L113: Opposites

£3.00

The Opposites Cards set invites children to explore contrast and difference through visual observation and language. Each pair highlights a clear concept: tall and short, wet and dry, open and closed, offering a playful way for children to connect familiar ideas through pictures. As children match the cards, they start to recognise how two things can relate through difference, building vocabulary, reasoning, and understanding along the way.

What’s Included

  • 18 hand-illustrated Opposites card pairs with familiar, contrasting images

  • Worksheets for I Spy–style matching and language building

  • Montessori-Aligned Presentation Guide outlining step-by-step on how this material would be presented in a Montessori classroom.

How This Activity Supports Learning

  • Builds vocabulary and concept understanding through contrast

  • Supports language development, reasoning, and expression

  • Encourages classification and logical thinking

Using the worksheets

Also included are I Spy–style worksheets for exploring opposites in an alternative way. Each worksheet offers a collection of images with simple prompts for the guide to say. For example: “I spy something that is the opposite of empty. Can you find the picture that is the opposite of empty?” The child is invited to point to or mark the matching opposite, building language, observation, and understanding while keeping the activity easy to revisit.

The Opposites Cards set invites children to explore contrast and difference through visual observation and language. Each pair highlights a clear concept: tall and short, wet and dry, open and closed, offering a playful way for children to connect familiar ideas through pictures. As children match the cards, they start to recognise how two things can relate through difference, building vocabulary, reasoning, and understanding along the way.

What’s Included

  • 18 hand-illustrated Opposites card pairs with familiar, contrasting images

  • Worksheets for I Spy–style matching and language building

  • Montessori-Aligned Presentation Guide outlining step-by-step on how this material would be presented in a Montessori classroom.

How This Activity Supports Learning

  • Builds vocabulary and concept understanding through contrast

  • Supports language development, reasoning, and expression

  • Encourages classification and logical thinking

Using the worksheets

Also included are I Spy–style worksheets for exploring opposites in an alternative way. Each worksheet offers a collection of images with simple prompts for the guide to say. For example: “I spy something that is the opposite of empty. Can you find the picture that is the opposite of empty?” The child is invited to point to or mark the matching opposite, building language, observation, and understanding while keeping the activity easy to revisit.