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PSPKK123March 25, 2013 •  81 Comments

Truck pattern cards

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This week I’ve been working to find math connections for the letter T.  I created this truck clip art and turned it into printable pattern cards for preschool and kindergarten.  I have  a truck pattern card pack for you to download if you’d like!  Zip to the end of this post for the link.

Here are some free printable pattern cards for preschool and kindergarten. You'll find pattern cards, pattern strips, and two worksheets.

Printable Pattern Cards (and more!)

Here are the pictures your child will be using to complete and/or create patterns:

truck patterns

My mom’s artistic genes completely bypassed me and went to my four younger siblings, so creating these trucks took way too much time using shapes in MS Word.

Please just tell me they are cute.

truck pattern cards

First I had my Two (he’s almost three) help complete simple ABAB patterns.  If you’re unfamiliar with this way of naming patterns, each letter stands for a new shape or picture.  In this case,  “A” was fire truck and “B” was dump truck.  The pattern was fire truck-dump truck-fire truck-dump truck.  I asked what came next.  He chose the semi truck. 🙂  Despite a few more tries, he wasn’t getting it.  So we set it aside for another time.  Instead, patterns became the math focus for my Four.

color truck pattern strips and cards

 The tiny cards can be used to create your own patterns or to complete these ten pattern strips.  In this set of 10 strips you will find:

4 ABAB pattern strips

3 AABB pattern strips

3 AAB pattern strips

My bigger kids both enjoyed using the strips.  But one advantage to making your own patterns with the tiny cards is that you can make longer patterns.  Here is a suggestion for patterns that you might want to make for your child, progressing from easy to hard:

ABAB

AABAAB

ABBABB

ABCABC

ABBCABBC

The last part of my pack is these two worksheets which could be used at home or in a classroom.  I prepared them in grayscale for printing and photocopying.  The level 1 worksheet is ABAB patterns.  My Four had no trouble finishing the patterns, but he needed help cutting out the trucks at the bottom of the page.

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black and white truck pattern strips and cards

The level two worksheet includes more complex patterns.  My daughter (almost six) breezed through it.

child placing card on truck pattern strips

I hope you’re able to use these! If you share, be sure to link to this blog post and not the pdf file.  Thank you!

In the download you’ll find:

page 1:  my Terms of Use
pages 2 -3: pattern strips
pages 4-5: tiny pattern cards
pages 6-10: large pattern cards
pages 11-12: worksheets

Get your free truck pattern cards!

CLICK TO DOWNLOAD

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81 Comments

  1. Vilma

    Hi, I tried to down load the pattern page but no success.
    Tried several times.
    Then tried the help section several times also with no success.
    Can you please help me?
    I was able to download the strips an was hoping to start playing with my grandsons when they get back from the vaca weekend with other Grandparents.
    V Bouchard

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    • Kate Dowling

      Hi Vilma!

      This is Kate, Anna’s assistant. I’m sorry you’re having trouble! This entire activity is found in just one download. Please click on the word “HERE” in “Get the truck pattern card pack HERE.” as found in the post above. Then for best printing, please click the little download arrow in the upper right corner of your screen. You’ll open the file in Adobe Reader. If you don’t have the latest version of Adobe Reader on your computer, you can get it for free here: https://get.adobe.com/reader/

      I hope you have fun with your grandsons!

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  2. Cheryl

    Love the pattern activity as well as the truck counting mats. I was looking for something extra for my daughter to work on as she learns the letter “t” this week in school. I know trucks are typically a boy item, but it starts with “t” and is exactly what she needs! Thanks for sharing!

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  12. Deedee

    Thank you so much for taking the time to put together so many wonderful learning tools. I will be using many of these fun learning games during center time with my daycare kids.
    Thanks again, It’s very much appreciated. I will be telling others about the measured mom.

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  15. nancy

    thank you so much for all these great, do-able , age appropriate ,activities. I am a Pre-k nyc teacher and love all this work that you are sharing. Please continue with TRUCKS> it is one of the NYC units for pre-k.Thanks again. Nancy

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    • Anna Geiger

      Thank you, Nancy! I’m glad you’re finding things you can use. I am not doing more truck activities, at the moment, but if you search “transportation” in the search bar on my site you should find a lot of activities you might find useful. Also search for letter T books and you’ll find some books about trucks in there.

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