🏠 Part 1: Understanding Needs and Wants

1. What is a NEED? Write your answer below:

2. What is a WANT? Write your answer below:

3. Circle the correct answer: Which of these is something you MUST have to survive?

Video games

Food and water

Toys

Lollies

🛒 Part 2: Sorting Needs and Wants

4. Look at each item below. Put a tick in the correct box to show if it is a NEED or a WANT:

Water: Need ☐ Want ☐

Mobile phone: Need ☐ Want ☐

Shelter/Home: Need ☐ Want ☐

Chocolate: Need ☐ Want ☐

Medicine when sick: Need ☐ Want ☐

New bicycle: Need ☐ Want ☐

Clothes: Need ☐ Want ☐

Latest video game: Need ☐ Want ☐

5. Check ALL the things that are basic human needs:

Food

Designer shoes

Clean water

Shelter

Expensive toys

Safety

📝 Part 3: My Personal Needs and Wants

6. List 4 things that YOU need in your daily life:

1. _________________________________

2. _________________________________

3. _________________________________

4. _________________________________

7. List 4 things that you WANT but don't really need:

1. _________________________________

2. _________________________________

3. _________________________________

4. _________________________________

🤔 Part 4: Making Choices

8. Fill in the blanks:

When families have limited money, they must choose to buy their __________ first before their __________. This is because needs are things we must have to __________ and stay __________.

9. Circle the best answer: Why is it important to know the difference between needs and wants?

So we can buy more toys

To help us make good choices with our money

Because wants are bad

So we never buy anything we want

10. Imagine you have $20 to spend. You need new school shoes ($15) and you want a new toy ($18). What would you choose and why?

I would choose: _________________________________

Because: _________________________________

_________________________________

🎨 Part 5: Draw and Explain

11. Draw a picture of something that is a NEED for you:

12. Draw a picture of something that is a WANT for you:

13. Explain in your own words why the difference between needs and wants is important for families:

_________________________________

Needs and Wants Worksheet

Needs and Wants Worksheet

🏠 Part 1: Understanding Needs and Wants

🛒 Part 2: Sorting Needs and Wants

📝 Part 3: My Personal Needs and Wants

🤔 Part 4: Making Choices

🎨 Part 5: Draw and Explain

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