Big and Small Lesson Plan

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Audience: Kindergarten (ages 4 to 5 years old).
Subject: Big and Small
Topic: Introducing big objects and small objects. Comparing and contrasting.
Lesson: Understanding the differences between big and small.
Introduction: Teacher should come in with an apple and a nut and ask children to tell you the difference between each other.
Process: After the introduction of the apple, emphasis will be placed on the size as being big.Together they will repeat that the apple is big and the nut is small. Then they will color pictures of other small and big objects around the classroon.
Major Steps:
1. Compare Apple and nut.
2. Talk about other things in the classroom that are small and big.
3.Then make a drawing of their findings.
Minor Steps:
1. Talk and ask questions about the apple.
2. Talk and ask questions about the nut.
3. Ask children to point out pictures of big things.
4. Draw a few.
5. Ask children to point out pictures of small things.
6. Draw a few.
7. Give children blank paper and crayons.
8. Have children draw a picture of something big and something small.
9. Have the children show their picture to the class and tell them what they drew.
Conclusion: End the lesson by putting stickers on their work!
Give children an assignment to point out with someone at home big and small things.