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Pattern Block Safari

By Karen Cox | Affiliate Disclosure

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These Wild Animal Pattern Block Mats build visual and spatial skills.

Wild Animal Pattern Block Mats

Well, if you read my post last week, you know I was planning to make more play dough mats, however… my kids were really interested in the pattern blocks this week. While they were making different animals and designs, I started making some things myself and tracing them out on paper, and I came up with a lion and a giraffe. Since we have been reading a lot of books about safari animals this month, the kids couldn’t wait to get their hands on these.

The mats are great for visual discrimination because they have to match up the shapes. Don’t forget to also encourage children to create their own designs with pattern blocks because they are great for creativity and critical thinking. To encourage the children and show them that the designs they make are valuable, too, I often photograph their pattern block designs. The photo can be saved in their portfolio or emailed home or added to a pattern block book.

Just click the images below to print the pattern block mats. Find more on the Pattern Block Mats page!

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These mats are for classroom use only. Do NOT put these pattern block mats on your own site or blog. (Provide a link instead.) Do not sell them. Do not remove my copyright. No derivative works. Thank you for following my terms of use.

pattern block giraffe
Pattern Block Giraffe
Pattern Block Giraffe
Pattern Block Giraffe

Pattern Block Lion
Pattern Block Lion
Pattern Block Lion
Pattern Block Lion

Find more Wild Animal Activities for Preschool here!

Apparently, pattern blocks also make great play food. I had to pull out more pattern blocks because they were disappearing into the House Center.

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  1. Sarah Stoll says

    March 21, 2011 at 5:52 pm

    Thanks for sharing. I couldn’t get the color ones to download, it said there was a drawing error

    Reply
    • Karen says

      March 21, 2011 at 6:31 pm

      Make sure you have the latest Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer: http://get.adobe.com/reader/

      Reply
  2. Trish says

    March 21, 2011 at 9:31 pm

    Am I doing something wrong? I downloaded the latest AA, but there still is a drawing error. These are adorable, so hopefully I can get it to work. Thanks for making these! 🙂

    Reply
    • Karen says

      March 21, 2011 at 9:47 pm

      I made some changes to the PDFs, so I’m hoping it will work now. Please let me know if you cannot download them.

      Reply
  3. Rorey Risdon says

    March 22, 2011 at 2:07 am

    Thank you so much for sharing these. The ones in my classroom have been around for a while and the kids always like to get new materials to use. Your blog is fantastic and I appreciate all of the items you share with the world.

    Reply
  4. Charity says

    March 22, 2011 at 4:27 pm

    Thx so much for these! They will work great for our Jungle theme this week! =)

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  5. Vanessa @Pre-K Pages says

    March 22, 2011 at 6:39 pm

    Thanks so much, these are awesome! Perfect additions to any Wild Animal theme.

    Reply
  6. Kim says

    March 23, 2011 at 8:37 pm

    Thank you so much for these patterns. I could download every one except for the lion. I would love to have it if possible. Thank you!

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  7. Kerri says

    March 25, 2011 at 12:35 pm

    Thanks so much for sharing!

    I have saved your post for future use.

    Reply
  8. Mel says

    April 5, 2011 at 10:31 pm

    Thanks so much for these! I could not get the lion or the giraffe to download-but other than that they are all awesome.

    Reply
    • Karen says

      April 8, 2011 at 6:17 pm

      Make sure you have the latest version of Adobe Acrobat Reader on your computer: http://get.adobe.com/reader/

      Reply
  9. Jess says

    August 7, 2011 at 1:01 pm

    Thanks, so much for these! I have been searching the web all day and finally I found exactly what teachers need!

    Reply
  10. Adriane says

    October 9, 2011 at 8:26 am

    Thank you for sharing! I was wondering what blocks you used, brand? I think my 3, almost 4 year old, will enjoy using these patterns.

    Reply
    • Karen says

      October 11, 2011 at 9:11 pm

      Adriane, I don’t know the brand. I’ve always just used what was in my classroom (purchased by the schools I worked in). They are sold in many educational supply catalogs. This is a material that is *supposed* to be the same no matter what company makes them, same size, same color. However, I’ve seen some made in the “wrong” colors. Rarely, but I have seen it.

      Reply
  11. jann logan says

    October 13, 2011 at 6:56 pm

    Do you have any for Thanksgiving? A turkey?
    Thanks!!

    Reply
    • Karen says

      October 22, 2011 at 4:50 pm

      Well, not yet Jann, but purhaps I could make some soon.

      Reply
  12. Lori says

    January 8, 2018 at 12:43 pm

    Thank you very much for sharing. Helps make learning fun and doing it at home makes it better. Love the color.

    Reply

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