Patterning is one activity that I have been very consciously working on for months with E, and it is clearly paying off. This activity is pretty simple to put together for any theme. I pulled out my sports stickers and started creating patterns. I verbalized the names of the balls as I placed them, and E's job was to decide what sticker went on the blank. It was much more difficult for her to just look at the patterns and find the next one, but she has become very good at being able to hear and see the patterns, then continue them.
We even talked our way through one where the blank was in the middle instead of the end! I think it is so important to have her hear how I work through a problem by showing her how I look at the pattern including what is behind and ahead of the missing spot. Being transparent can be difficult because so many of the skills we work on with our kids are second nature to us, but trying to break it down into those little steps can help them become better problem solvers.
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