Tingpur Money · Book 3
The Kite or the Milk?
Needs and wantsNEED / WANT12 pagesAges 3–7₹225ISBN 978-81-183533-2-4
Ten coins for milk and bread… and a blue kite that costs exactly ten coins! What will Plodu choose? A simple story about needs and wants.
Need it? Or want it?
Learning outcomes
What your child learns
Ages 3–4
Your child sorts things into ‘need’ and ‘want’.
Ages 5–7
Your child can explain why needs come first when money is short.
Builds: Thinking skills and making choices. Linked to the development areas in India’s National Curriculum Framework for the Foundational Stage (NCF-FS 2022). See all 10 books.
For grown-ups
After you read
Talk about it
- What is the difference between a need and a want?
- Why did Plodu buy milk first?
- Name one need and one want in your home.
Try at home
Before your next shopping trip, sort the list together into NEED and WANT.
