Goal-setting games for kids are designed to help children complete difficult tasks and focus in on achieving specific accomplishments in their lives. As a result, many goal-setting games require kids to draw or visualize their future to find the things they want in their lives. Goal-setting games range from team-building activities to reward-based games.
Drawing Your Goals Activity
This goal-setting game requires one piece of paper and several crayons or markers. Have your child sit down with a piece of paper and draw a picture of what her life will look like in 10-to-15 years. Make sure the drawing includes details, such as a particular type of car or the type of career your child might wish to pursue. When your child is finished, compliment his work and ask him to write down all the items and professions found in the drawing. Place these on his wall so he remembers what he wants to become each day. According to Goal Setting For Success, this drawing game is also a great way to get your child to relax and visualize what he wants to do with his life.
Horseshoe Goal Game
This horseshoe game will help improve your child's self-esteem as well as her ability to set goals. Place a stake into the ground and have your child place four pieces of tape, 2 feet away from each other, in front of the stake. Have your child set a goal for which piece of tape she wants to be throwing from by the end of the game. Have your child start by throwing horseshoes at the stake from the closest marker. As she starts to get more horseshoes around the stake, have her step back to the other pieces of tape. Have her continue to move further and further back until she has reached her goal.
Mine Field Game
This game is designed to help your child improve his communication skills as well as his ability to achieve his goals. Have your child pair up with another kid and have him blindfold the other kid. Once the other kid is securely blindfolded, set up an obstacle course of "mines" that the blindfolded kid will have to navigate around. Before you start your timer, have your child set a goal for how quickly he will navigate this minefield. Once his goal is set, start the clock and have your child verbally direct the blindfolded kid through the mine field and to the finish line.
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