DescriptionStudents LOVE bucket filling activities, and these bucket filler lessons are a fun way to build character and positive relationships. Encouraging your students to fill a bucket is an easy way to learn about kindness and respect while you improve wellbeing and behavior.As students consider the qualities of an act of kindness, they learn that filling buckets isn't just about making others feel good. Being kind and friendly fills their emotional bucket as well to create positive feelings for the giver, receiver, and even onlookers.Bucket filling shows students how kind and unkind words and actions have an impact on people in positive and negative ways. It's an easy and effective social-emotional learning activity to enhance emotional intelligence and social skills. ➡️ Teacher Feedback"I love everything Ripple Kindness Project does - and this one is so effective! Thank you!" - MaryEllen SUse the bucket filling posters, compliments notes, and other printable resources to create a bucket filler bulletin board. Students will write about and post acts of kindness they have received or witnessed. You can also add the bucket clipart and brainstorm kindness ideas to write on the printable water drops that you can arrange above the bucket to look as if they're falling in.There are also homework activities where students teach their families about bucket filling. Each family member can brag on bucket fillers in their home who do acts of kindness by putting drops inside a family bucket that students make and take home. Students can also write notes of appreciation for family members. Bucket filling opens up discussions about friendship, kindness, caring, and respect. These positive conversations and resources provide opportunities to address:Social skillsPositive character traitsEmotional regulation Classroom managementFriendship, bullying, and anti-social behaviorSharing feelings and emotions Click here to follow my store and be notified when new products and freebies are added.What is Bucket Filling?The metaphor of a bucket and dipper explains how every interaction and everything we say or do in a day either fills or empties our and others' emotional buckets. Happy people and positive interactions make us feel good which fills our bucket while grumpy people and negative interactions dip from our bucket making us feel bad. Bucket fillers are people who are happy, say please, and thank you, compliment others, help out without being asked, try hard in class, are respectful, include people and participate in acts of kindness. They are nice to be around because they make people feel good and that results in a full bucket for everyone involved. People with full buckets are happier and feel more confident, positive, and secure. They are usually calmer, more patient, helpful, and friendly, and when their bucket is overflowing their happiness can spill out to infect everyone around them. NOTE: This resource works best with either Have You Filled a Bucket Today? By Carol McCloud or How Full is Your Bucket for Kids by Tom Rath.This resource includes: Explanation and instructions for introducing bucket fillingFacts about kindness and why to teach it9 lessons for beginning students through to grade 3 2 color posters2 printer-friendly posters5 printable resources to use with lessons5 coloring pages2 BONUS inspirational quotes posters for teachers in 2 different styles* You will need Acrobat 7.0 or later - please contact me if you have an earlier version.This resource is also available in A4 Format for Australian and UK schools.This resource can also be purchased with additional kindness activities.••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••Save $$ on bundles:Kindness and Friendship SEL Bundle - 18 resourcesKindness Best Sellers Bundle - 5 resourcesFriendship Activities Bundle - 7 resourcesBookmarks & Coloring Pages Bundle - 8 resourcesWellbeing & Mental Health Bundle - 5 resourcesEnd of Year Calming Activities GROWING BUNDLE – Saves you the most as new resources added after you purchase are yours to download for free!••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••If you have any questions or ideas for other products you'd like to see in our store, we’d love to hear from you!Please email us at [email protected] or find out more about what we do at www.ripplekindness.org.Have a great day! ☺••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••Customer Tips★ Did you know you can save money on TpT resources by leaving feedback?You can receive credit towards future TpT purchases by reviewing products.If you like this one, please leave a review on the product page or through “My Purchases” under “My Account”.Your feedback is of great importance to us as it helps in determining which products are most valuable to you and your students.★ Click here to follow my store and be notified when new products and freebies are added.★ Facebook ★ Pinterest ★ Instagram••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••© Ripple Kindness ProjectMaterials are intended for personal use in one classroom only. 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