Learn the Sight Word 'Big' - Fun Worksheet for Preschoolers!
Focused entirely on one high-frequency word, this worksheet helps children ages 3-5 build automatic recognition of 'big' - a word too common and irregular to sound out letter by letter, which is why early readers must memorize it by sight. Tracing and writing the word also develops the pencil control and letter-formation memory needed for independent writing, while the fill-in-the-blank step introduces the idea that words carry meaning inside a sentence.
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Month 9: Play-Based Preschool Foundational Skills | Ages 4-5
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- Topic:
- Sight Words
- Skill:
- Sight Words (Fluency): Learn to read common sight words.
- Pack:
- Page 8 of 31 in Month 9: Play-Based Preschool Foundational Skills | Ages 4-5.
How to use this worksheet
Start by having your child color in the large printed word 'big' at the top of the page, saying the word aloud as they color each letter. Next, guide their hand through tracing the dotted letters before they attempt to write 'big' on their own on the practice lines. Then have them scan the page to find and highlight every place the word 'big' appears among the other words. Finish with the fill-in-the-blank sentences, reading each sentence aloud together and helping your child write 'big' in the blank where it makes sense.
Materials needed
- Pencil
- Crayons
- Ear bud
- Water color
Extension activities
- 1Play 'I Spy' around the house looking for the biggest object in each room and saying 'That's a big chair!'
- 2Write the word 'big' on an index card and hide it in three spots around a room for your child to find and read aloud.
- 3Ask your child to draw the biggest animal they can imagine and label the picture with the word 'big.'
- 4Look through a picture book together and pause whenever you spot the word 'big' on the page.
- 5Compare two objects, like a big ball and a small ball, and have your child point to the big one while saying the word.

Written by
Hemsweta Jain · Teacher Cheena
MBA and Early Childhood Educator, teaching since 2014 · Founder of RaisoActive, Mumbai
Every RaisoActive worksheet is designed and checked by the founder before publishing.
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