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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

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Have You Filled a Bucket Today? by Carol McCloud is a great book to teach young children about caring for others. How our actions and words hurt people around us. The book uses colorful illustration to teach an important lesson, thinking about others. The book describes everyone has an invisible bucket, you might not see it but it is there. The bucket’s purpose is to hold your good thoughts that make you warm and fuzzy.

Since it came out in 2006, McCloud's book Have You Filled a Bucket Today: A Guide to Daily Happiness for Kids has become essential reading in schools and homes across the country. I recently had the privilege of chatting with Carol McCloud and learning more about her bucket-filling

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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...

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

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…

Transform your classroom this powerful classroom management tool. Bucket filling makes it easy for students to understand the value of kindness and friendship. The engaging bucket filler activities and vibrant kindness bulletin boards make learning about the impact of words and actions fun and meaningful. Explore these inspiring ideas to easily incorporate bucket filling into your daily routine for a positive classroom community!