Vision board Examples for High school students

Help students set clear intentions for the year ahead with our printable Vision Board!

Visualization and Goal-Setting

Visualization involves creating a mental image of a future event. During visualization, neurons in the brain interpret mental images as equivalent to real-life actions. Neural patterns are created as though the actions were physically performed.

When students practice visualization, they see the end goal and envision the steps to get there. Glimpsing a possible future trains students’ brains for that reality and encourages them to pursue their goals.

What is a Vision Board?

A vision board is a visualization tool that gets students thinking about what they want to accomplish either academically or personally. With a vision board, students create visual representations of goals through a collage of pictures and words.

The board serves as a daily reminder of what students want to achieve and helps motivate them to make their vision a reality.

What You’ll Need to Make a Vision Board

Grab the following supplies to get started on a vision board activity in your classroom!

• Learning A-Z Vision Board printables
• Poster board or construction paper
• Scissors
• Glue Sticks
• Magazines
• Markers or Crayons

How to Make a Vision Board

Follow these simple steps to guide students as they create their own vision boards.

1. Download and print our Vision Board printables to lead the vision board activity.
2. Use the first page of our printables, the Vision Board Brainstorming sheet, to have students write academic and personal goals.
3. After brainstorming, explain that students will be looking through magazines to cut out images that represent their goals.
4. Set out magazines and scissors so students can begin cutting out pictures.
5. Once students have their images, pass out glue sticks and the second page of our Vision Board printable, where students will paste their pictures.
6. Have students mount the Vision Board page onto construction paper or poster board. Students can use markers or crayons to further decorate their board.

Give students the choice to display their vision boards in class or at home so they can keep their eyes on the prize: their goals!

Creating a vision board can help you frame and reach your goals, from what you want to do today to who you want to be tomorrow.

WHAT IS A VISION BOARD?

A collage of inspiring pictures, words and quotes that represents you, your hopes and dreams. It’s a great way to map out and see more clearly your short- and long-term goals – whether it’s your dream career, a personal challenge you’ve set yourself, or even just your overall aspirations.

HOW WILL A VISION BOARD HELP?

It can be easy to lose sight of your goals on a day-today basis. You may write them down one day and then forget all about them until you find the sheet of paper in a drawer months later. Creating a board allows you to display them somewhere that’s permanently in view, where it can serve as a reminder and an inspiration. Deciding what to include on your vision board can also be a good mindfulness exercise. If you feel like you’re being pulled in different directions, are under pressure at school or have some difficult decisions to make, then creating a board can help you to take a step back and see the things that are important to you more clearly. The great thing about making this board is that there are no rules when it comes to gathering your images, wording and quotes.

YOU WILL NEED

A base for your vision board, which could be a piece of A3 cardboard, a cork board or even some cardboard from an old cereal box.

A happy photograph of yourself.

Scissors and a glue stick, or get crafty with washi tape and colourful pins.

A variety of magazines and pictures that you don’t mind cutting up. You can always go online and find images that your magazines don’t include, as well as photos of friends, family and pets

STEPS TO CREATE YOUR BOARD

Set the scene for the next couple of hours by finding a quiet, comfortable spot. Turn your phone off and put your favourite music on.

Ask yourself what you would choose to do if fear didn’t exist and you knew you would succeed in everything you tried. How would your life look? This is an important question to ask because you don’t want to limit any of your goals – nothing is out of reach when you’re putting together your vision board.

Cut out any pictures, words or quotes that inspire you and make you feel good. There are no rules when it comes to what you want to express. A picture could include a school sports team you want to join, a favourite flower you think is beautiful, a role in a play you hope to be chosen for, a new skill or hobby you’d love to take up, a country you’d like to visit, influential figures you look up to, people you love and things for which you’re grateful – anything goes.

Focus on personal goals and dreams, relationships in your life, the relationship you have with yourself, your hopes, and aspirations. Keep in mind the bigger picture – fundamentals like health, love, and happiness rather than the newest phone, beauty fad or that celebrity whose wardrobe you’d like to own.

Try to organise your collage before you stick it down. As you place the pictures on the board, you’ll get an intuitive sense of how the board should be laid out. For example, you might want to place the picture of yourself in the centre and assign a theme to each corner of the board. Maybe short-term school goals could go in one corner, while long-term career goals in the opposite corner. Everyone is different when it comes to their personal board, so just go with what feels right and have fun.

Leave space on your board so that there’s always a place for accepting new things into your life. Take time to refresh the board when images have served their purpose and goals have been reached.

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