Instruction in the standards requires a focus not only on the learner concepts and competencies but the supportive practices employed by the adults in the classroom setting. 

Concepts and Competencies

The learner will:

• Make connections between the needs and wants of buyers and the choices producers make in meeting those needs
• Identify a want or need people have and brainstorm a new invention or service to help meet the need

 

Supportive Practices

The adult will:

• Use cause and effect charts to explain how consumer needs and wants influence the production of goods and services
• Discuss businesses in the area and why some get more economic activity than others
• Read fiction and non-fiction books about entrepreneurs and inventors
• Provide opportunities to brainstorm and create a new invention to help a need or want

 

This resource was created by the Office of Child Development and Early Learning (OCDEL). 

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