Brief Description
How big or small something is.
How to Talk About This Term with Young Children
For Living Things: Think about how big or small an animal is and how that affects its life. For example, how does the size of the animal help it find food, where it lives, and what it needs to stay healthy?
For Structure and Properties and Forces and Motion: Encourage children to explore the structure and properties of materials including size. How might size make a material or object better or worse for a certain purpose?