Session 1, Read and notice: The last six sheets
Week 16 big question: What if we do not have enough for all our plans?
Start with a story (optional) Paper Play — Read it hereOne sheet of paper becomes a ball, a lollipop and more as children play.
When there is not enough, we can’t do all our plans.
Six sheets of paper lie on a pretend workshop table. Two children want to build a big model house and a model shop. But the house needs four sheets, and the shop needs three. The children count them up. They find they need more paper than they have. Paper is a limited resource, so both plans cannot work as drawn. Time, tools, land, water and work can be limited too. What could the children do?
Each choice brings a gain, but it also costs us.
They could build the house and save the two sheets left over. Or they could build the shop and save three for something else. If they plan smaller buildings or reuse clean cardboard, their choices change. Each choice brings a benefit, something helpful they gain, while also giving something up. The cost might be money, time, materials or a chance they did not take. Which plan would you choose, and what would you give up?
Bakers and shoppers must choose when there is less flour.
A real baker faces choices too when there is less flour. The bakery may make fewer loaves or change what it sells. When that happens, shoppers have different choices about what to buy. You take part in the economy when you use supplies or help make something. Like the baker, you cannot always do every plan at once. Next time you choose, name a benefit and notice what you give up.
Show what you notice
- Why can’t the workshop build both plans?
- If there is less flour, what could change for the bakery? What could change for shoppers?
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