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A vision board is a great way to help you visualize what you want in life. Vision boards don’t only have to be for adults, it’s also a fun and effective tool for kids to use too! This article will teach you how to create a vision board for kids, as well as give you some tips and tricks to make it an effective activity. Making a vision board with kids is a great, engaging way to teach children about goal setting.
To make this activity even more beneficial for everyone make your own vision board alongside your child and talk about goals and dreams you have!
The benefits of vision boards
- Vision boards can help you set goals and visualize what you want in life.
- They can also help keep you motivated as well as realize your dreams.
- A vision board is a visual reminder of what’s important to you, so it makes sense that they’re popular among people who want to follow their passions and make positive changes in their lives.
- Teaching children at an early age about having goals and visualization can help set them up for a bright, successful future.
- Vision board creation helps keep kids focus on what they are working on
- Helps kids develop a positive, growth mindset (and us too!)
- Grab some materials for yourself and create your own vision board alongside your child!
Christine Curry from Akron Children’s Hospital points out that, “Vision boards are a good way to help kids to think more about their goals and future. With a vision board, you are not fully responsible for creating an image, so even those who don’t consider themselves artistic can have fun and be successful.”
How to create a vision board for kids:
When creating a vision board for a child, it’s important to use positive words and images. Words that are meaningful to the child should be used, as well as images that are aspirational but not unrealistic. The vision board should also be fun for them!
Here are some questions to get your child thinking about their future and gather inspiration for the vision board:
- What do you want to be when you grow up?
- What is your favourite activity to do?
- Who do you look up to?
- What do you think you’ll be able to do when you are # years old? (Eg. When I am 5 I think I will be able to ride my bike by myself.) This gets their little minds thinking about goals and future ambitions in an age appropriate way!
- Use this time to talk about your own goals and vision board (if you’ve decided to make one with your kids)
Asking them and including some of their favourite things will help tie it all together too! Include pictures of their favourite animal, colour, character etc.
Do they really like dinosaurs or cars or princesses? You can include images of these items too in order to spark and maintain their interest.
Gathering the supplies:
To create a vision board with your kids you will need…
1. a board (a cardboard cutout would work just fine!) or anything to stick the images to, foam board.
- Images, letters, etc. I like to go on the computer and print out images that help me visualize my goals. You can also use magazine images, cut out images from old books ect.
- Include and use a picture of your child on their board to really drive home the idea that this is THEIR vision.
- Glue to put it all together
- Scissors.
- Glue.
- Magazines (to cut out relevant images from)
- Print some photos, affirmations and quotes
- Markers, stickers, glitter…basically anything they would like to make their masterpiece!
- Find the perfect place to display the vision board so your child can see it each day.
BONUS: Free Printable Positive Affirmation Cards for Kids
Download and print these FREE Positive Affirmation Cards for Kids and include them on your children’s vision board as positive reminders each day!
Here are some tips for creating a vision board:
1. Designing the vision board
To design your vision board, you’ll want to use images that inspire you. If you’re working on a project related to career goals, consider using images of people who have jobs that interest your child.
You can also incorporate words that are relevant to their interests or goals. The point is to make this a creative activity for them–so let them have fun!
Add their name in fancy letters.
2. Challenges and solutions
Let’s face it, doing anything with kids can turn into a giant hassle. Someone isn’t listening, someone else spills something etc. I get it.
Use some of these tips when you are making your vision board for kids to reduce some of the stress but remember this activity will help them learn and grow!
- Don’t expect your kids to be able to just visualize what they want.
- Don’t expect them to do it alone.
- It’s not going to be perfect!
- Be open to asking for help if you need it and don’t be afraid of failure! Kids will have a much easier time creating their vision boards with the help of an adult who can guide them through the process, especially if there are any technical aspects involved in making or printing out the board (such as cutting out images from magazines).
- BONUS: This is also a great creative activity that can help kids with school readiness skills like scissor skills, cutting and gluing, image recognition etc. Sometimes these important skills get overlooked but are so important if your child is preschool age or even older.
- Don’t give up! Most importantly, remember that this is just one step on your kid’s journey toward achieving his or her goals–and that there will be many more steps ahead!
A vision board can help you set goals and visualize what you want in life.
A vision board is a tool for positive thinking. It’s a way to visualize what you want in life, and it can help you set goals and achieve them.
A vision board allows you to focus on the things that are important to you, rather than on all of the negativity around us. When we focus on our dreams and aspirations, it helps us put our best foot forward in everything we do!
Creating one won’t be easy at first–it may take some practice before getting into creating them regularly–but once they become part of your routine, they’ll become one of your favorite tools for helping children with setting goals and achieving them!
Conclusion
I hope this article has helped you understand the benefits of vision boards and how they can be used to help kids set goals and visualize their future.
Click here to get your free printable Vision Board Kit for Kids to get you started!
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