Big and Small with Farm Animals

Which one is bigger? On this pre-K worksheet a child compares farm animals shown large and small, and picks the bigger one each time. Setting two sizes against each other and choosing the larger is a direct comparison — a child noticing that one a cow, a pig and a goat takes up more space than the other. The whole task is that single bigger-or-smaller judgment, made again and again.

Deciding which farm animals is bigger is concrete, two-way reasoning a preschooler can do with confidence. Setting two sizes against each other and picking the larger sharpens a child's comparison sense — the quick judgment of bigger and smaller. It is the simplest size call there is, repeated until a child reads which of two pictures is larger at a single glance.

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 flowers, or try big and small with hospital things. 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.