Needs & Wants
The difference between things we need (food, shelter, clothing) and things we want (toys, treats); that we sometimes have to choose because money is limited
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Money as You Grow
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Money as You Grow supports Needs & Wants. An adult previews and guides; this is a learning page, not a scored quiz.
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Public Consumer Financial Protection Bureau page. An anonymous GET on 2026-11-12 returned HTTP 200 with no login or payment prompt for this URL. Opening the link does not save practice or assess mastery. An adult should preview and guide the learner.
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. “Money as You Grow.” External page; Gakuva does not copy, host, embed, or redistribute materials.
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Check understanding
- Sort a set of pictures into 'need' and 'want' categories and explain their choices
- Give an example of something everyone needs and something that is a want
- Explain why a family might choose to buy a need before a want
“If you showed your child pictures of a winter coat, a toy robot, and a loaf of bread, could they tell you which ones are needs and which is a want?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Conceptual
- Subject
- Life Skills
- Domain
- Money & Finance
- Age range
- Ages 5–13
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