Preschoolers’ Readiness in Recognizing Mathematical Patterns

The aim of this research is to explore 6 year old preschoolers’ readiness in recognizing pattern in five different dimensions and rules. The research instrument was adapted from previous research. A total of 156 preschoolers were involved in this research. The data were analyzed descriptively. The results indicate that on the average the children were at low level of readiness in recognizing the pattern in different dimensions and rules. The results also showed that majority of the children could recognize colors dimension in patterning (31.15%) more than other dimensions. It was found that children could hardly recognize number dimension patterns (25.89%). The results also indicate that children could easily recognize type 1 pattern, namely simple alternating following the rules of ABBABB (38.97%). However increase alternating following the rules of ABABBABBB which are type 4 pattern was hardly recognized by the children (20.38%). These findings will help early childhood teachers in diversifying patterning instruction and content of knowledge beginning from the easiest dimensions and rules until the most complex patterns.