Big and Small with Classroom Objects

This pre-K worksheet asks a child to compare sizes: classroom objects appear big and small, and the child finds the bigger one. Looking at two pictures and judging which a pencil, a book and a globe is larger is one of a preschooler's first comparison moves, the bigger-versus-smaller call that comes before counting. The whole task is weighing the two and picking the larger, every time.

Telling big from small is how a young child first weighs the world. Picking the bigger of two classroom objects asks a preschooler to set one size against another and decide — a direct, two-way judgment. That bigger-versus-smaller call is a child's first step toward thinking about more and less, and it grows sharper every time a child chooses the larger picture of the two.

Children feel clever spotting the bigger picture every time, and a finished big-and-small worksheet is a small win. When this is easy, compare the sizes in big and small with clothes, or try big and small with easter. You can also browse every big-and-small worksheet or the whole preschool collection — each sheet prints cleanly or plays online for free, and the more a child compares big and small, the surer their eye for size grows, one comparison at a time.