Brave Bucket

Your child names something new or scary, tries it, then drops a token in a 'brave bucket.'

Category: Emotional Growth · Duration: ~8 min

Materials

• cup or bowl
• small objects like coins or buttons

1. Set out a cup or bowl — this is the brave bucket. Gather a few small tokens (buttons, pebbles, pasta pieces). 2. Ask your little one, "What's something that feels a little scary or hard to try?" 3. Help them try it — even a tiny version of it counts. Tasting a new food, climbing one rung higher, saying hi to someone. 4. After they try, they drop a token in the brave bucket with a big "I was brave!" 5. When the bucket fills up, look at all the brave things together. "Look at everything you tried!"