My Action Plan shows your child how to set a goal and make a plan to achieve it.  Use this tool together with My Goal Tracker a tool to help your child follow through on her Action Steps so that she can reach her goal.

Moving from vision to accomplishment requires a set of skills that parents can teach.  Use My Action Plan to show your child how to put a goal into words and how to think through the Action Steps he’ll have to take in order to reach that goal.  Guide the process by being curious.  Ask questions like, “What do you think you’ll have to do to make that happen?” and “How often (or how many times) do you think you’ll need to do that?”

HINT: Start small!  Use this tool with early elementary age children on goals that they can achieve quickly.  They’ll gain a strong feeling of competence and of their ability to decide what they want – and go after it.