Trust is like a marble jar.
Marble jar activity.
With the class come up with specific behaviors that would earn marbles.
For every marble that is in a jar people have earned your trust for that marble.
Not the big moments the small moments.
Some examples of small acts moments that build trust include showing up at a loved one s funeral and asking for help from friends.
Use marbles to support the behaviors that need the most attention.
With the marble jar teachers can frequently and easily reward desired behavior.
Working quietly being good for a sub learning a new routine individual good behavior such as helping another student lining up quietly doing a good job with clean up being on task being ready to begin solving a class problem just because they are such a great group of kids.
Your boss asks you how your mom s chemotherapy is going.
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.
The marble jar is a great way to do this.
Examples out loud put a marble in the jar.
It should never be used as a compliance tool to call out shame or humiliate students or to take marbles out as punishment.
Once the jar is filled the class earns a group reward.
Every time you see a whole class.
When the class is caught making a marble jar choice the class gets a marble.
For preschoolers just getting up for the day could earn your child a few marbles.
What do your friends do to earn marbles in your marble jar.
Here are some ideas.
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.
Simply print off the poster and the marble jar.
Marbles are earned through small acts moments not grand gestures.
Studies show it is the very small moments where trust is built.
The goal is to fill the marble jar.
Come up with a class reward such as shoes off extra recess each lunch with the teacher etc.
Explain to the class that this is your class marble jar.