Opposites Matching Cards

A grown-up reads the words aloud with younger children. Children match each card to its opposite, play memory or use flash cards and say both words in a sentence.

Three pages after the cover, each a set of 12 cards to cut out. Set 1 has pairs such as big and small, hot and cold, up and down, and happy and sad. Set 2 has empty and full, loud and quiet, day and night, and open and closed. Set 3 has hard and soft, old and new, thick and thin, and in and out. A Ways to play box suggests memory match and flash cards.

Yes. We made it for Preschool to 1st Grade grammar, and it works the same at home or at school. Families print it for one child and keep it where they will use it every day. Teachers print a copy per student or one for the whole room, whichever the day needs.

2 printable resources, all free to preview. Downloads are included with a ClassWeekly free trial, and every page prints on standard 8.5 x 11 paper.

These are written for Preschool to 1st Grade students, roughly ages 4-7. Many teachers also use them a grade up for review or a grade down as an extension, so use the preview to judge the fit for a particular child.

Yes. Nothing here assumes a classroom of 25, so they work the same one-to-one at the kitchen table as they do in a Preschool to 1st Grade classroom, a learning center, or a tutoring session.