Big and Small with Trees

This preschool worksheet helps a child tell big from small with trees. Two pictures appear at different sizes, and the child finds the bigger one. Comparing the two — is this an oak, a pine and a palm the big one or the small one? — is a quick, two-way size judgment a child sharpens by choosing the larger each time. The friendly pictures keep the comparing fun, and there is nothing to count.

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 trees 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 valentine pictures (black & white), or try big and small with winter. 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.