Friday, January 10th In-School Performance
Dear Parents and Caregivers,
Have You Filled a Bucket Today? The Play. The play is based on the award-winning book of the same name, and focuses students' attention on how to be bucket fillers by being kind, respectful, and helpful. We hope your child enjoys the show, and that the bucket filling can continue with you at home!
Below are some highlights, explanations, and suggestions to help you talk with your child about the show and encourage her or him to be a bucket filler:
What is bucket filling all about? Everyone has an invisible bucket to hold your good thoughts and feelings about yourself. You feel happy and good when your bucket is full, and you don’t feel good when your bucket is empty.
A bucket filler is a loving, caring person who says or does nice things. When you fill others’ buckets, you fill your own bucket too.
Bucket Filling Fairy, or BFF, magically spoke in rhyme and helped the characters in the play learn to fill buckets. She also helped show that bucket dipping – using hurtful words or actions – makes people feel bad.
Ask your child to tell you about BFF, how the campers filled buckets in the play, and even to sing you the Bucket Fillers’ Song!
Ask your child what they can do if someone tries to dip their bucket face-to-face, through technology, or through rumors and gossip. Remind them that they can: use their lid to protect their good thoughts and feelings; ask an adult for help; or seek out friends for support.
Ask your child what they can do if they see or hear someone else’s bucket being dipped. Remind them that they can: say something to the person dipping a bucket; work with friends to help the person whose bucket is being dipped; or ask an adult for help.
Encourage your child to be a bucket filler at home and at school! Using kind words, cooperating with friends and family, helping with household chores, and doing your schoolwork are all ways to be a bucket filler.
Practice being bucket fillers at home. Act out real-life scenarios with your child, and together think of ways to be bucket fillers in each situation.
Ask your child to share his or her bucket filling goal with you. Celebrate when your child completes her or his goal!
We hope today’s presentation was enjoyable and meaningful for your child. Your child’s teachers and school, and we at Peaceful Schools, are committed to helping everyone be bucket fillers. Visit us at www.peacefulschools.com to find Literature Guides for popular children’s books, activities, and other resources to help your child be a bucket filler. Thank you!!
Dear Parents and Caregivers,
Have You Filled a Bucket Today? The Play. The play is based on the award-winning book of the same name, and focuses students' attention on how to be bucket fillers by being kind, respectful, and helpful. We hope your child enjoys the show, and that the bucket filling can continue with you at home!
Below are some highlights, explanations, and suggestions to help you talk with your child about the show and encourage her or him to be a bucket filler:
What is bucket filling all about? Everyone has an invisible bucket to hold your good thoughts and feelings about yourself. You feel happy and good when your bucket is full, and you don’t feel good when your bucket is empty.
A bucket filler is a loving, caring person who says or does nice things. When you fill others’ buckets, you fill your own bucket too.
Bucket Filling Fairy, or BFF, magically spoke in rhyme and helped the characters in the play learn to fill buckets. She also helped show that bucket dipping – using hurtful words or actions – makes people feel bad.
Ask your child to tell you about BFF, how the campers filled buckets in the play, and even to sing you the Bucket Fillers’ Song!
Ask your child what they can do if someone tries to dip their bucket face-to-face, through technology, or through rumors and gossip. Remind them that they can: use their lid to protect their good thoughts and feelings; ask an adult for help; or seek out friends for support.
Ask your child what they can do if they see or hear someone else’s bucket being dipped. Remind them that they can: say something to the person dipping a bucket; work with friends to help the person whose bucket is being dipped; or ask an adult for help.
Encourage your child to be a bucket filler at home and at school! Using kind words, cooperating with friends and family, helping with household chores, and doing your schoolwork are all ways to be a bucket filler.
Practice being bucket fillers at home. Act out real-life scenarios with your child, and together think of ways to be bucket fillers in each situation.
Ask your child to share his or her bucket filling goal with you. Celebrate when your child completes her or his goal!
We hope today’s presentation was enjoyable and meaningful for your child. Your child’s teachers and school, and we at Peaceful Schools, are committed to helping everyone be bucket fillers. Visit us at www.peacefulschools.com to find Literature Guides for popular children’s books, activities, and other resources to help your child be a bucket filler. Thank you!!