Prior to Christmas vacation, my kinders were getting a little snarky, and so upon our return to school I brought us back to the beginning of the school year. We revisited the book Have You Filled A Bucket Today? and talked about kindness and how we can be a more caring classroom. As a class we brainstormed different ways that we could be "bucket fillers" and started a bucket filling contest.
This month, our student of the month will be determined based on who has been the biggest bucket filler. Each student colored a bucket and I put a wax paper pocket on the front. When students are caught being kind, caring, or considerate they earn a frog for their bucket. At the end of the month we'll count the frogs and find out who our student of the month is.
Today we had some great bucket filling activity. One student helped our new friend from Nepal on the swings, pushing her since she hadn't been on swings before. Another made sure that chairs were all pushed in when we transitioned from tables to the learning rug. We had people tying shoes and using manners. Hopefully the trend continues.
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