Scribble Works

US Letter · 1 printed page · tap to zoom

Coloring game

What Comes Next?

Ages 3-4 Logic & PuzzlesShapes & Patterns

Keep the pattern going! Four rows of colorful pictures that make a pattern, and at the end of each row two plain pictures to choose from. The child colors the one that comes next. The rows get a little harder each time: apple, star, apple, star; fish, fish, house; cat, boat, boat; car, tree, duck. No reading for the child: a grown-up reads the one line aloud. How to play: say each row out loud together and point to every picture, then ask, "What comes next?" Your child can color the chosen picture to match the pattern's colors (a red apple, a blue house): if it matches the pictures in the row, it's right. For grown-ups, the answers are: row 1 the apple (right), row 2 the house (left), row 3 the boat (right), row 4 the duck (left). Ask: Can you make your own pattern with toys or crayons - red, blue, red, blue?

Print this game (PDF)

Free to print. Six games make a playset — the tray builds the PDF with a parent page on top. One sentence about your kid and the words on this page are theirs.

What you’ll need

  • A printer
  • One sheet of Letter paper
  • Crayons or markers
Builds
Logic & Puzzles + Shapes & Patterns
Game type
Coloring
Language
English
Paper
US Letter, portrait, one page
The printed page of What Comes Next?

Make it theirs

Who is this page for?

Ray says: One sentence is plenty. I rewrite the words on this game for them; the pictures stay put for now.

Page language

We never keep their name, and we strip the name you type here before anything goes to the AI. Leave names out of your sentence too — only the name box is stripped. Three a day keeps this free. Privacy

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