Mr. Preschooler and I grabbed another one on one (ok, Baby Brother joined us for some of it too!) moment while the bigs were in school and we used it to enjoy this High Holidays Symbols Pattern Match activity. The activity was a great way to practice matching, following patterns, using fine motor skills, language practice and of course Rosh Hashanah symbols review. Pattern practice in general is a wonderful way to develop mathematical thinking, like counting and problem-solving, predictions, logic, and language.
What You’ll Need
- High Holidays Symbols Pattern Match activity free printable
- Scissors
- Toilet paper rolls (optional)
- Glue (optional)
- Toy stacker (optional)
Putting It Together
- Print out High Holidays Symbols Pattern Match activity free printable.
- Cut out the play pieces, after the first page.
- If you want, glue pieces to empty toilet paper rolls and cut across, making individual rings.
- Set up the pattern model and invite your child to match the pattern in the model.
- If you don’t have or don’t want to use the toy stacker, you can just make pattern models and match them with the cut out symbols.
Finished & Loving It!
I used the same symbols we’ve been using this month in our other High Holidays activities so that there was lots of reinforcement and familiarity of the symbols. I didn’t want to spend time wondering what a symbol might be; I wanted to focus on the pattern making. We did spend time identifying each symbol and its connection to the High Holidays. A super easy and fun way to review them!
We’ve had this toy stacker for years and of course use it in its normal way but I knew it would work well for a pattern activity as well. It lets the symbols feel more tangible and encourages additional skills to build the patterns—such as transferring them to a vertical object and fine motor practice. But you don’t need to take the time to set them up on toilet paper rolls or use the stacker to get the pattern making benefits. The main point is to introduce the pattern and invite your child to imitate or match it.
It totally works to set up your own pattern model and just use the paper print outs to match the model.
My guy really loved being able to stack them up. I used a second piece of paper to cover the other patterns so we only looked at one model (row) at a time.
Baby Brother really wanted to get in the action too and we finally let him. No expectation of matching here of course, but still a fun way to practice fine motor skills and yay for so much High Holidays symbol exposure for everyone!
Check out our High Holidays Hub for more information, resources, and lots of activities for you and your kids to explore this Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur!
A few of our favorite quick references:
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