This is by far my favourite New Year’s activity to do with my students. Vision boards have become “all the rage” in the last year or two and I couldn’t be more excited to see my students get pumped for creating their own.

This 3-lesson project includes group and self-reflection, planning, and goal-setting for the future. Teaching students how to reflect and process moments, as well as, emotions, is an important and valuable step in life-skill development. Learning from those moments and creating new goals based on them is a skill that most people don’t learn until adulthood, or at all. Being able to learn from your past and move forward with a positive outlook is more than most people can do. It’s a critical part of self-care that is only becoming popular today. This project teaches the beginnings of those skills.

Keep in mind that although this project pack only contains 3 lessons, it does, in fact, require 2-3 more for students to complete the vision board. You could further develop this project by having students complete a 1-page write-up to accompany the vision board, they could also do a presentation or peer-edit/review.

CLICK HERE to download and print this project for your first week back!