We also talk about how giving compliments helps to fill other people’s buckets.
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How to Play – I begin by teaching the kids about how to give a compliment. You’ll also need a small photo of the student to paste in the box. I usually print them on A3 colored card stock and then laminate them once they’re completed. Preparation – Print one of the templates you like – there’s an American and Australian spelling version. This activity is great for an “About Me” classroom theme too.
This is basically picking a student or two to be a “Star of the Week” so we can learn more about them and focus on things we like about them. They include worksheets, clip cards, sort and classify cards, posters, banners, certificates and bucket filling slips.Īnother activity I love doing when teaching kids about bucket filling, is to introduce a “Star of the Week” to our class routine. You can check out all of the bucket filler activities I use here or by clicking on the picture below. Once they’ve done that, I assemble the pages into a display folder so that we can read it. So the kids each draw a picture of something they do to be a bucket filler and write a short sentence about it. One of my favorite activities is to create a class book. I created a range of simple worksheets to help kids apply their understanding of bucket filling and bucket dipping. Continue playing until all of the cards have been sorted.
Then place the card near the corresponding heading. Name the action and discuss whether it would help to fill someone’s bucket or dip from it. How to Play – Take turns choosing a card from the container. Other useful resources include hoola hoops and a container to put the cards in (e.g. Preparation – Print and laminate the sorting cards for added durability. I often get the kids to sit in a circle on the mat and place two hoola hoops in the center of the circle with the headings “fill” and “dip”. This activity is fun to do as a group activity. Think about whether that action would fill someones bucket or dip from it. How to Play – Choose a card and look at the action. Then grab a basket of pegs (clothes pins). Preparation – Print and laminate the cards for added durability. These clip cards help kids identify what actions fill other people’s buckets or dip from their buckets.
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Then at the end of the term the kids can take their full buckets home. If you have older students, they could write bucket filling notes too. I print out a number of bucket filling slips so that teaching staff can write bucket filling notes for each student’s buckets. Then we place the buckets on a bulletin board with the banner “In our classroom, we are bucket fillers”.
You can add a chenille stick for the handle. I usually get the kids to decorate a small paper cup or popcorn container with googly eyes and a marker (to create a face). After that we do a range of hands-on bucket filling activities. In my class, I introduce bucket filling to my students by first reading the books. Be sure to read the books to get the precise concept! :) That at least, is my understanding of bucket filling. No one wants that empty bucket feeling! We can also learn to put a lid on our bucket, to protect our bucket and prevent any bucket dipping. If our bucket keeps getting dipped then we feel bad. On the other hand, if people are unkind, for example by saying something mean, they dip from our bucket. When people are kind to us, for example by giving us a compliment, they fill our bucket up. You can learn more about bucket filling by reading the books or checking out the official site here.īasically, we can pretend that we’re all walking around with an invisible bucket. I’ve come across this concepts at most schools I’ve taught at. The following activities help kids learn how to be bucket fillers, which in turn creates a positive classroom environment. Bucket filling helps kids learn how to be more positive towards others.
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