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Snacktime Patterns
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DOMAIN(S)Cognitive Development and General Knowledge (CD)
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INDICATOR(S)CD-MA4.2c
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AGE GROUP(S)24-36 months
As you serve the children snack, create a pattern on a plate or tray. Make a row of celery stick, carrot stick, celery stick, carrot stick; or place crackers in a pattern: square cracker, circle cracker, square cracker, circle cracker. As you bring the tray to serve the children, point out the pattern and ask them to say it with you. Notice if any children make a pattern on their own, and comment on it.