Big  Little  
By:  Leslie  Patricelli  

Dear  families,    
 
How  can  you  help  further  teach  
 
It  has  been  a  pleasure   this  concept  at  home?  
working  in  your  children’s   At  home,  you  can  continue  your  child’s  learning  by  
classroom  in  collaboration  
with  their  teachers.  Last   comparing  the  sizes  of  similar  items  in  your  own  
week,  we  introduced  the   home  such  as  stuffed  animals,  chairs,  utensils,  
story,  Big  Little,  to  the  
plants,  and  more.  For  example,  you  can  compare  
class.  This  story  focuses  on  
the  concept  of  size  by   the  size  of  your  hands  to  your  child’s  and  label  them  
comparing  objects  and   big  and  little.  You  can  also  ask  your  child  to  identify  
animals  of  various  sizes.  
To  further  teach  this   big  and  little  items  in  your  home  or  community.  For  
concept,  we  allowed   example,  cars  and  tractor-­‐trailers  would  provide  a  
children  to  explore  items   great  contrast  to  help  children  understand  the  
of  various  sizes  and  asked  
them  to  look  for  big  and   difference  in  size.  If  your  child  needs  assistance  to  
little  items  in  the   identify  differences  you  can  do  so  by  using  gestures  
classroom.  For  example,  
and  explaining  to  them,  “I  see  a  little  tree  and  a  big  
children  were  provided  
with  a  big  car  and  asked  to   tree.  The  little  tree  is  shorter  and  narrower  and  the  
find  the  little  car  in  the   big  tree  is  taller  and  wider!”  If  your  child  does  
classroom.  
  identify  contrasts,  you  can  provide  praise  and  
Thank  you,     encouragement  by  letting  them  know  they  have  
Kristina  Modica     correctly  identified  a  pair  of  little  and  big  objects!