How to Teach Kids to Decode Patterns for Success in Reading, Math, and Beyond
The Secret Language of Nature Can Improve Learning Ability
Have you ever noticed the moss growing on trees?
Or the spiraling cone shape of pinecones?
Or the symmetry in a butterfly’s wings?
The magic of discovering patterns
When my kids were little we took a lot of walks in the woods.
It was my kids who first observed that the moss grows on the north side.
And suddenly, instead of moss just being a random thing we noticed once in a while, there was a pattern to the moss. Stand facing south and you can see…
Across the whole of the woods…
Moss grows on the north side of trees (In my defense I grew up in the desert — very few trees and definitely no moss.).
A recognizable pattern.
Patterns. On butterfly wings, bees, flower petals, leaves, ferns, seashells, spider webs.
And bigger patterns… the seasons, the water cycle, the stars…
Patterns. Everywhere in nature.
