Self-Motivation may be the most important life skill you can teach and cultivate in someone. It is crucial that we teach our children about self-motivation because it will help them reach their goals. Many children are extremely receptive to visual and tactile style learning- so creating a vision board is a great way to help kids see their goals. Speaking of seeing, lets talk about visualization. Visualization is a powerful mind exercise that uses the law of attraction to form your life. What you believe you’ll get out of life is what you’ll get back.
Making the Vision Board
To make a vision board you will need a few things:
- Poster Board
- Glue
- Magazines (Kids Magazines, Fitness Magazines, really any type!)
- Decorations for the board (glitter, stickers, colorful tape, etc)
- Scissors
Now that you have all your supplies ready to go- ask your child to look through the magazines. Tell them to cut out pictures of the things that interest them or the things they hope to do one day. For example, if you child wanted to be a pilot- you might find a picture of an airplane to glue onto the board. If your child wanted to be a dancer, maybe look for a picture of a ballerina, etc. It is also fun to find motivational quotes for the board- which can easily be found on the internet.
When the vision board is finished, it should look like a collage of your child’s hopes and dreams. Place it in your child’s room, your playroom, or other area where you can talk about it with your child everyday. The vision board can now:
- Spark a conversation about their interests- making the vision board may have brought an interest your child has to light that you weren’t aware of. Try to keep talking about your child’s interests as they grow and their interests change.
- Be a constant reminder of your child’s goals- when your child doesn’t want to complete a task, explain to them why the task is bringing them closer to one (or more) of the pictures on their board.
- Evolve- Like we shared above, the interests your child has will change over time. Make sure to update the vision board as necessary.
For some great examples of vision boards check out our board on Pinterest.
