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Quote of the Week
"All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them" -- Walt Disney
How To Get Better At Achieving Your Goals
Christine Carter follows these research-backed steps to turn her good intentions into successful achievements.
"Intentions are never enough. Even full-blown goal-setting isn’t worth much if you don’t do it right.
Behavioral psychologist Sean Young framework - His awesome book, "Stick with It", summarizes all the science around how to change your behavior. And setting goals is, at its core, about behavior change.
Using Young’s framework—as well as the research I wrote about in The Sweet Spot—I’ve freshened up my plan for how my kids and I set our goals (and institute behavior change) before we go back to school. While here I use my desire to exercise more as a model, this can obviously be applied to many things—and to working with kids to set their own goals for the school year." [read more]
Reading Corner
 Title: Long Shot: Never Too Small to Dream Big
Author: Chris Paul
Age : 4 - 8 years
"Everybody told Chris that he was too small to play basketball. But he ignored them all...because he had big dreams. The story of Long Shot follows Chris and his dream to make it on his local basketball team. With his height he has to overcome many challenges to even be looked at, but with hard work and determination he is able to make his dream come true."
Recommended by Kindful Kids Editors
Be The Change
Have your child identify goals for this new school year.
Have them work towards achieving the goals by working on the 10 steps mentioned in the article.
Goal setting worksheet : https://www.braveoverperfect.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Goal-Setting-Worksheet-1.pdf
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