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ECO 155 Lesson Presentation
Lesson: Wants and Needs
Grade level: Kindergarten
Teacher: Michele Williams
Principal: Carol Lohkamp 732-3670
School: Republic Early Childhood Building
Presenters: Ms. Jill Wareham (Lysinger) and Ms. Renee Williams
Description: In this lesson the children begin to understand the concept of economic wants and needs by listening to a story and giving responses about each. They will learn the difference between things they want and things they need. They will review the lesson with hands-on activities (worksheet and cut and paste) to reinforce the concepts.
Time Limit: 30-45 minutes
Origin of Lesson: A modified lesson of Miss Williams’ current lesson and objectives.
Also see the lesson, “If you give a Mouse a Cookie” by Mary Suiter. Also see
We added the worksheets, stories, and the “2 Corners” recognition/sorting aspect.
Key Concepts:
wants
needs
decisions
Materials:
Book 1: If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Numeroff ,
Copyright 1985. Harper Festival A Division of Harper Collins Publishers.
Printed in Mexico.
Book 2: What Do We Need? by Trisha Callella,
Copyright 1996. Creative Teaching Press, Inc. Published in USA.
Worksheets paper sheets divided into two columns headed by the words WANTS and NEEDS (students will have school box of glue, scissors, etc. for cutting and pasting)
Chart paper or Blackboard
Overview:
1) Begin with reading, If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
Ask the students to remember all the things the mouse wants as they listen to the story.
After reading the book, have students list all the things the mouse wanted.
Before writing responses, have the students perform the “2 Corners” want/need sorting recognition activity.
Record the responses on chart paper or on the board (draw a picture of item)
Ask the students “could the mouse have everything that he wanted?” “Why or why not?”
2) Ask students if the same is true for people.
Ask students, “can children and adults get everything they want?”
List their responses on chart paper or on the board (draw picture of item)
Include love, parents, house, food (if students don’t name them)
3) Hand out Wants/Needs Worksheet (transition activity)
Have students circle items they need, place an X on items they want
4) Review wants and needs on chart paper or on the board
As a class divide the groups into 2 categories: very important and less important
discuss each item listed and as a group vote on which category each group would best fit (cross-curricular: voting = government)
5) Hand out Columns Worksheet and pictures of wants and needs
Students will cut and paste wants and needs items from magazine pages and place them into the correct columns on the worksheet (reinforcement of concepts, hands-on)
6) Close with reading, What Do We Need?
Students will have silent time to reflect on the lesson with this cute short story
7) Hand out cookies and use remaining time for any questions
edited by. Dr. J. Hoftyzer
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