🪐 Pattern Planet — a free maths game for kids
A whole planet runs on patterns and they are breaking. Repair the forest, the factory and the music cave.
Children move up four rungs here: recognise a pattern, complete it, name its rule, then create one that obeys a rule of their own. That last rung is where pattern work turns into algebraic thinking, and most pattern games never reach it.
How to play
- 1Each zone shows a broken pattern with a gap at the end.
- 2Choose the piece that keeps the rule going.
- 3Zones move from AB to AABB to ABC and then into number sequences.
- 4Finish a zone to unlock Create Mode and build a pattern of your own for the planet to check.
Frequently asked questions
- What kinds of patterns appear?
- Repeating patterns (AB, ABB, AABB, ABC), growing patterns, and number sequences including doubling, skip counting and square numbers at the top grades.
- What is Create Mode?
- The child builds their own sequence and the game checks whether it forms a genuine repeatable rule, then names the rule back to them — AB, ABB and so on.
- Is it good for pre-readers?
- Yes. The Pre-K and Kindergarten bands are entirely shape and colour, with no text needed to play.
- Is Pattern Planet free?
- Yes, free and with no signup required.