Big and Small with Weather

This preschool worksheet is all about big and small: a child looks at weather shown at different sizes and finds the bigger one in each pair. Comparing two pictures and deciding which is larger — is this sun, rain and snow bigger, or that one? — is one of a young child's first thinking moves. Weighing two sizes against each other and picking the larger is a quick, two-way comparison, with nothing to order and nothing to count.

The skill a big-and-small worksheet builds is the comparison itself: judging which of two weather 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 winter, or try big and small with activities. 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.