Five-year-old children construct patterns, deconstruct them and talk about them

Early Geometrical Thinking in the Environment of Patterns, Mosaics and Isometries

“…"To see that" does not necessarily mean "to know how" (Swoboda and Tatsis 2010;Swoboda 2013): a child may detect a geometric regularity but may not be able to create it alone (create = continue).…”

Mathematics and Transition to School

“…At an international level, a growing number of studies have investigated children's early learning about mathematical structure and pre-algebraic reasoning (Blanton and Kaput 2005;Carraher et al 2006;Papic et al 2011;Swoboda and Tatsis 2009). In particular, a focus on patterning and spatial structure has shifted attention beyond early numeracy to structural development (van Nes and de Lange 2007).…”