Clearful helps kids practice and improve the following skills:

Focus: Getting started and then maintaining attention and effort to tasks.

Writing in any form takes a certain amount of focus, so a journaling app is a perfect tool for children to practice this skill. Clearful gives the user a chance to write as little or as much as they like. But it encourages the user to make daily writing a habit, which is made easier because the user is writing about relevant, personal, high interest topics. For users who struggle with focusing, trying to write one to five sentences a day can be a great starting point. Turning on push notifications can also help remind the user that a certain time of each day is devoted to writing. 

Self-Awareness: Understanding our own actions, thoughts and feelings.

Journaling is a great way to get in touch with our feelings, practice self-care, and reflect on our reactions to events during the day. For users who struggle with self-awareness, keeping a daily journal, even if it is just a few sentences long, can provide great insight over time into behaviors, actions, and feelings. If the user is lost and does not know where to start, Clearful provides several categories of writing prompts with several sub-topics listed within each option. The user can simply select one of these and receive a prompt to respond to as opposed to trying to come up with a unique topic each day. The daily prompts are also a great way for users to practice self-awareness and keep track of how much they are actually writing each day.