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Bear counter pattern strips for preschoolers

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Do you have a set of bear counters? Even if you don’t, you can use these 25 free pattern strips with your preschooler!

Get 25 FREE bear counter pattern strips for preschoolers!

We’ve been doing a lot of math with our counting bears to go along with our exploration of the Letter B.  Today I’m sharing a set of free printable bear pattern strips.  My Four couldn’t resist!

Bear counter pattern strips for preschoolers

Get 25 FREE bear counter pattern strips for preschoolers!

Last week I printed a set of free bear counter pattern strips that I found on Teachers Pay Teachers.  As it turned out, most of the set was too challenging for my Four, and he quickly became frustrated. So I made my own!

Get 25 FREE bear counter pattern strips for preschoolers!

I made five strips for each pattern.  This way my Four would gain comfort and confidence with each pattern. I started with the simplest: ABAB.

pattern strips AABB

AABBAABB was pretty easy as well.

Get 25 FREE bear counter pattern strips for preschoolers!

AABAAB made him think a little bit more.

Get 25 FREE bear counter pattern strips for preschoolers!

Here’s a set of ABBABB strips.

Get 25 FREE bear counter pattern strips for preschoolers!

Finally, I created a set of ABCABC cards.

Get 25 FREE bear counter pattern strips for preschoolers!

When he heard that I had more pattern strips for him, my Four’s first response was, “I’m not doing those!”  But when he saw that I had cut them apart, laminated each strip, and put them on a metal ring, he was intrigued.

“Do you want to take these in the car on the way to pick your sister?”

“Okay!”

It was so fun to hear his high little voice from the back seat.  “Red, yellow, red, yellow, red, yellow, RED!”   And “BLUE green green, BLUE green green, BLUE!”

Get 25 FREE bear counter pattern strips for preschoolers!

I was satisfied with my Four’s pattern practice in the van and decided not to push it by asking him to do the strips again for a picture ;).  My oldest son, however, was happy to oblige after he returned home from his first morning at kindergarten.

If you don’t have counting bears, no problem!  The last page of the printable has some bears you can cut out to use for completing the patterns.

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60 Comments

  1. Jeanette Curl

    I tried to download your free bear counters to see how the work was set up and see how I liked the printout before I bought a membership. Unfortunately, I couldn’t get it to print out. 🙁

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  11. Shauna

    Hi! I would really like to print these bear patterns strips, but for some reason my computer will not open the pdf file. Is possible that you could please email me the file? I would really appreciate it! Thank You!

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  14. Andrea Harbuck

    Thanks for sharing your work. I just printed the teddy bear stuff and am excited to use it with my kids. I previously printed your truck patterns and my kids love that too. Thanks again! My kids tend to learn better with games so this is incredibly useful!

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  16. Nathalie Garneau

    I just found your wonderful site and it makes my day. I am a first grade teacher et during the march break I will plastify and cut your wonderful activities. My student will be so happy and excited because I’m excited too. Excuse my English because I’m french. I live in Québec City in Canada.
    Thank you for sharing your Wonderful work. I wish I got your talent!
    Nathalie

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    • Anna Geiger

      You’re very welcome, Nathalie! I used to teach first grade, and my sister is currently leaving in Canada (Orleans), so we have a few things in common. 🙂 Blessings on your teaching!

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