This is an introduction to Pattern & Relationship for teenagers and adults with special educational needs. It is a full course and includes student worksheets and teaching slides.

The resource is intended to introduce students to the concept of everyday patterns, including:

• What is a pattern?
• Patterns in everyday life
• Patterns with straight lines
• Regular patterns
• Number patterns
• Recognising patterns
• Sorting patterns
• Completing patterns
• Patterns – addition and subtraction
• Making patterns
• Patterns in nature
• Recalling patterns

These worksheets are designed to cover the following learning outcomes:

1. Recognise elementary patterns, e.g. linear, regular visual, auditory or numerical patterns
2. Sort elementary patterns
3. Make a pattern, e.g. a sequence of images, symbols or sounds with two variables (different colour, same shape etc.)
4. Recall a sequence associated with everyday life, e.g. mobile/other telephone number, PIN

Topics include:

• Patterns all around us
• Close-ups – recognising the patterns
• Repeating patterns
• Recognising shape and colour patterns
• Pattern puzzles
• Drawing and shading patterns
• Days of the week
• Seasons
• Life cycles
• Daily routines
• Following instructions

Can this resource be used online?

Yes, it is a digital resource. If you have purchased this resource and would like to use it for online teaching, you have permission to do so. A fillable and printable version is included. Students can type in their answers online, or worksheets can be printed. Teachers can also use the resources for whole-class teaching using a projector or interactive whiteboard.

What is included?

All components are available in the zipped folder, i.e. student worksheets, teaching slides and extra slides.

Student Worksheets: 148 Pages

Teaching Slides: 58

Things Close-up Slides: 53