Questions about the Big and Small poster

What’s on the Big and Small poster?

BIG against SMALL, side by side. BIG: An elephant; BIG: A bus; BIG: A tree; BIG: A door; BIG: The moon in the sky; SMALL: A mouse; SMALL: A toy car; SMALL: A leaf; SMALL: A key; SMALL: A crumb on the floor; Big and small only make sense next to each other — a dog is big beside a mouse and sm…. Ask 'bigger than what?' It turns a label into a comparison.

Who is the Big and Small poster for?

Big and Small is filed under Pre-Kindergarten (ages 3–4), so it matches what that year asks a child to remember. It is equally useful to an older student revisiting math, and to the parent or teacher answering the question at the kitchen table.

When should you use the Big and Small poster?

Hold up two things and ask which is bigger. Then swap them round. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Big and Small belongs on the wall where that math work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.

What other posters go with Big and Small?

Fast and Slow, My First Shapes and Number 1 sit alongside Big and Small in the Pre-Kindergarten set. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Fast and SlowMy First ShapesNumber 1

Is the Big and Small poster free to download and print?

Yes. Big and Small downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Pre-Kindergarten set. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence

What size does the Big and Small poster print at?

Big and Small is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Big and Small loses nothing.Printing guide