Kindergarten Digital Patterning Activities – Math for Google Slides™

Looking for interactive kindergarten patterning activities you can use for digital math centers, whole-group lessons, or distance learning?

This Google Slides™ patterning resource gives your students hands-on drag-and-drop practice with AB, AAB, ABB, ABC, and ABCD patterns using colour, shape, size, and number patterns.

Perfect for:

✔ Whole-group teaching on SMARTBoard

✔ Digital math centers

✔ Google Classroom assignments

✔ Distance learning

What’s Included

⭐ Lesson Slides (Slides 1–4):

Introduce and teach:

• What is a pattern?
• Identifying the core
• Naming pattern types
• Pattern vocabulary

👆Use these for direct instruction before independent practice.

⭐ Extend the Pattern – Drag & Drop (Slides 5–20)

Students click and drag pictures to extend patterns.

• Color Patterns (AB, AAB, ABB, ABC, ABCD)
• Shape Patterns (AB, AAB)
• Size Patterns (AB, AAB, ABB, ABC)
• Number Patterns (AB, AAB, ABB, ABC, ABCD)

These interactive slides give students meaningful practice while keeping them engaged.

⭐ Underline the Core (Slides 21–25)

Students:

• Click and drag to underline the core
• Identify the pattern type
• Complete the sentence by naming the pattern

Includes: AB, AAB, ABB, ABC, and ABCD patterns.

⭐ What's the Core? (Slides 26–29)

Students will look at 2 patterns, determine the core and drag and drop to complete the sentence. This activity teaches students to recognize that patterns can be represented in different ways because the core remains the same.

⭐ Make a Pattern (Slides 30–34)

Students create a specific pattern type using drag-and-drop manipulatives.

Pattern types included: AB, AAB, ABB, ABC, ABCD

⭐ Make Your Own Pattern (Slides 35–37)

Students:

• Create their own pattern
• Type the pattern name into the text box
  • Includes 3 manipulative options:
    • Bears
    • Buttons
    • Shapes

⭐ Next and Before (Slides 38-41)

Students click and drag to complete the pattern.

This activity helps students practice extending patterns in both directions.

⭐ Extend Both Ways (Slides 42-45)

The core is given and students click and drag to create the pattern by extending the core to the left and to the right. This activity helps students practice extending patterns in both directions.

⭐ What's Missing? (Slides 46–49)

Students will identify the pattern and use that information to identify the missing element.

Why Teachers Love This Resource:

✔ No prep — just assign or project

✔ Engaging drag-and-drop format

✔ Teaches and reinforces pattern vocabulary

✔ Multiple pattern types included

✔ Works for in-person OR digital classrooms

✔ Has been updated to align with the math expectations in the Ontario Kindergarten 2026 curriculum

Tech Tips:

• Use in EDIT mode, not Present mode (so moveable pieces work).
• If assigning in Google Classroom, students using iPads/tablets must have the Google Slides app installed to manipulate pieces

Try Before You Buy!

Not sure if this format works for you?

Grab my FREE Digital Math for Kindergarten | Tally Marks | Google Slides™ to test it out.

If you love this resource, be sure to check out my other Digital Math for Kindergarten activities or my complete, year-long digital math program here💛