Big and Small with Vegetables

This pre-K worksheet asks a child to compare sizes: vegetables appear big and small, and the child finds the bigger one. Looking at two pictures and judging which a carrot, a pea and a pumpkin 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.

Size comparison is the perfect first judgment task: a child looks at two vegetables, sees that one is bigger, and chooses it. There is nothing to order and nothing to count — just two sizes weighed against each other. Making that bigger-or-smaller call again and again builds the comparison sense, a preschooler's quick eye for which of two things is larger.

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 vehicles, or try big and small with fourth of july 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.