Big and Small with Summer

Big or small? On this pre-K worksheet a child looks at pairs of summer things and decides which is bigger. That simple comparison — holding two sizes side by side and choosing the larger the sun, an ice cream and a beach ball — is one of the first ways a child sorts the world. The task is a single two-way call, bigger or smaller, with nothing to read and nothing to put in order.

The skill a big-and-small worksheet builds is the comparison itself: judging which of two summer things is bigger. For a preschooler that direct, two-way size call is a first step toward thinking about quantity. The task asks for no ordering and no counting — only a child's eye for the larger of two pictures — and it sharpens with every comparison made.

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 thanksgiving, or try big and small with trees. 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.