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HAVE YOU FILLED A
BUCKET TODAY???
What does it mean to fill buckets?
** Bucket filling simply means that you do your best each day to show kindness and respect to the people around you. Bucket filling can be small acts of kindness like greeting someone in the hallway, or something bigger like sending a grandparent a special card. There are many ways to fill buckets, big and small, and we should always work each day to fill as many buckets as we can!!
Why fill buckets?
- Bucket filling makes the people around us feel happy.
- When we fill other's buckets with kindness, we fill our own at the same time!
- If you live the life of a bucket filler others will want to be your friend.
- Showing others you are a bucket filler will inspire them to want to be a bucket filler too!
55 Ways to Fill A Bucket:
- Shake someone's hand and introduce yourself
- SMILE!
- Make a card for someone
- Invite someone to play who looks left out or lonely
- Be a good listener
- Follow your teacher's directions (and your parents too!)
- Use your manners when speaking to others
- Share
- Cheer a friend up
- Use words of encouragement
- Give someone a compliment
- Take turns
- Do your chores without having to be asked
- Volunteer in your community
- Help a friend who has been injured
- Stick up for a classmate who is being bullied
- Help take care of younger brothers or sisters
- Take care of your pets (they have buckets too!!)
- Spend time with people that you love
- Invite a friend over to play
- Do your best work in school
- Follow rules
- Offer to help make dinner
- Shovel snow or rake leaves for the elderly
- Tell your close family members that you love them
- Draw someone a friendly picture
- Tell someone how much you appreciate them
- Make good choices
- Show respect to everyone
- Write a letter to a soldier (getting mail fills their bucket right up)
- Keep your hands and feet to yourself
- Help someone pick up a mess
- Share a snack with a friend
- Solve problems with a friend peacefully, instead of fighting
- Share the highlights of your day with your family members
- Send a friendly card or note to someone to let them know you are thinking of them.
- Help someone with their homework
- Volunteer to help your teacher collect papers or pass out materials in the classroom
- Give someone a hug
- Include EVERYONE when playing a game of kickball or soccer
- Teach someone something new
- Share your talents with others and invite them to share theirs with you!
- Ask someone to be your friend
- Have a positive attitude every day!
- Respect differences, never use putdowns!
- Make a new student feel welcome
- Always tell the truth, honesty fills buckets!
- Listen to a friend, especially if they want to talk about having a bad day
- Avoid laughing at the mistakes of others
- Do something nice for someone else without letting them know you did it.
- Congratulate others on their success!
- Forgive someone when they have made a mistake
- Apologize when you have made a mistake, and then try your hardest to fix your mistake.Allow other to finish talking before you begin... be sure not to interrupt anyone Spread the seeds of kindness wherever you go... you never know just how far a little KINDNESS can go!!