first form of algebra: noticing a rule and using it to predict.

Pattern Party is one of our puzzles & logic games for kids. This one plays in the iPhone and iPad app rather than in the browser, but 33 of our games are free to play right here — browse the full library to find them. It is also in our logic games for kids and games for toddlers and preschoolers collections.

How to Play

• Look at the row of pictures and find the repeat.
• Tap the picture that should come next.
• The empty spot fills in and a new pattern appears.

Tips & Tricks

• Say the pattern out loud: ‘apple, flower, apple, flower…’
• Point along the row with a finger while you say it.
• The patterns get longer once your child is confident.

What Kids Learn

Pattern Party is built to teach. Playing it, children work on:

• Spotting and continuing a repeating pattern
• Predicting what comes next from a rule

Curriculum links

For teachers and homeschooling parents, here is where Pattern Party lines up with what children are taught at school:

• Ontario Mathematics, Grade 1 (2020) 1.C1.3: Find a pattern rule and use it to extend the pattern

Pattern Party — Frequently Asked Questions