Order by Size with Faces (Black & White)

Smallest to biggest! On this pre-K worksheet a child puts faces in order by size, from the smallest up to the largest. Arranging the whole set in a size sequence — working out which a smiling face, a winking face and a yawning face comes next as the row grows — asks a child to hold the order in mind, not just compare a pair. Building the size row, end to end, is ordering at its most concrete, with no numbers involved.

Lining faces up from small to big is concrete sequencing a preschooler can watch take shape. Ordering a whole set by size builds the sense of a graded row — each item one step larger than the last — the arranging-in-order move that comes before counting sequences. The child constructs the row from smallest to biggest, each placement growing the sequence.

Children love building a neat row that climbs from smallest to biggest, and finishing the size order feels satisfying. When this is easy, put the sizes in order in order by size with farm animals, or try order by size with furniture. You can also browse every size-ordering worksheet or the whole preschool collection — each sheet prints cleanly or plays online for free, and the more a child orders things by size, the surer their sense of sequence grows.