Bucket Filling program is a nationwide program designed to improve Social & Emotional learning at school. It is based on a simple concept where we each have an invisible bucket with the singular purpose of holding good thoughts and feelings about ourselves. When we are happy and good to others, our buckets become full. When we are sad or not nice to others, our buckets become empty.
We become “Bucket Fillers” when we are nice to others. Bucket Fillers fill both ours’ and others’ buckets. But when we make someone feel bad, we become “Bucket Dippers”. Bucket Dippers dip into both of our buckets. For more information about Bucket Filling, please visit http://www.bucketfillers101.com
Inspired by its positive impact at school, we would like to extend this program at home as well. We can encourage a life- long strategy for being a positive impact on others.
You can start by having your own bucket at home and using tokens or any other materials to create your own bucket system. Explain to them the chores they have to complete or if they demonstrate acts of kindness and generosity, they may earn a token to then cash in for a reward. Let the kids help with making a list of rewards to get them motivated. Once the list is ready, apply a “price” for each reward. Prices range from 1 to 100. Once the child has cashed in their tokens for that reward, the tokens are put back in the storage container to be reused.
Sample Reward Ideas: Super Duper Hug Reading a story with a parent, Getting to stay up an extra 30 minutes, Having a cup of hot chocolate alone with a parent, Playing a game with the family or a family member, Getting to choose what to have for dinner, Renting a special movie, Inviting a friend over for a play-date, Having a friend sleepover, Extra computer time And lastly, let us know how things go at home! We would love for you all to share pictures with us.
