A Kindergarten Pattern Recognition Game

A Kindergarten Pattern Recognition Game focuses on the key Kindergarten skill of working with patterns. At my kids’ school this is a big focus in Kindergarten and 1st Grade. One of the skills they’re graded on is knowing how to recognize a pattern, figuring out what’s missing and then completing the pattern. This app does a great job reinforcing that skill.

The app is very straightforward and your child will have no trouble learning how it works. Depending on how much work they’ve had with patterns you might need to play with them for the first little bit until they get the hang of patterning. A Kindergarten Pattern Recognition Game shows you a screen with a pattern that has a space where something is missing. Underneath this are four different items and your child needs to double tap or drag the item that fills in the missing space. As they work through the different patterns they’ll be timed and will receive points for their correct answers. When they’ve completed a  set of patterns they’ll see a summary of their score and the amount of time it took them to finish. The next time they play they’ll be working with a different set of patterns. In the game’s settings you can select between easy and advanced patterns. You can also choose whether each pattern set will include 10, 25 or 50 different patterns. Lastly, you can choose what you want to appear in the patterns from these themes – animals, colors, geometric shapes or miscellaneous shapes. Select them all or only one or two. It’s up to you.

My son enjoyed this app and it was nice to have something to work on for Kindergarten besides sight words.  My one suggestion for the app it to include a list of scores for the older kids. That way they can see how they’re improving as they practice.  Finally, a tip my son and I would like to share. He was having a tough time getting the patterns right until I had him say the different pieces aloud, in the order they appeared in the pattern. When he went through the pattern that way he could hear what was missing and got it right most every time. We’re going to keep practicing and by the time he hits Kindergarten next fall he’ll be a pattern pro.

Price when Reviewed: $.99

Seller: Nth Fusion, LLC

Disclosure: I received a free copy of this app for review purposes.