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Prior to reading this chapter, I did not realize how important patterns are in education. After reading, I have made personal connections to my time in Sidney. For example, I realized that a lot of math, is in fact patters. When Students learn factors of numbers, they could heavily benefit from having a very deep understanding of the big idea of patterns. Lessons in patterns can also be heavily engaging as you can have many real life attributes like the weather. For example, when going over the calendar in kindergarten, you can discuss the pattern of the weather we have been having.

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As stated previously, patterns are an important concept for students to learn as we are constantly surrounded by them. Patterns go beyond what we can physically see. they are also what we experience or use to make predictions. Combining all three of the patterns that where discussed combine to make a deeper understanding of the concept of patterns. Students will be able to use these tools to recognize this outside of the classroom. Patterns help predict, make connections, and organize information.

"Children need many different experiences with finding patterns in a variety of contexts, using a variety of materials. Teachers need to have conversations with children to support children’s construction of pattern relationships."(Chaille,2019, pg88)

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In this type of pattern, units increase and decrease in a way that is predictable. These patterns are most challenging for young.

"Children told the researcher that the triangles were getting bigger because there were more dots in each “line,” referring to the lines formed by the dots to create the triangles. They were also able to tell the researcher how many dots the next triangle would be made up of" (Chaille,2019, pg81)

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This type of pattern refers to the mental organization of units, objects, or groups of objects. These types of patterns help students understand how graphic information is interrelated.

"Spatial structure patterns require classification. Classification can be thought of as a patterning process. As children look at a pile of objects, they may be thinking about how to group like items together. They look for patterns of use or other variables" (Chaille,2019, pg80)

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Repeating patterns is one of the most basic types of patterns. During this type of patern, their could be many units repeating over and over again. This type of pattern is normally introduced in preschool.

"It is also important for teachers to refer to one-unit patterns so that children don’t think learning about patterning is simply memorizing a rule about alternation. It can be pointed out that the one-unit pattern also repeats" (Chaille,2019, pg79)

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Patterns are an important concept to be taught in the preschool and kindergarten grade level. Patterns can be recognized everywhere in life. Emphasizing on this topic as a big idea is important as because you can build it up into more concepts like social patterns, economic patterns, or weather patterns as your grades increase! The textbook states "If you describe pattern mathematically, you might have to think about it in a different way. More complex patterns do not fit the color/shape pattern traditionally taught to children (Chaille,

2019, pg75)