Pink Tower English

  • Show Me

Ask your child to point to the cubes on their T-shirt one at a time. Jump back and forth or go faster and slower to test their understanding.

  • What’s That?

Point to the cubes individually and ask your child to name them.

  • What’s Missing?

This game requires your child to be within reach. First, ask your child to cover their eyes and cover one of the cubes. Then, the child will tell you which one is missing.

  • Eye-Spy

Look for items in everyday life that match the size of your choice through the game Eye-Spy. Play one game where everything you spy has to be big. On another occasion, change the size and repeat. When big/small has been mastered, you can explain the concept of medium.

  • Bring Me

Ask your child to bring you something big, then put it back. Do the same with small.

  • Size Piles

Make 2 piles to represent the 2 sizes. Ask your child to bring you items from their environment and see how many objects they can find. Which bundle has the most items/ how many things are in each pile? Does the outcome change if you play this game in another room? Outside? You can have a 3rd middle pile which you can introduce as ‘medium’ if your child is ready.

  • Exercise

 Use big and small to describe movement. Do a big jump vs a small jump. Apply this to a variety of movements. Introduce numbers if your child is comfortable with counting 1-10.

  •  Drawing Practice

 Ask them to draw various objects that they know. Give them directions as to whether it should be big or small. Draw a big spoon or draw a small cat.

  •   Writing Practice

 If your child is familiar with letters and numbers, you can ask them to practice letter/number formation through experimentation with different sizes. Draw a big T or draw a small 4.

Note- In this instance, big and small is referring to size and not capital vs lower-case letters.

  •  Size Sorting

Give your child a selection of mixed-up objects to sort that are big and small. You can do this with everyday items from your environment. You can line up all the objects and when the activity is finished, you can introduce big, bigger, biggest or small, smaller, smallest.

  • Make a Choice

Name a random object and allow your child to decide whether it’s big or small. Name animals, transportation, people they know, furniture etc.

  •  Make a List

Make a list of anything and everything you can think of that is big. Then, do the same for small. Again, try to activate your child's imagination for this so they can think about items other than what is in their immediate environment.