Montessori Classroom News October 18, 2018

Bucket filling and Bucket dipping

We read the book “Have you filled a bucket today? A daily guide to happiness for kids” by Carol McCloud

A few key ideas from the book that we continue to talk about at school:

-       Everyone has an imaginary bucket to hold our good thoughts and feelings about ourselves

-       When its full, we feel happy; when it’s empty we feel sad and lonely

-       We can help fill others’ buckets by doing kind and helpful things – even just a smile. Filling someone else’s bucket also fills your own bucket!

-       Doing and saying things that are unkind dips from someone’s bucket – and dips from your own bucket too.

-       When we notice someone feeling sad or upset, we can think of a way to fill their bucket to help them feel better – and we will feel good too!

There are many video recordings of the book online if you’d like to read the full book at home.

                  Greetings

We are practicing how we greet one another. We make eye contact, smile, shake hands, and say “Good morning, ____!” to each other. The children each exchange a greeting with a teacher when they arrive to the classroom in the morning, and can also practice with each other.