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Learning how to set and achieve goals is lifelong skill that doesn’t always come naturally. Today I’m going to share about how to teach goal setting for kids with an easy goal setting frame and Post-it® Brand.
Goal setting for kids – family activiy
Let’s be honest, I probably need to work on setting and achieving goals as much as I need to teach my kids this skill. I often set goals, then instantly forget and move on with my life, never coming back to the goal or really evaluating if I reached it. It’s been said that written goals are 42% more likely to stick* and with Post-it® Brand products as well as an old photo frame we made an easy goal setting board that our family can use to set and reach goals. You can use Post-it® Notes products to make to-do lists as well as keeping track of your goals and dreams. I know at any one time I’ve got them stuck all over my house. On our goal setting board the goals can be added on and taken off as each one is reached.
Make a goal setting frame
To make this goal setting board you will need an old frame {take out the photo/s and replace it with a solid color/white background} keep the glass in the frame. Then gather your favorite Post-it® Brand products. I used two sizes of Post-it® Notes Cube Mixed for the goal board {of course when I was shopping I had to pick up several other fun products that we can use for back to school organization.} I love the Post-it® Super Sticky Notes, Lined for my shopping lists and other to-do items.
You could also use Scotch® Magic™ Tape of taping appointment cards or any other papers that would be helpful or inspiring for meeting your goals.
I used the small notes to make the FAMILY GOALS lettering on the top of my frame. 
Then write your goals. I wrote mine first so I could give examples to the kids. I tried to get them to think about all areas of their life. Social, academic, physical, emotional, etc… I tried to write a goal for each area. 
It was actually a really great activity to do with the kids, and gave me insight into what they were thinking about and what they wanted to do this school year. It’s a big one for us as the kids are moving schools and we’ve moved as well.
Here’s the best part about my goal setting for kids frame activity… don’t write your goals then forget about them. Hang the frame in a prominent place in your home – one you will see often and use it as a talking point during dinner or bedtime. Talk about what you are each doing to reach your goals and once they have been reached – take off that Post-it® Note and add another. 
You can grab all your favorite Post-it® Brand products in the Walmart Back to School isle or by the home office supplies. Check out all my other Back to School posts HERE.
*Matthews, G. (2007). The impact of commitment, accountability, and written goals on goal achievement. Paper presented at the 87th Convention of Western Psychological Association, Vancouver, B.C., Canada.
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