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Bucket Filling for the Classroom - Lessons, Ideas, and Printables. Teaching Heart's Bucket Filling& Kindness Page!Free Lessons, Printables, Links,and Ideas to match this Awesome book & Some otherLovely Book for Character Education!!!Have you filled a buckettoday?Bucket Fillers is a program basedoff the educational programs of Merrill Lundgren, theBucket Man.The book children's book HaveYou Filled a Bucket Today: A Guide to Daily Happiness forKids by Carol McCloud ispart of the program.Below are a few lesson ideas andprintables to match the book. I developed these back in2009 for my Son's Kindergarten Teacher.Also you will find other sites with free resources tomatch this great book.Before you start make sure you havethese resources:A must read book on my list is HaveYou Filled a Bucket Today.Through simple prose and vivid illustrations, thisheartwarming book encourages positive behavior aschildren see how rewarding it is to express dailykindness, appreciation, and love.This book explains to children that we all carry aninvisible bucket in which we keep our feelings aboutourselves. When our buckets are full, we are happy; whenthey are empty, we are sad.It is important to know that we can fill our own bucketand so can others.

We fill buckets by saying nice thingsto the people around us. We fill buckets by doing nicethings for people.Updated - September 2012Fill our Bucket and Follow Us onFacebook! 1.)Whole Class Instruction: Pocket ChartThese threeactivities are designed to be used after reading, HaveYou Filled A Bucket Today? They are on a Pre-Kto First Grade Level.After reading the book toyour class, display the given graphics. You candisplay the graphics on a pocket chart or you may chooseto place magnets on the graphics to display on a magneticwhite board.Tell the students that youwill be talking about ways to fill a bucket. Readone of the sentences and ask a student to place thesentence under the picture that matches the statement.

Discuss the picture. Repeat until all sentences areunder the correct picture. Can your students findthe picture showing a child who is bucket dipping? Removethat picture.

Discuss other things we can do tofill buckets rather than dipping into buckets.Some Ideas for morediscussion:-What is something youcould do for a friend that would fill their bucket?-Think of situations thatyour students may run into; such as, a friend has done anice job coloring. Buy this book for your child’steacher, wrap it up, and attach a note to the outsidetelling them that they have filled the bucket of yourchild.This is a Publisher file. You can modify the words to fityour child's needs.Be sure to check out ALL the freeprintables at Bucket Fillers. There are lots.Found this Lovely Song atLyricsby Barbara Gruener(sung to the tune of Frere Jacques/Are YouSleeping?)Inspiredby the song in the front of Carol McCloud's FillA Bucket book, these lyrics will reinforce yourBucket-Filling efforts. After reading Have YouFilled A Bucket Today?, why not sing withyour little Bucketfillers. For ease of learning,start it as an echo song; you sing the first partof the line and have students repeat you. Whenthey're ready, you can put it all together andsing it in unison.

Finally, challenge yourstudents to write another verse!Fill a bucket, fill abucket.It's easy to do. It's easy to do.I can fill a bucket, I can fill a bucket.So can you! So can you!Fill a bucket, fill abucket.Smile and say 'hi,' smile and say'hi!'

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You can fill a bucket, you can fill a bucket.Give it a try. Give it a try.Fill a bucket, fill abucket,Do a good deed. Do a good deed.I can fill a bucket, I can fill a bucket(when I) help someone in need, help someone inneed.Fill a bucket, fill a bucketwith your family, with your family.We can all fill buckets, we can all fill buckets.Yes siree! Yes siree!Here is another song onYOUTUBE:I am a huge fan of BucketFilling after finding and reading.

Bucketfilling terms such as ‘dipper’ and‘filler’ are part of the language weuse every day with our kids (6 and 9). An addedbonus is that the school my children attend alsouses bucket filling terminology and the books toteach kindness to their students.

Furthermore Iuse the bucket filling books in my third gradeSunday School classes to demonstrate how beingkind and good makes us happy and God (althoughGod is not mentioned in any of the books) happytoo!I love how the simple textand vivid pictures in the Bucket Filler booksreally reach children in a language they canunderstand. The new book in the set is called. Will You Fill My Bucketreminds us that no matter where you are in theworld, your bucket is always with you. And evenpeople in other countries have buckets too andthey are filled just like ours. This book is oneto read after you have read Have You Filled aBucket Today and discussed the book and its ideaswith your students or children.

It does not gointo detail about what being “bucketfiller” or a “bucket dipper” is;instead, it shows adults around the world indifferent countries filling the buckets ofchildren. It starts in America with a childsitting on the lap of a mother riding a subwayinto New York City. They are reading a story withthe filled bucket next to them. The simple texton the page asks; “Will you fill my bucketand hold me on your lap?” You travel throughNorth America, South America, Europe, Africa,Asia, and Australia visiting each page of thebook and seeing how adults everywhere can fillbuckets, “with the love that comes fromyou!” The last page of the story sums it allup with an illustration of many different peoplefrom different places on Earth loving each otherand holding their filled buckets.

The last linesof text simply state; “I want to fill yourbucket and it fills my bucket too when Ishow you that I love you because I trulydo.”The books illustrations donot disappoint and do a good job of telling thestory without even reading the words. Seeing thehappy people in different parts of the world isalso a nice geography lesson as well. The firsttwo pages shows a map of the world and childrenholding their buckets ready to be filled.I recommend reading thisbook to your own children or students afterreading a discussing Have You Filled a BucketToday. Will You Fill My Bucket will give manyexamples of ways we can fill others buckets.Also, be sure to Google Search bucket fillingidea online. There are many resources that can beused with these books. Be sure to remind thekiddos in your life how much they fill yourbucket by being part of your day!In the past, I have given afavorite teacher the book, to myson’s K- Teacher. That was three yearsago Three years later, my daughter has thesame wonderful teacher and today she will giveher the new book.I created abook plate to attach to the book.

It happens tobe Teacher Apprecaition week – perfect!Want. In the book, 'Children learn thattheir words belong to them: They can think beforethey speak, then choose what to say and how tosay it. The book makes the connection betweenhurtful words and feelings of anger, sadness, andregret. It introduces positive ways for childrento respond when others say mean or unkind wordsto them. And it reinforces the importance ofsaying “I’m sorry,” two littlewords that can be a big help. Includes activitiesand discussion starters that parents, caregivers,and educators can use when working withchildren.'

Here's a great activity touse after you read, Words Are Not For Hurting!Explain toyour students that once words are spoken they canbe forgiven but never forgotten.Thensupply a travel sized toothpaste for each studentor group of three. Also give them a paper bowl.Ask them to work together to get all of thetoothpaste out of the tube and into the bowl.Afterthe group has all of their toothpaste in thebowl, give them each a toothpick. Ask them to trytheir best to get all the toothpaste back intothe tube.Soonthe groups will find the task impossible. As aclass discuss how the toothpaste is like ourwords. They should figure out that once all thetoothpaste is out it is hard to get back in.Much like our words, once we say something, wecan't take it back. If we happen to say somethinghurtful we have to realize that it will behurtful and can never be totally forgotten justforgiven.(alsogreat activity for girlscout meetings)Tomake sure they understand the activity you mayhave them complete the activity sheet below.shows howone good deed can turn into five good deeds andhow five can quickly turn into billions of gooddeeds. Through Ordinary Mary’s good deed,children can see that doing something simple andnice can be extraordinary.

Yes, any child can doa good deed, no matter how ordinary they are. IfMary did it, so can anyone. This book is wellwritten and follows a pattern for easy reading.So many wonderful illustrations that show thedeeds in action. Great for a k-3 classroom.

Thisbook would go along great with the book Have youFilled a Bucket Today.I thought this was a wonderful book that would bea great read for the first week of school. It isa wonderful resource that encourages children tomake good choices and be aware of othersfeelings. It promotes kind behavior as acceptableand unkind behavior as something that should notbe accepted or rewarded by others – powerin numbers. There are many books writtenthat address bullies, but this book is differentin that it also covers bystanders.

It makes thereader understand that it’s not alright tosit back and watch a bully. The concept ofbystanders is often a difficult one for youngchildren to grasp, but this book explains itnicely for elementary listeners or readers.,the children of Mr. Peltzers class meet Pete, thenew kid in school. Pete quickly acts the part ofthe bully. The class does not stand by and justlet Pete bully.

Instead the class has made a pactto stand together and stop bullying. Theirwillingness and courage to stand up for not onlythe kids being bullied but for the bully himself,makes their school what it should be, a safeplace for all to learn and grow.Teachers,check out “The Promise” at the end ofthe book. The Promise is 8 Powerfulstatements you will want to sharewith your classroom. “The Promise”helps children be empowered to take a pledge tostand up to bad behavior. What a wonderful toolfor your classroom. Read the book and discuss“The Promise” on the last page. Post“The Promise” in your classroom.

Worktogether as a class the first week to write a“Promise” for your classroom as well.Become a classroom community that CARES!Looking at the cover of this book you can almosttell that the Queen on the front of this book isa bully! Yes, Mean Jean is pretty mean. So meanthat the kids let her rule the recess time andjust try to stay out of her way. The author tellsabout the Queen in fun rhyming poetic form,“she’d push em and smoosh em,lollapaloosh em.” Luckily the bullyi ngsituation is resolved because of onestrong-willed, kind youngster named Katie Sue.When Katie Sue invites Mean Jean to jump ropewith her, she is at first shocked but in the endthe two are playing together happily and sharingthe jump rope. This book shows that killing themwith kindness is a great strategy to teach kidswhen dealing with the “mean.” Also thisbook shows that sometimes people can change toowhen you give them a chance! Bullies can become afriend.

The illustrations are vibrant and fun. Zombiewood apk. Studentswill love all the rhyming and teachers can usethe rhymes in the story as a quick review ofrhyming. Your students will learn a strategy todeal with a bully as well as have fun readingthisbook.

I am sure they will go, “Bouncity,kickity, swingity…” once they enjoythis book.A WONDERFUL book for kids,to teach them that being unique is sometihing tocelebrate and be proud of!read forteaching/learning negotiation skills; empathy!The book of the day goesalong with one of my favorite themes (Bucketfilling). It's adorable and called Bad Apple.meeting unlikely friends and defying labels -Teachers SharingBucket Filling Ideas!!!Click there -Ideas and Printables!Shares HerFirst Grade Classroom System as well as some Printablesto Match!! Below is a picture from her classroom!

Youwill find more on her site! Check it out!Scholastic that discuss using thissystem for Behavior Management!Shares Their Bucket Filling Ideasand some Free Printables to Match!!!Websites of Interest:Bucket Fillers Website which includes classroomresources.-Character Education Free Lesson Plan Bank. You maysearch by age level.- Ways toBuild Character in Children. –Teaching Heart Website. Free Thematic Ideas,Lessons, and Printables!!!Like theprintables shared on this page? Teaching Heart has beenonline since 1998 and has bee selling Printables since2002 to keep the site online.

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