Taller or Shorter? Comparing Heights Worksheet for Preschoolers
This worksheet builds early measurement vocabulary for children ages 3-5 as they compare the heights of pictured objects and people, circling the taller or shorter one as instructed. Beyond simple height comparison, the final section asks your child to identify both the tallest and smallest in a group, requiring them to compare more than two items at once, a step up in reasoning from simple pairwise comparison.
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Month 12: Learning & Development | Ages 6-7
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Curriculum
- Measurement - Length > Measurement Basics
How to use this worksheet
Look at the first pair of pictures together and ask your child which one looks taller and which looks shorter. Read the instruction for that section and have your child circle the object or person that matches, whether taller or shorter. Move to the next section, following the same process for the second pair of images. Finally, look at the full group of images together and have your child circle the smallest one while placing a tick mark on the tallest.
Materials needed
- Pencil
- Crayons
Extension activities
- 1Measure objects around the house with non-standard units, like counting how many blocks tall a chair is.
- 2Go on a scavenger hunt to find something taller and something shorter than a chosen item, like a book.
- 3Compare heights among family members and put everyone in order from shortest to tallest.
- 4Draw a picture of yourself next to a taller and a shorter object.
Written by
Hemsweta Jain · Teacher Cheena
MBA and Early Childhood Educator, teaching since 2014 · Founder of RaisoActive, Mumbai
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