Line them up
Grab three stuffed animals, three shoes or three pencils and have kids line them up from smallest to biggest. Then use the words: big, bigger, biggest. Once they can do it with objects, they're ready to do it on paper.
Why it works: kids understand an idea best when they touch it, then draw it, then write it, the order the U.S. Department of Education recommends for elementary math.
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