Holiday Needs and Wants Lesson Plan

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Academic Standards

 

Reading Objective:

Children will discriminate between needs and wants.

 

Social Studies Focus:

economics, needs vs. wants

 

Page 4 Skill:

critical thinking

 

Vocabulary:

gingerbread, healthy, needs, shelter, wants

 

CCSS:

RI.K.1, L.K.1, SL.K.2

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  • Play our video Do You Need It or Want It?
  • After watching, ask, “What is something you need every day? What is something special you might want over the holidays?”
  • Read the issue together.
  • Then move along with holiday gingerbread men in our Dance Break video.
  • Use the Show What You Know printable to boost comprehension and early literacy skills.
Example of a framed gift

Materials: washable paint, white paper, construction paper, glue

Love is something we all need—and it’s free! This gift of love is something any caregiver or family member will treasure.

  • First, have children dip a hand in paint. Press it on paper to make a print.
  • Next, kids can write a message for the recipient below the handprint.
  • Then kids can “frame” the print by gluing it onto a colorful piece of paper.