'Tis the season! I'm sure many of the little ones are asking for things they "just HAVE to have" this holiday season, so I thought it would be the perfect opportunity to talk about the difference between wants and needs. I read a couple books (see below) and we discussed the difference between wanting something and needed something. Then, we sorted pictures of familiar wants and needs. Finally, I integrated this with math by having the children go on a scavenger hunt around the classroom and count different picture cards. They had a blast!
Children are carefully counting and recording the number of pictures on each want/need picture card.