Bucket filling activities

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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.

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

Ways to be a bucket filler

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…

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

If you're looking for a book to share with kids that encourages kindness, compassion, & gratitude then this is for you. Have You Filled a Bucket Today? by Carol McCloud is a beautiful storybook with a wonderful concept that will help children (& adults) understand that simple actions can change the world for the better. I first came across this book a couple of years ago & it's just one of those children's books that stays with you. The story is so simple but also so clever, & the colourful…

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.

After reading the book "Have You Filled a Bucket Today" each child made their own bucket out of a paper cup, colored paper, and pipe cleaner. Every time they do something to fill someone else's "bucket" they add pom poms to their bucket and when their bucket is full they get a bucket filler award and a home work pass!