Leader in Me Learning

This week we have been talking about the second "habit of happy kids" which is - Beginning with the end in mind. I like to talk a little bit with the children about goal setting at the beginning of the school year and introducing this habit opened up some great discussions. Students have great ideas about goal setting and we have enjoyed sharing academic, behavioral, and extra curricular goals with our friends. We read a book this week called the Little Scarecrow Boy. He aspired to be the fiercest scarecrow. He had to make and follow a plan in order to attain his goal. We discussed goals for our first grade year together and students thought about steps they would need to take to attain those goals. This goal can be applied in many situations!