Octopus’s Shell Mystery Worksheet for Age 4
Pink, blue, pink, blue… circle the shell that comes next in every one of Octopus’s patterns.
The full sheet, exactly as it prints.
This page is the worksheet’s home: see the whole sheet, download it or print it, and pass it on. Solving on screen happens in the class’s own activities on the Learning Path — this page is for the table, the kitchen and the fridge door.

What your child practices.
Shell patterns step up gently: a simple AB color pattern, an ABC size pattern (small, small, BIG), and an ABB shape pattern. Naming each rule in words (“two little ones, then the big one!”) is the language half of patterning.
- AB, ABB and ABC patterns
- Size and shape patterns
- Stating pattern rules
- Shell vocabulary
On the sheet: Circle the shell that comes next!
The class behind it.
This worksheet belongs to Logic, Thinking & Problem-Solving (Class 30) on the Age 4 learning path, and the whole logic collection lives at /worksheets/logic/. One finished sheet is a full session — download it, print it, and let the fridge door be the gallery.
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