What is pattern?

A pattern is when things repeat in a way that you can notice and maybe even predict.

Imagine you're playing with building blocks. You stack one red block, then one blue block, then another red block, then another blue block, red, blue, red, blue. That’s a pattern! It's like the blocks are following a rule: "switch colors every time."

A pattern doesn’t always need to be colors or shapes. You can find it in sounds too, like when you clap your hands and say “hello” over and over, clap, hello, clap, hello. That’s also a pattern!

Sometimes patterns are hidden, like the way tiles on the floor repeat in neat rows. If you look closely, you can see that they’re all following the same path, just like how your favorite cartoon always plays at the same time every day.

Patterns help us understand what comes next, and they're everywhere, from the stripes on a zebra to the steps you take when you walk. Once you know the rule, it's like having a superpower: you can guess what’s going to happen!