Big and Small with Spring

This pre-K worksheet asks a child to compare sizes: spring things appear big and small, and the child finds the bigger one. Looking at two pictures and judging which a flower, a raindrop and a kite 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.

Comparing sizes is one of a child's earliest reasoning moves: holding two things side by side and judging which is bigger. A preschooler can tell a big spring things from a small one well before counting, and picking the larger each time sharpens that judgment. The whole task is a single, clear comparison — bigger or smaller — repeated until a child's eye for which of two things is larger is quick and sure.

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 summer, or try big and small with toys. 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.