Printable ScholarNeeds and Wants Worksheets
Things we must have to live and things that are nice to have: cut-and-sort pages, circle the needs, goods and services, who makes what, and a page to draw a need and a want.
Things we must have to live and things that are nice to have: cut-and-sort pages, circle the needs, goods and services, who makes what, and a page to draw a need and a want.
A six-page picture book to print, cut and staple: one short line on every page, and three questions to talk about on the back.
Each is a PDF to print right away, in black and white. Sheets with right answers have the answer key on page 2.
Eight picture cards to color and cut out, then glue under Needs or Wants. Answer key on page 2.
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Eight pictures: circle the four needs (food, water, a home, a coat), then draw one more need and trace "I need". Answer key on page 2.
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Goods are things we buy; services are work people do for us. Sort eight picture cards. Answer key on page 2.
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Match five producers (a baker, a dairy farmer, a beekeeper, a tailor and a carpenter) to what each one makes. Answer key on page 2.
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Two frames to draw one need and one want, then finish "I need" and "I want".
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Eight people at work or play: circle producer or consumer under each, then finish two sentences. Answer key on page 2.
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The whole unit in one place: all 10 Needs and Wants worksheets in one print-ready file with every answer key, and the What Do I Need? reader in both editions, kindergarten and grades 1-2 (the grades 1-2 book has fuller sentences on every page).
Only in the pack:
All About Me, My Family, Where I Live, Map Skills, Community Helpers, Landforms, Good Citizens, and all topics on the social studies page.
A need is something we must have to live: food, water, a home and clothes. A want is something nice to have, like a toy or a treat. Start with the free What Do I Need? book: Meg the polar bear cub names her needs, then sees a red kite she wants and saves her coins for it.
Then let children sort the picture cards under Needs and Wants and talk about the hard ones. Kindergarten children can circle the needs on the Circle the Needs page; first and second graders can go on to goods and services (things we buy and work people do for us) and to producers, the people who make or grow what we use.