In this video and PDF resource we shall explore the algebra strand in math. That may sound ridiculous to introduce to our little children, but come to think of it algebraic thinking has a lot to do with patterns and generalizations. In fact patterns are one of the very first areas of mathematics that infants are capable of recognizing. Research has shown that infants can perceive auditory patterns that they heard in the womb (for instance their mother’s voice and her heartbeat). Recently research also suggests that infants like to pay attention to visual patterns. A study in 2017found that infants preferred the pattern of a human face (representations of two eyes with a mouth below) to other patterns!