Goal Setting/Hope: Activity Center
Use these family-fun kids games and activities to get your child in a goal-setting (and goal-achieving!) mindset.
Ingredient: Optimism, Emotional Awareness, Goal Setting/Hope, Resilience, Empowerment
Starting school again can be stressful on a lot of kids. So grab a picnic blanket, throw it over your dinner table, and delve into your favorite summer memories with this simple activity.
Ingredient: Optimism, Emotional Awareness, Goal Setting/Hope, Resilience, Empowerment
"Flow" occurs when you are fully immersed in an activity. We can help children experience "Flow" by identifying activities that require them to use their strengths, skills, and talents to the max.
Ingredient: Optimism, Emotional Awareness, Goal Setting/Hope, Resilience, Empowerment
Summer is a great time for a family service project to teach social responsibility. To get started, use the “Be the Change” worksheet to brainstorm and identify an appropriate project.
Ingredient: Optimism, Emotional Awareness, Goal Setting/Hope, Resilience, Empowerment
We do things to keep learning from fading during the summer, but have you ever thought of doing the opposite - helping your kids keep their “summer learning” from fading during the school year?
Ingredient: Optimism, Goal Setting/Hope, Empowerment
Make the most of summer free time by making a list of things your family wants to do, not has to do.
Ingredient: Optimism, Emotional Awareness, Goal Setting/Hope, Resilience
Savor spring and relish in positive emotions with this family-fun, easy game.
Ingredient: Optimism, Emotional Awareness, Goal Setting/Hope, Resilience, Empowerment
Help your children focus on the good in the world with this optimistic, family-fun activity.
Ingredient: Optimism, Emotional Awareness, Goal Setting/Hope, Resilience, Empowerment
To build a strength, you have to practice! Pick a strength with your child, then make a few weekly goals to improve it.
- Kindergarten - Grade 2
- Grades 3-5
- Grades 5 & Up
Ingredient: Optimism, Emotional Awareness, Goal Setting/Hope, Resilience, Empowerment
This is a great way to help your kids recognize their strengths, and help them notice strengths in others, too!
- Kindergarten - Grade 2
- Grades 3-5
- Grades 5 & Up
Ingredient: Empowerment, Goal Setting/Hope
Teach your children their strengths so they can overcome challenges, create joyful moments, help others, and reach their goals.
Ingredient: Optimism, Emotional Awareness, Goal Setting/Hope, Resilience, Empowerment
Here are some ideas for creating family rituals and traditions. Include your children in so that everyone enjoys them!
Ingredient: Optimism, Emotional Awareness, Goal Setting/Hope, Resilience, Empowerment
An End-of-Year family ritual for your family to reflect and build upon Fishful Thinking skills.
- Kindergarten - Grade 2
- Grades 3-5
- Grades 5 & Up
Ingredient: Optimism, Emotional Awareness, Goal Setting/Hope, Resilience, Empowerment
Reflect on accomplishments of the past school year and make goals for the next one with this simple poster activity.
- Kindergarten - Grade 2
- Grades 3-5
- Grades 5 & Up
Ingredient: Emotional Awareness, Optimism, Empowerment, Resilience, Goal Setting
An End-of-Year family ritual for your family to reflect and build upon Fishful Thinking skills.
Ingredient: Emotional Awareness, Optimism, Resilience
You're likely very attentive when your child comes to you with a problem, but what about when they come to you with good news?
Ingredient: Optimism, Emotional Awareness, Goal Setting/Hope, Resilience, Empowerment
A great, family-fun way to keep your kids busy with things they enjoy that will also enrich their lives.
Ingredient: Optimism, Resilience, Goal-Setting/Hope, Empowerment, Emotional Awareness
Help your children develop empathy through these simple, family-fun role-playing games.
- Kindergarten - Grade 2
- Grades 3-5
Ingredient: Goal Setting/Hope, Optimism
Form a We-Can club to help your children make positive changes in your neighborhood.
Ingredient: Optimism, Resilience, Goal-Setting, Empowerment, Emotional Awareness
Giving children knowledge of their strengths is a great way to empower them. Create a Strength Family Tree together.
- Kindergarten - Grade 2
- Grades 3-5
- Grades 5 & Up
Ingredient: Optimism, Resilience, Hope, Empowerment, Emotional Awareness
Help your children to take stock of and clean out the "mental clutter."
Ingredient: Optimism, Resilience, Hope, Empowerment, Emotional Awareness
Learning how to make good decisions and to problem solve is a way to build mastery skills.
Ingredient: Optimism, Empowerment, Resilience, Goal Setting
Any "downtime" you have with the kids can be the perfect time to discuss positive changes with your child.
Ingredient: Empowerment, Goal Setting/Hope
“Time” makes a great gift for any holiday from Birthdays to Christmas.
Ingredient: Empowerment, Goal Setting/Hope
Encourage your children to find a challenge that they would like to take on that will help stretch and strengthen their view of themselves.
Ingredient: Goal Setting/Hope
Work with your child to identify one goal they'd like to set for themselves.
- Kindergarten - Grade 2
- Grades 3-5
- Grades 5 & Up
Ingredient: Goal Setting/Hope
To help your child create pathways thinking, have her lead you on different routes to a popular destination.
- Pre-K and Younger
- Kindergarten - Grade 2
Ingredient: Goal Setting/Hope
Children create vivid images of the material objects they desire, but they have a harder time visualizing personal goals.
- Kindergarten - Grade 2
- Grades 3-5
- Grades 5 & Up