Use marbles to support the behaviors that need the most attention.
Marble jar activity.
Come up with a class reward such as shoes off extra recess each lunch with the teacher etc.
What do your friends do to earn marbles in your marble jar.
The goal is to fill the marble jar.
Every time you see a whole class.
When the class is caught making a marble jar choice the class gets a marble.
Simply print off the poster and the marble jar.
Your boss asks you how your mom s chemotherapy is going.
With the marble jar teachers can frequently and easily reward desired behavior.
Each time students exhibit a desired behavior the teacher places a marble in the jar.
Some examples of small acts moments that build trust include showing up at a loved one s funeral and asking for help from friends.
Here are some ideas.
It should never be used as a compliance tool to call out shame or humiliate students or to take marbles out as punishment.
Marbles are earned through small acts moments not grand gestures.
With the class come up with specific behaviors that would earn marbles.
In the following clip brené brown describes the concept of trust and the marble jar.
Not the big moments the small moments.
Once the jar is filled the class earns a group reward.
The trust marble jar is a powerful metaphor and tool used to teach how psychological safety is built slowly over time and based on small actions.
For every marble that is in a jar people have earned your trust for that marble.
For preschoolers just getting up for the day could earn your child a few marbles.
Explain to the class that this is your class marble jar.
A behavior marble jar is all about positive reinforcement so marbles go in and don t come back out until the end of the day.
Examples out loud put a marble in the jar.
Trust is like a marble jar.
Studies show it is the very small moments where trust is built.