These new pattern block mats include an airplane, train, car, boat, and space shuttle to go with your Transportation theme.
Children use these mats with standard pattern blocks (available in educational supply catalogs). They can place the pattern blocks directly onto the mat or recreate the design on the table beside the mat. I have included both color mats and blackline mats. The color mats are easier because children are able to match the pattern blocks by color. With the blackline mats, children have to match the shapes of the blocks to the shapes on the mats.
When using these children are practicing math, fine motor skills (including hand-eye coordination), and visual discrimination.
Need more pattern block mats? If you like these, you’ll want to check out my Pattern Block Mats page. You can also read more about pattern blocks and where to get them.
Click the images below to download & print each pattern block mat:
To download the mats, just click on each picture to get the PDF file, and then print. I have printing help here.
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I love all of the patterns that you come up with and my daughter loves them just as much. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you! Glad your daughter enjoys them!
this is my theme next week and I am putting these laminated in my manipulative area. I want to get some good anecdotes and see how my students can work with these…thxxxx!!!!
Un très grand merci pour votre travail magnifique. Je suis une adepte de votre site qui est vraiment impeccable.
Françoise de Belgium( Bruxelles)
I see that you are a Pre-k teacher in Georgia. I am also a Pre-k teacher in Texas. I will be relocating to Georgia, summer, 2015. I enjoy looking at your ideas!!
Thx alot
We will be doing transportation theme this june and those r vv helpful thx
Thank You!!!!
These are so good, and can’t wait to use them with my own kids. Thanks for sharing such great ideas
Love the pattern blocks and keeps students engaged. Thank yo!
I’ve really loved getting your emails–you have so many great ideas–Thanks!!
Thanks a lot for sharing these different different ideas.
Love your wonderful ideas!
Thank you for sharing these patterns.I am also a Pre-K teacher in Honduras and my kids really enjoy them.
These are an invaluable learning tool for my students. Thank you so much for sharing!
Love all your wonderful ideas and printables and use many of them with my granddaughters. I do have a problem with these pattern block mats though. Our pattern blocks are too big to fit your designs. Any ideas/solutions? Thanks so much.
I tested them with my pattern blocks, and they were fine. I have the wooden kind. Pattern blocks are supposed to be a standard size, but possibly there could be slight differences. You might try enlarging them a little on a copy machine.
These are great! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you Karen for sharing this information very freely. I enjoyed going through your site and found many activities that I could use in my teaching.
your ideas are really great, my daughter loved it,,,
Thank you so much for sharing this! So adorable!
Thank you sooooooOoooooo much for this work ! Love from France
Thank you for these. My 2 year old loves them.
I’ll be shopping your store to support your work. And I’ll be sharing your site with my mom friends.
These are all so awesome!!!!! Thank you so much!
Thanks a lot for the Pattern Mats–it saved me soooooo much time. Many thanks for sharing.
My grandson and the children I mind will love these. Many thanks,
Thank you so much for sharing! I’m exited to use these in preschool!
Thank you so much for these patterns, The children will love making them. I appreciate you allowing me to use them.
I found these blocks a couple years ago, brand new at a thrift store for a couple bucks and grabbed them not knowing how I would use them. We are just starting our homeschooling journey and I thought of them and then wondered if there were mats for them. Found your blog and am so excited! Thank you for the goodies!
Thank you so much for sharing these! I teach three year olds and the color patters will be perfect. I bought some shapes with magnets on them and I am printing your patterns on cardstock and will then laminate them. We have several, small, metal cookie sheets that we use with magnet manipulatives. Your patterns will be perfect! I’m going to share a link to your page on Facebook and Pinterest!
Thanks a lot, great effort.
They are very helpful
Thank you so much for these resources! My kids love pattern block shapes and it was nice to give them new designs to make!
You are amazing!!! Thank you for providing these valuable resources for teachers around the world! This is my second year teaching kindergarten and these pattern block matts will be a great addition to my classroom!
Thank you, Marisela!!
Thank you ever so much for sharing these!
Thank you so much for everything you do and for all the ideas!! I just discovered your website, I am just a SAHM who loves to do intelligent activities with her kids! I love your ideas!
These are great. Exactly what I was looking for. Thank you so much for putting your time and energy into this — definitely sharing your website with friends! <3
Thank you for posting these mats! They’re wonderful!
Thanks a lot! It is what I was looking for.
Bless your heart for making these lovely pattern block blanks. I have printed them out in blackline, since our blocks are the “wrong colors”. It is so lovely to have a huge variety of blackline blanks. I am laminating them, and my son will have hours of rainy day fun with them. Thank you so much. Your other printables are simply lovely too.
We really enjoy with them. Thank you for your effort
Thank you so much for creating and sharing! These are awesome!