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Set Goals

Age Level
  • 7+
Topic
  • Goals ,
  • Habits
Skill
  • Comprehension ,
  • Discussion ,
  • Reading ,
  • Thinking ,
  • Vocabulary
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This music, reading, discussion, and activities experience teaches kids to get in the habit of setting clear goals to help them achieve their dreams.

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What Kids Will Discover and Learn About:

  • It's important to set goals

Agenda:

  1. Review previous experience(s)

  2. Learners share Dream Big Journal deposits.

  3. Introduce topic.

  4. Read Sammy's Big Dream - Pages 11 and 16

  5. Read lyrics, listen and sing song “Show My Family the Way”

  6. Do song activities

  7. Have learners share

  8. Assign post-experience activities

Review previous experience(s).

Review points of your choosing from previous experience(s). Refer to menu, topic subheading, for main idea of experience. Refer to “What Kids Will Discover” Section of each experience if you want ideas on additional key points to review.

Learners share Dream Big Journal deposits.

Ask learners to raise their hand if they would like to share one of the activities they completed during the last experience or in between experiences. Allocate 2-5 minutes to this activity OR whatever time you deem appropriate.

Introduce topic.

Feel free to use or adapt this introduction. Or create your own introduction.

Today we are going to listen to the song "Budget" as well as discuss and do activities that share what a budget is; why it is important to have a budget to make good moneys choices; and some of the key reasons why budgeting is a great habit.

So let's get to it!

Read and review Sammy's Big Dream

Either you or have a learner read page 11 and 16 of Sammy’s Big Dream. Then ask learners:

  • “Was Sammy clear and specific about his goal?”

  • “What was his goal?”

  • “How was Sammy going to achieve his goal?”

Read lyrics, listen, and sing song "Show My Family the Way"

See lyric sheet. Read lyrics to the song "Show My Family the Way." Instructor will read lyrics out loud, line by line. Have learners repeat out loud the following lines from the lyrics:

  1. I'll be a light, shine really bright
    Layout a plan, do all I can

  2. It won't take long, feel extra strong
    I chose a role, I set my goal

Next, play, listen, and/or sing the song. At instructor's option, learners should clap or move during the song. See song.

Do song activities

Have learners share

Ask learners to raise their hands if they would like to share out loud their solutions.

After the answers are revealed, instructor will share out loud the answer and all learners will repeat.

Assign post-experience activities

Activities can be homework or classwork.

Introduce learners to the Money School and show them where they can find post-experience activities. Have learners complete one, some, or all of the following activities:

Have learners “deposit” all activities into the “Set Goals” section of the Dream Big Journal.