Big and Small with Tools

Find the big one! This preschool worksheet shows tools at different sizes, and a child spots the biggest. Weighing the sizes and picking the largest — which a hammer, a saw and a wrench is the big one? — is the simplest size judgment there is, a comparison a child makes well before counting. Each pick sharpens a young child's eye for the bigger of two pictures.

The skill a big-and-small worksheet builds is the comparison itself: judging which of two tools 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 toys, or try big and small with vehicles. 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.