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Looking for big and small activities for preschool?  Today I’m sharing a fun collection!

Check out our ten big and small activities for preschool - no printer ink required for these fun size activities!
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So much of the math we do with preschoolers is just part of everyday life.  You can find plenty of printables to cut apart and have your child put in order by size, but you can also learn this skill without any computer ink.  Check out this fun set of size activities for preschool!

Big and small activities for preschool

Check out our ten big and small activities for preschool - no printer ink required for these fun size activities!

1. Read!

Prekinders has a list of books about sizes for preschoolers.

Check out our ten big and small activities for preschool - no printer ink required for these fun size activities!

2.  Put tools in order by size.

Raid the toolbox for tools that come in different sizes, and invite your child to sort them from small to large.  This is an extra fun activity for kids because the tools are usually off limits.

3. Play with sorting and stacking toys.

Do you have a size puzzle or other toys that have parts in different sizes?  Those old stacking rings are great for this.  Browse the widget above for some other toys that will help your child learn more about sizes.

Check out our ten big and small activities for preschool - no printer ink required for these fun size activities!

4. Compare shoe sizes.

Teach Preschool compared shoe sizes in the classroom.  The Educators’ Spin on It compared shoe sizes at home.

Check out our ten big and small activities for preschool - no printer ink required for these fun size activities!

5. Play an active outdoor game.

We played a size game outdoors with printable action cards, but you don’t even have to print the cards.  Just give your child instructions, like “Go stand by something taller than the house” or “find something that is very, very small.”

Check out our ten big and small activities for preschool - no printer ink required for these fun size activities!

6. Sort items from nature.

The Nurture Store arranged leaves by size and labeled them.

Check out our ten big and small activities for preschool - no printer ink required for these fun size activities!

7. Play with nesting cookie or biscuit cutters.

Prekinders has a center for ordering and putting away cookie cutters.

Check out our ten big and small activities for preschool - no printer ink required for these fun size activities!

8. Play with measuring tools.

Check out the learning opportunities at Teach Preschool when the children explored measuring tape and other measuring tools.

Check out our ten big and small activities for preschool - no printer ink required for these fun size activities!

9. Collect lids of different sizes and make your own game.

Try this do it yourself sorting box from The Imagination Tree.

Check out our ten big and small activities for preschool - no printer ink required for these fun size activities!

10. Sort large, medium, and small household items.

Go on a hunt around your house for items that are large, medium, and small.  Then make some three bears counting mats for sorting. Totally Tots has a big list of household items to sort!

 

Check out our ten big and small activities for preschool - no printer ink required for these fun size activities!

11. Compare lengths using yarn.

Help your child use yarn to measure different body parts and cut the end.  Compare lengths.  Which is longer, his arm or his leg?  Who in the family has the biggest bicep?  Check out our big collection of yarn measurement activities here.

I hope you found some fun ways to explore the concept of big and small with your preschooler!

You might enjoy these other playful math collections:

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13 Comments

  1. ONGOLO NGONO

    July 23, 2019 at 12:05 pm

    I really appreciate your hands on activities for teaching measurement, for they heip children to easilly grasp the concept

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  2. ONGOLO NGONO

    July 23, 2019 at 12:03 pm

    I really appreciate your hands on activities for teaching measurement, for they heip them to easilly grasp the concept

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  3. Janice

    May 18, 2019 at 3:32 pm

    Thanks I’m finding your resources very helpful & it is making homeschooling fun for me too ?

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  4. Margarida

    May 18, 2019 at 11:16 am

    Thank you so much! These resources are great!

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  5. silvana

    September 26, 2018 at 7:47 pm

    loved it thank you

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    • Anna G

      October 1, 2018 at 4:23 pm

      You’re welcome, Silvana!

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  6. Sharin

    October 18, 2016 at 3:17 pm

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