SMART GOALS Student Planning Digital Game – Goal Setting Activities Lesson SEL

Are you looking for a fun, engaging, and age-appropriate way to introduce young students to SMART goals and positive goal-setting skills? Our Building SMART Goals Challenge for Grades 1–3 is our interactive digital PowerPoint game designed to help young learners understand and apply the SMART goal framework—Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-Bound—in a simple, child-friendly way.

Through interactive questions, guided discussion, and team collaboration, students begin learning how goals can help them grow, stay motivated, build confidence, and make positive choices both at school and at home. This engaging social-emotional learning (SEL) game introduces important executive functioning and self-management skills using relatable everyday examples designed especially for younger learners.

Rather than simply telling students to “set goals,” this interactive SMART Goals game helps children explore what goals look like in real life through reading, homework, healthy habits, chores, organization, friendships, and classroom routines.

GAME FEATURES: Our SMART Goals digital game includes 5 engaging sections, each with 5 questions and increasing point values (100–500), designed to build understanding of beginner goal-setting skills in a simple and engaging way. The five sections include:

1.Specific — Helps students learn how to create clear and simple goals

2.Measurable — Introduces counting, tracking, and noticing progress

3.Achievable — Encourages realistic and child-friendly goal setting

4.Relevant — Helps students connect goals to their own lives and learning

5.Time-Bound — Teaches students about deadlines and simple time limits

HOW IT WORKS:

• Play directly in PowerPoint™ — no special software required
• Choose 2–10 teams for flexible group sizes
• Teams earn points by answering SMART goal questions
• Answers are revealed instantly with one click
• Encourages discussion, participation, and peer learning
• Press RESET to replay again and again — unlimited use

WHY TEACHERS & COUNSELORS LOVE IT:

• Introduces SMART goals in a simple, student-friendly format
• Supports social-emotional learning (SEL) and executive functioning skills
• Encourages classroom discussion, reflection, and participation
• Helps students build confidence, responsibility, and motivation
• Perfect for SEL lessons, school counseling, small groups, and classroom meetings
• Uses relatable child-friendly examples young learners can understand

IMPORTANT TECH NOTE

This resource requires the desktop version of Microsoft PowerPoint (Windows or Mac). It is not compatible with Google Slides, PowerPoint Online, or Chromebooks without PowerPoint installed.