Grade 2 · Vlad is 8
Vlad Makes Smart Choices
Wants, needs, and the questions to ask before money leaves the jar.
A saving goal is easy to make and hard to keep. Vlad learns to interrogate a purchase before it happens — and finds out what a goal is worth on the night it finally arrives.
What your students learn
- Telling wants from needs — and why both are allowed
- The three questions to ask before any purchase
- Waiting as a superpower: goals beat impulses
- Repair, reuse, and other ways to keep coins in the jar
For the teacher
Read-aloud guide with a wants-vs-needs sorting game and goal-setting sheet.