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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

    May 27, 2021 at 12:34 pm

    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. 🙁

    Reply to this comment
    • Heather Groth, Customer Support

      May 27, 2021 at 3:19 pm

      I’m sorry it wasn’t cooperating for you, Jeanette! Can you send us an email at hello@themeasuredmom.com with the details of what the error message said when you tried to print? We want to make sure we can help you get access to it!

      Reply to this comment
  2. Morgane Bataille

    April 14, 2020 at 11:14 am

    thank you

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  3. Beth

    October 17, 2019 at 4:29 pm

    How do I download this?

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    • Kate Dowling

      October 18, 2019 at 6:58 pm

      Hi Beth! This is Kate, Anna’s assistant.
      Please click on the green box that says, “To get your free printable, click HERE.”

      Reply to this comment
  4. Rachael Yagi

    July 31, 2019 at 9:24 pm

    I love these worksheets and I hope my son will love it too. Fantastic site!

    Regards,

    Rachael

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  5. Cassandra Coleman

    November 30, 2018 at 4:47 pm

    Anna,
    Thank you so much for sharing so many amazing resources. You are such a blessing!

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    • Anna G

      December 9, 2018 at 7:34 am

      You’re very welcome, Cassandra!

      Reply to this comment
  6. elaine

    May 7, 2018 at 5:04 am

    Thank you for the teddy bear AB pattern task card. Do you have other colors like the purple bear and orange bear worksheet

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    • Anna G

      May 7, 2018 at 5:29 am

      No, because we don’t have those colors in our set of counting bears. 🙂

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      • Elaine

        May 9, 2018 at 10:03 pm

        Thank you so so much for the patterning card. Is there any other activity using the teddy bear counters as my students are really weak in patterning and one to one correspondence

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        • Anna G

          May 10, 2018 at 10:00 am

          This post has ideas!

          https://www.themeasuredmom.com/math-with-counting-bears/

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  7. Adrienne

    April 8, 2018 at 9:33 pm

    My preschoolers will love these! Thank you!

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    • Anna G

      April 9, 2018 at 7:25 am

      You’re very welcome, Adrienne!

      Reply to this comment
    • Stephanie

      September 4, 2023 at 8:26 pm

      Thank you my preschoolers will enjoy the activities

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      • Heather Groth, Customer Support

        September 5, 2023 at 2:32 pm

        We hope they enjoy learning about patterns with them, Stephanie!

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  8. sofi

    March 9, 2018 at 2:51 pm

    Thank you so much for this and more printables.
    You are great mom and teacher.Love our thoughts.

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    • Anna G

      March 10, 2018 at 5:22 pm

      You’re welcome, Sofi!

      Reply to this comment
  9. Angie

    January 24, 2018 at 9:44 pm

    Thank you so much for this great freebie! It is perfect for my teddy bear theme.

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    • Anna G

      January 25, 2018 at 4:11 pm

      You’re very welcome, Angie!

      Reply to this comment
  10. Alva

    January 11, 2018 at 4:50 pm

    Thanks you so much for these!! Much appreciated.

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    • Anna G

      January 11, 2018 at 7:09 pm

      You’re welcome, Alva!

      Reply to this comment
  11. Shauna

    September 5, 2016 at 8:17 am

    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!

    Reply to this comment
    • Anna Geiger

      September 5, 2016 at 8:19 am

      Try these tips! One usually works. https://www.themeasuredmom.com/how-to-download-free-files/

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      • Shauna

        September 5, 2016 at 9:06 am

        Thank you, Anna! Google Chrome did the trick!

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  12. Caroline

    September 7, 2015 at 12:29 pm

    This is a fantastic resource! Thank you so much for sharing!

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    • Anna Geiger

      September 11, 2015 at 7:25 pm

      You’re very welcome, Caroline!

      Reply to this comment
  13. Nicholle

    June 8, 2015 at 10:45 pm

    Thank you. These are wonderful!

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    • Anna Geiger

      June 13, 2015 at 8:30 am

      Thank you, Nicholle!

      Reply to this comment
  14. Andrea Harbuck

    April 8, 2015 at 1:26 pm

    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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    • Anna Geiger

      April 18, 2015 at 8:12 pm

      I’m so glad you can use the counter strips, Andrea!

      Reply to this comment
  15. Maggie

    March 6, 2015 at 9:54 am

    Thank you! I LOVE these! <3

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    • Anna Geiger

      March 7, 2015 at 2:30 pm

      You’re very welcome, Maggie!

      Reply to this comment
  16. Nathalie Garneau

    March 3, 2015 at 8:30 am

    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

      March 3, 2015 at 11:56 am

      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!

      Reply to this comment
  17. BlueCat

    January 9, 2015 at 11:56 am

    Thank you very much! This will be very helpful.

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  18. Andrea

    September 16, 2014 at 6:17 pm

    Thank you so much for your time and creativity! It is greatly appreciated – and my preschoolers love it!
    Andrea

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  19. Bekki

    September 10, 2014 at 10:07 pm

    Oh my goodness, these are so cute!

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  20. Suzie

    September 4, 2014 at 11:59 pm

    These are great!! Thank you for sharing 🙂

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    • Anna Geiger

      September 6, 2014 at 4:16 pm

      You’re welcome, Suzie!

      Reply to this comment
  21. Deceptively Educational

    August 27, 2014 at 8:40 pm

    This is the second amazing activity I’ve seen in the last few weeks that uses those adorable bears. My just-turned-5-year-old would LOVE them. Thanks for sharing this great printable! I can’t wait to use it with my youngest!

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    • Anna Geiger

      September 6, 2014 at 4:16 pm

      You’re welcome – enjoy :)!

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    • sharon scheppers

      January 27, 2021 at 1:43 pm

      Thank you very much! I’m going to use them in my class.
      Greetings from Belgium!
      xxx Sharon

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      • Heather Groth, Customer Support

        January 27, 2021 at 10:24 pm

        We’re so glad they will be useful for you and your students, Sharon!

        Reply to this comment

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