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Level 1 · ages 6–8OECD MTSpend

Grocery shopping with parents

🎯 Goal: Know that a list before shopping helps buy what is needed, not forget, not overbuy.
Before the store, the family writes a list of needed items. There, you buy by the list.

Let’s explore

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A shopping list helps remember needed items and avoid random buys.
After grabbing an item, cross it off the list.
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See tempting snacks not on the list? Ask parents first, do not just add them.

Practice activity

🛒 Help Mom write a list of 5 items needed for tonight’s dinner.
Worked example: Your list: veggies, eggs, fish, rice, milk. In the store, you cross off each item you grab; seeing chips not on the list, you ask Mom first.

Quick quiz

1. A shopping list helps?
→ Buy needed items, not forget
2. After grabbing a listed item?
→ Cross it off the list
3. See a tasty item not on the list, you should?
→ Ask parents first
4. Before going to the store you should?
→ Write a list of what is needed
5. Buying by the list helps avoid?
→ Overbuying, forgetting

🎯 Real-life mission

Before the supermarket, write a list of 3 needed items with a parent.

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