Big and Small: Opposites for Kindergarten

About This Resource

A complete Kindergarten ESL pack on opposites: big and small, hot and cold, fast and slow, happy and sad, up and down, open and closed, with picture matching, actions and simple sentences. Includes a lesson plan, worksheet, quiz, homework, A5 flashcards, a rubric, detailed slides with speaker notes, Word files and answer keys.

Overview

Children learn that opposites are words that mean completely different things. With big pictures and actions they learn eight common pairs, match each word to its opposite, choose the right word for a picture and say simple sentences such as "The elephant is big. The mouse is small." The lesson is full of movement, so every child can join in.

Resource Details

Subject: ESL
Topic: Opposites
Category: Vocabulary
File Type: PDF
File Size: 365 KB
Published: 31 Oct 2026
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Kindergarten ESL (ages 5–6), pre-A1 30 minutes Vocabulary listening speaking matching total physical response

Learning Objectives

Name eight pairs of opposites with pictures and actions.
Match a word to its opposite.
Say a simple sentence with an opposite word: "The elephant is big."

How to Use This Resource

Show the flashcards in pairs (big and small, hot and cold) and do an action for each word.
Play the opposites game from the slides, then do worksheet activities 1 to 5 together.
Use the quiz one to one and send the homework page home.

Classroom Activity Ideas

Opposites actions: the teacher says big and children stretch up tall; the teacher says small and they curl up.
Find my partner: give half the class a word card and half its opposite; children find their partner.
Opposites hunt: children find something big and something small in the classroom.

Differentiation

Support: start with three pairs (big/small, hot/cold, happy/sad). Challenge: children say a full sentence for both words in a pair.

Assessment

Use the quiz and the picture activities to check the words. Use the rubric while children say sentences about the pictures.

Teacher Tips

Always teach opposites in pairs and with actions. Children remember big and small far better when they stretch and shrink their bodies.

What's Included

10-page printable PDF lesson pack: teacher lesson plan with timings, materials and differentiation
Key vocabulary list (8 words with meanings and examples)
Student worksheet (5 activities)
Quiz / assessment (3 parts)
Homework practice page
Printable flashcards: 8 A5 picture cards (separate PDF)
Assessment rubric (4 levels)
Lesson slides (editable PowerPoint)
Editable Word version of all student pages
Complete answer key (also as a separate PDF)

Additional Files

Lesson Slides (PowerPoint, editable) (PPTX)
Editable Student Pages + Lesson Plan (Word) (DOCX)
Flashcards (PDF, A5, one card per page) (PDF)
Answer Key (PDF) (PDF)

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