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…

Each of us has an invisible bucket. It is constantly emptied or filled, depending on what others say or do to us. When our bucket is full, we feel great. When it’s empty, we feel awful. Each …

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Every classroom could use more kindness. These fun bucket filler activities help kids be more conscious of how their actions affect others.

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Classroom Management: Bucket Filler Pledge

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

In my kindergarten class we are bucket fillers. My sweet little kinders grasped the concept easily and are very quick to let you know if you are being a bucket filler or dipper. Thank goodness we have had more bucket fillers than dippers. We started off by reading, Have you filled a bucket today? Then we made an anchor chart to help remind us what it means to be a bucket filler and a bucket dipper. Who wouldn't want to be apart of a class where kids say nice things, give hugs, share, and…