Several weeks ago we finished filling our kindness bucket.   Friday we spent some extra time outside as an acknowledgement of all that bucket filling.  Without enough snow for sledding, many children became engrossed in imaginative play.  Some were baby dragons following tracks across the field on hands and knees, hunting perhaps.  Others discovered a crop of "wheat" and were harvesting it to make bread.  This inspired someone else to bake a cake and the wheat harvesters happily shared the location of their crop and began supplying other ingredients as well, including sugar, vanilla beans, and chocolate chips.   Lots of really good things happen developmentally through imaginative play, but mostly it's just fun!

While the bucket has officially been filled and the challenge is complete, children still tell me about how others have filled their buckets throughout the day.   It is incredibly gratifying for me when someone says "Ms. Beattie..." and then follows by telling me how someone just filled their bucket.  It is easy to focus on reporting only negative acts, and I hope through this challenge we have established a habit of noticing and acknowledging the many positive interactions we have on a daily basis.  From sharing a lego, to helping zip a jacket, or giving a compliment, kind acts are happening all the time.