To help children understand the value of setting goals that are specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, and time-bound.
Group Meeting:
Gather your group to your meeting area and have them take a seat.
Let the children know that they will be discussing how to turn their dreams (that they talked about the week before) into goals and learning about how to accomplish their goals.
Define to the group what SMART goals are. SMART stands for:
Specific: what do I want?
Measurable: is there a way to know or see I’ve reached my goal?
Attainable: is it possible to reach this?
Relevant: does this make sense for me?
Time-Bound: when will this goal happen by?
Dialogue with the group what realistic and unrealistic goals look like. Why would setting a SMART goal be more helpful than just saying what a goal is?
Transition to the activity by stating that today we’ll be considering and planning out what our goals are.
Summary of Tasks/Activity:
Creating SMART goals for kids
Pass out SMART goal worksheets to your group.
Have kids set one long term goal and one short term goal.
Allow kids to write and/or draw out their ideas.
As they are working on this, ask the key questions of each letter of SMART.
Be ready to collect SMART goals into a folder or binder to hold onto, and tell your group that you will follow up in the coming weeks to see where they are regarding each goal.
