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Family Teaching Guide · Ages 8–9

Goals

January · Word of the Month

January's word is GOALS — something you decide to achieve and work toward with a real plan. Every belt in Taekwondo is proof of goals your child has already reached. Rank doesn't measure talent, it measures goals set and followed through on.

🥋 What makes a goal a goal?

A goal needs three things: it must be specific, it must have a plan, and it requires consistent effort. A wish is passive — a goal is active.

🌟 Goal timeframes

  • ●Short-term: 2 months or less
  • ●Medium-term: 6 months to a year
  • ●Long-term: a year or more
  • ●Big goals become manageable when broken into smaller steps

📖 Examples for this age

  • ●Improving a specific grade in school
  • ●Running a mile without stopping
  • ●Earning the next belt rank by a target date
  • ●Landing a spinning kick consistently
  • ●Making the honor roll

💬 Try asking your child

  • ●What's something you've wanted to get better at but haven't started? What's stopping you?
  • ●What's the difference between a goal and a daydream?
  • ●If you could only work on ONE goal this month, what would it be?
  • ●Who do you know that models great goal-setting?

💡 Try This At Home

Avoid setting the goal FOR your child. Ask questions that help them identify their own goal, then help them build the plan. Kids are far more committed to goals they chose themselves. Check in weekly — small consistent conversations build the habit of self-tracking.

"A goal without a plan is just a wish." Ask your child to apply this to something they're currently working on.

Student Homework · Ages 8–9

January — Goals

Name:  Belt Rank:  

Define It

Look up the dictionary definition of "goal" and write it here:

What makes a goal different from a wish or a daydream?

Set Your Goals

Short-term goal #1 (2 months or less):

Short-term goal #2 (2 months or less):

Medium-term goal (6 months to a year):

Long-term goal (a year or more):

Build Your Plan

Choose your medium-term goal. Break it into 4 steps: 1) 2) 3) 4)

What is one obstacle that might get in your way, and how will you handle it?

Goals in Taekwondo

What is your current goal in Taekwondo?

How does goal-setting in Taekwondo help with goals elsewhere (school, sports)?

Reflect

Describe a goal you reached in the past. What did you do that worked?

Describe a goal you didn't reach. What got in the way, and what would you do differently?

Strong or Weak Goal?

"I want to be better at math." Is this a strong goal? Why or why not?

"I will practice multiplication facts for 10 minutes every night this week." Strong or weak? Why?

⭐ Bring this completed homework back to class to earn your stars and stripe!