Bucket filling activities

Bucket filling helps kids learn how to be more positive towards others. The following activities help kids learn how to be bucket fillers, which in turn

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Five fun and easy activities to learn about kindness to complement the popular book "Have You Filled a Bucket Today?"

Bucket Fillers ✨ Still actually something I absolutely love teaching is how be a bucket filler! The most simple yet effective way to engage your littles in being kind, following classroom expectations, counting recognition, and so much more. Every Friday my kiddos are able to “cash out” if they have 20 pom-poms from the week they are able to choose something from the treasure box. It’s so fun seeing them light up when they get to add a pom pom for making a bucket filler choice and get exc...

I love using children’s literature to help students understand a concept. One of my favorite books to share with my students at the beginning of the year to help them transition to school and how we should act is How Full Is Your Bucket? (affiliate link) This is a great story to introduce how we should interact with our classmates and why. In this story, a little boy named Felix is taught about an invisible bucket. His grandfathers share with him that when your bucket is dipped, you feel bad…

Bucket filling is a great way to create a positive and kind classroom community? Learn all about how the tools I use and how I started bucket filling

Bucket Filling is a great way to teach students that their words and actions matter. We can lift someone with a kind word (fill their bucket) or use words and actions to hurt someone and make them sad. (Dipping in their bucket.) When you help your students focus on filling someone's bucket, you're creating a respectful, caring, and kind climate. When you have such a positive environment, it's natural that disruptive behaviors are reduced. A win-win situation for all of us! I am such a huge…

If you didn't start out your year (all grade levels) discussing bucket filling, go back... it's not too late! For great anchor chart activity to go with the book: Have You Filled a Bucket Today? Teach your students compassion and empathy.