Grade 1 Creative Arts Drawing and decoration – Pattern making Notes
Creative Arts — Drawing & Decoration
Subtopic: Pattern Making (Age 6, Kenya)
A pattern is something that repeats. It can be colours, shapes or sounds. Patterns are everywhere — on zebras, on beaded necklaces and on our Kenyan flag!
Easy pattern types
- Alternating: red, blue, red, blue...
- Repeating group: circle, square, triangle, circle, square, triangle...
- Border pattern: small shapes next to each other around a page.
See simple patterns
Patterns in Kenya — look and learn
- Zebras have striped patterns.
- Maasai beadwork uses bright repeating colours and shapes.
- The Kenyan flag has repeated colours in different places.
Fun activities (ask a grown-up to help)
- Pattern tracing: Draw shapes in this order: circle, square, circle, square. Can you continue?
- Make a bead bracelet: choose 3 colours. Put beads in the same order again and again.
- Leaf stamping: dip a leaf in paint and stamp in a line to make a repeating pattern.
- Clap-step game: Clap, clap, stomp. Repeat the same sounds as a pattern.
Try this page
Can you finish the pattern below? Draw the next shape in the empty circle.
Materials
Paper, crayons, coloured beads, string, leaves, paint, a pencil and scissors (grown-up helps).
Safety note:
Always ask a grown-up for help with scissors, glue or small beads.
Have fun making patterns! Try to make one using colours you see at home or outside.