Have you ever tried something in your classroom that you wanted to be amazing, but it just... wasn’t? That was me the first time I tried teaching my first graders about bucket filling.
I loved the concept, encouraging kindness and helping students recognize the good in others Actually implementing it with my first graders was rough My students struggled with the writing component, the buckets were underused, and the idea fizzled out within weeks.
But I didn’t give up—and I’m so glad I didn’t Let me walk you through how I turned things around and implemented a bucket filler routine that made bucket filling a meaningful, year-long part of our classroom community.
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