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Vision board ideas for kids
Children are naturally good at vision boards. Ask a seven-year-old what they want to do this year and you will get a clear, specific answer, usually involving an animal, a skill and a place.
This page is for the parent or teacher helping them. The job is to ask good questions and then get out of the way.
Questions to ask first
Talk before cutting anything out. These questions work from about age five.
- What do you want to learn to do this year?
- Where would you love to go?
- Who do you want to spend more time with?
- What makes you really happy?
- What do you want to be brave about?
Ideas for what goes on it
- A skill: riding a bike, swimming a length, reading a whole book alone
- A place: the beach, grandparents’ house, a zoo, a park they love
- People: a photo of friends, family or a pet
- A hobby: drawing, football, dancing, building things
- A kind thing they want to do for someone
Making it in an afternoon
- Print a template or use a large sheet of card.
- Let them choose or draw the pictures; drawings count as much as photos.
- Help them write one short sentence under each picture, in their own words.
- Hang it at their eye level, not yours.
Keep it light
A child’s board is not a set of targets. Celebrate the things that happen, let them change pictures whenever they want, and never use the board to tell them off for something they have not done yet.
For grown-ups too
Many parents make their own board at the same table. If you do, a phone is a good place to keep yours: Mira shows your photos and words on your Home Screen, so it is there between school runs.
Their words, not ours
Write down what they say, exactly as they say it. “I want to swim without the floaty things” is a better line than anything an adult would write.
on your iPhone