Spotting patterns is at the heart of computational thinking. When children notice that 🔴 🔵 🔴 🔵 keeps repeating, they are doing exactly what programmers do before writing a loop.
Apa yang akan dipelajari anak anda
- Continue repeating patterns of two, three and four items
- Find the missing item in a pattern
- Identify the part of a pattern that repeats
From patterns to loops
Once you can see the repeating part of a pattern, you can describe the whole thing in a few words: “red, blue — again and again”. That is exactly what a loop does in code, and it is why Pattern Park comes before Loop Lagoon.
Contoh soalan
Berikut ialah beberapa soalan seperti dalam misi pertama. Bolehkah anda menjawabnya?
1. What comes next in the pattern?
- ?
- ❤️
- ☀️
- ⭐
Tunjuk jawapan
Jawapan: ☀️. The pattern repeats ☀️ ❤️. After ❤️ comes ☀️.
2. What comes next in the pattern?
- ?
- ⭐
- ☁️
- ❤️
Tunjuk jawapan
Jawapan: ☁️. The pattern repeats ❤️ ☁️. After ❤️ comes ☁️.
3. What comes next in the pattern?
- ?
- 🌙
- ⭐
- ❤️
Tunjuk jawapan
Jawapan: ❤️. The pattern repeats ❤️ ⭐. After ⭐ comes ❤️.
Tip untuk orang dewasa
- Make patterns with toys, beads or claps and stamps.
- Look for patterns on clothes, tiles and fences.
- Make a pattern with a mistake in it and see if your child can spot the odd one out.