Marble Jar Moments

Conversely when the class veered into the land of negatives marbles were removed.

Marble jar moments.

For every marble that is in a jar people have earned your trust for that marble. Conversely when the class veered into the land of negatives marbles were removed. And if the jar gets filled up there s a celebration for the class. Sep 2 2020 explore molly adams s board marble jar on pinterest.

Speaking at a ucla based oprah winfrey super soul session brown used a marble jar positive behavior tool as a measure of how much we trust the people in our lives. Your boss asks you how your mom s chemotherapy is. The marble jar integration idea to create safe and brave spaces of belonging we need to commit to doing our work before we do the work and to working within our scope and skill. What do your friends do to earn marbles in your marble jar.

Marbles are earned through small acts moments not grand gestures. When the class cooperated accomplished great things or just had an all around good day the teacher added marbles to the jar. Trust is like a marble jar. Marble jar friends sliding door moments.

In the following clip brené brown describes the concept of trust and the marble jar. Have a printout of a marble jar and ask students to write notes giving examples of the marbles that fill the jar and the ones that break it. Not the big moments the small moments. Trust is built in small moments.

She tells a great story of her daughter s teacher who kept a jar in the classroom and each time the class did something positive a marble went in the jar. In her book daring greatly brené talks about marble jar friends. We use the marble jar as a metaphor for teaching that trust is built slowly over time and in small moments. Her daughter s classroom had a marble jar that was used for positive and negative reinforcement.

Ellen describes it as one of the worst moments of her life and said to her mother i will never trust anyone again. Studies show it is the very small moments where trust is built. 2 3 yright by ren rwn l ll right reere wwwbrenebrwnmaringlarm. If they re making not great choices the teacher takes out marbles.

Research changed brené s ongoing assumption that trust cannot be built around small moments in our lives. And the marble jar in the classroom is a jar where if the kids are making great choices together the teacher adds marbles.