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Have You Filled a Bucket Today?: A Guide to Daily Happiness for Kids
Through sweet, simple prose and vivid illustrations, this heart-warming book encourages positive behavior as children see how easy and rewarding it is to express kindness, appreciation, and love on a daily basis.
Hardcover, 31 pages
Published
October 1st 2007
by Ferne Press
(first published May 15th 2006)
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I borrowed this book from my son's elementary school library (where I volunteer weekly) after learning about the author at an anti-bullying workshop the school held. I was looking for Growing Up with a Bucket Full of Happiness: Three Rules for a Happier Life but our library didn't have it (eventually I ordered it for the library). They did have this title instead. I pre-read any book that I read to my children to make sure it's appropriate and this book has a really good message. It teaches chil...more
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"Have You Filled Your Bucket Today?" is a book about feelings and making the right choices. This book is a simple guide for children to share and learn good thoughts and good feelings. The book uses an invisible bucket, that everyone has, to help illustrate how to fill your bucket and how you would feel with your bucket full. In contrast, it speaks of a bucket dipper and how that feels when you become a bucket dipper. For example, the author writes, "A bucket dipper says or does mean things that...more
Normally I wouldn't add a children's book to my list, but here's an exception. I was so impressed by this book when I first saw it that I went out and bought it for a future child I might have (whenever that may happen)! The story line makes it very easy for a young child to learn the difference between doing good and doing bad with the use of an invisible bucket that 'everyone in the world carries with them.' When you do good things you fill the buckets of others and your own. When you do bad t...more
This book is a guide for teaching children respect for themself and others. Bucket filling is something that happens all over the world. Everyone has an invisible bucket with positive thoughts and feelings. You fill your bucket by doing good but if you do bad things you are a bucket dipper and your bucket loses some good.
I really enjoyed this book because it can be used in many ways in the classroom. This book can be used to establish classroom rules. Teaching students about the concept of filli...more
I really enjoyed this book because it can be used in many ways in the classroom. This book can be used to establish classroom rules. Teaching students about the concept of filli...more
"Have You Filled a Bucket Today? by Carol McCloud and David Messing.After reading this book to my class they have adopted all that it stands for. I hea...moreHave You Filled a Bucket Today? by Carol McCloud and David Messing.After reading this book to my class they have adopted all that it stands for. I hear my second graders saying "Not me, I'm a bucket filler not a bucket dipper!" I have even brought in a bucket that sits on a book shelf where my students can write quick notes of good deeds th...more
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Ages 6-10. The initial impression this picture book lends is mediocre-- the story has a preaching tone and the bucket metaphor at first glance seems cliche. Walking away from the experience, though, it's hard to shake the idea of bucket filling--that one fills one's own bucket by filling other people's--where the bucket is analogous to our gut feelings about ourselves, or work and our social relationships. In fact, it's an excellent way to reiterate a counter-intuitive truth: people feel often f...more
Nov 27, 2011
Katie Williams
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Shelves:
bullying,
community,
decision-making,
first-day-of-school,
friends,
manners,
respect-for-others
Have You Filled a Bucket Today is a good book to read at the beginning of the school year when setting down expectations on how students should treat each other. It explains that people have an invisible bucket that they carry around. Some days you can wake up and it's filled with happiness and some days it isn't. In any case, it's your job to make sure you mind what you do so that you don't empty anyone's bucket and take their happiness away. A lesson on this could be to have paper buckets tape...more
This book uses the metaphor of a bucket to motivate children to do kind things. When a bucket is full, it means you have experienced loads of kindness. It motivates children to fill other people's buckets with acts of kindness. While this book does not directly relate to my essential question of "How should we respond to bullying?", it does teach children to act with kindness. One part of the book mentions that bullies are "bucket dippers" and they do not fill buckets because they are mean and d...more
Feb 28, 2011
Pynteya Bate
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Another book I absolutely LOVE. It teaches children to be kind, ways to show love to your friends and family, act properly, and how by saying and doing nice things you can make your home, and school a better places to be in. I read this book to my 1st grade in the early morning class and all day they were practicing to be a "bucket fillers". We divided the class into two groups to see who will be a "bucket fillers" and who will be a "bucket dippers" It was so funny to see them correcting each ot...more
This book could be great at any point in the year, but I find that my students start to get a bit of cabin fever in Jan/Feb so that's usually when I introduce it. After reading the book we discuss how to be the best family members in our classroom family we can be! I then have the kids decorate their own "buckets". I put the buckets in a pocket chart and show them the cards to write compliments on. We then throughtout the week fill peoples buckets and read them on Fridays. Thank you Pinterest fo...more
Carol McCloud’s book, “Have You Filled a Bucket Today?“ is a true classic that ALL kids and adults will benefit from.
The story is written in a cute and easy to understand way that allows kids to fully grasp the philosophy that McCloud is outlining.
The basics of the philosophy revolve around an invisible bucket that people carry and the obligation that we have to “fill” other peoples buckets in order to bring them happiness.
The author clearly explains what a “bucket” is, who is carrying the “invi...more
The story is written in a cute and easy to understand way that allows kids to fully grasp the philosophy that McCloud is outlining.
The basics of the philosophy revolve around an invisible bucket that people carry and the obligation that we have to “fill” other peoples buckets in order to bring them happiness.
The author clearly explains what a “bucket” is, who is carrying the “invi...more
Jan 27, 2012
Julie
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EVERYBODY
Recommended to Julie by:
co-worker
I love the idea of bucket filling to explain how to treat others. It's wonderful. I know that some of the teachers at my school use this approach in their classrooms.
I do have one concern and that is that the book says you need other people to fill your bucket. We can't always rely on others to make us feel good about ourselves. We need to know how to make ourselves happy. How to trust ourselves and to listen to our hearts.
I hope they come out with a book that touches on that too.
I do have one concern and that is that the book says you need other people to fill your bucket. We can't always rely on others to make us feel good about ourselves. We need to know how to make ourselves happy. How to trust ourselves and to listen to our hearts.
I hope they come out with a book that touches on that too.
I really love this book beacuse this book teaches students to be a kind and love each others by the concept of bucket. We all carry the invisible with us and it is being filled when we are kind to someone or show love. After reading this book, my Kindergaten teacher asked their students about what they are going to do to fill their own bucket and studetns ejoyed telling the story. This book will be approprite for students from Kindergarten to 2nd grader who can believe the concept of bucket.
This book is a great one to share with children. My daughter's fifth grade teacher shared it with her class as a way to encourage the children in the class to be kind to one another. Even something as simple as a smile can make all the difference in the world. In this book, the "bucket" has just one purpose...to hold good thoughts and feelings. After hearing the story, my daughter wanted to say kind things to "fill my bucket." I encourage teachers to share the book with their classes.
Jun 10, 2013
Tasia
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picture-books
We read this in our kindergarten class any time the kids need some reminding of how to be kind to one another. We also crafted actual buckets that we fill with nice things and little treats in order to make everyone feel like they are appreciated. It's a fantastic book to get kids thinking about how their actions affect others, and really gets them thinking about their classroom as a community. All we have to say is "Are we being bucket-fillers or bucket-dippers?" and the kids immediately put th...more
They fill up the buckets. And they fill up the bucket with their friends. And when they do something good they have to teach how they learn that at school. And they teach how to do something good.
I know because I am a friend. You fill a bucket with all your friends. You will have your own bucket filled too. If you be a bully you say sorry and then they will be happy. Otherwise, if you get hurt to someone you say sorry. You fill up your bucket with flowers.
- C, age 4
I know because I am a friend. You fill a bucket with all your friends. You will have your own bucket filled too. If you be a bully you say sorry and then they will be happy. Otherwise, if you get hurt to someone you say sorry. You fill up your bucket with flowers.
- C, age 4
Sep 14, 2012
Heather
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manners
40 months - awesome book!!! We read this to O a few days ago and now she will out of the blue say "Momma I love you". Or come up to me and say "I'm going to fill your bucket!" and give a big hug and kiss. When she does something mean I can say "are you emptying my bucket?" and she'll turn it around with hugs and kisses. :). Tonight during cuddle time when I was tickling her back she said "you're filling my tickle bucket!". Giggle giggle. Need I say more, great book.
I got this book given to me when I was a student teacher as a gift. I love it to pieces and can't wait to read it with my upcoming Kindergarten class. It's a great way to teach young children the importance of respecting others and can be used as a great anti-bullying book. My teacher used the book as an intro to a regular class routine where students would fill up their own miniature buckets by telling stories about how they were kind to other students in the class.
This is a great book that teaches children to be kind and love others! I would read this at the beginning of the year. It also uses a lot of great adjectives so I could use it to teach about adjectives. I would read this to the class and then maybe give each of them a mini basket and they can write nice things to each other and put it in each other's baskets throughout the year. :)
I could also have them make a cause and effect web after we read this book.
I could also have them make a cause and effect web after we read this book.
This book has been on my to-read list for years and I finally got around to checking it out. Too bad, because I think it really would have been great to read to B. at ages 6-7. The metaphor of the sparkly rainbow filled bucket is very clear and would have really appealed. It is a bit young now but it was still abundantly clear (if a bit repetitive.) I am going to see if I can check out her other book which looks like it might build on the subject.
Nov 14, 2012
Ileana Lindner
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What a lovely book to read to ANY age at the beginning of the school year. It shows students young and old-ER how to be kind and appreciative (which we all need at times). This also allows for a great opportunity to do an activity that students can do. Students can fill out sheets on how a person "filled" their bucket during the day. This is fun to do periodically throughout the year, and really helps keep student's feelings and actions in check.
This is a cute book on helping students build community and friendship with each other. The sweetest words and illustrations students will be able to realize the importance of treating each other with kindness and appreciation. I would like to have a class bucket where students fill it up with positive comments and kind words. Students will be able to read their own buckets and see the care they have for one another. Great community builder!
this is a great childrens book about emotions & how we can remember to fill our buckets with love opposed to dipping out of each others buckets. I find that this is a good visual example & leaves the child with a physical way to express how they feel & they can relate as well...that when they do something it empties out or fills someone's bucket. my son has referred to this book many many times after reading it quite some time ago.
This is a very motivational book on being nice to one another. This book could be used in math because the students could do a counting activity but counting items in buckets. If you are having problems with students giving compliments then this book is a must read. might help to have the students each have a bucket and fill other peoples buckets by giving compliments. Might be a managment system to try.
Dec 10, 2011
Aislinn Mae
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Hey Caroline,
That book was awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That book was awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I really liked the bucket analogy this book uses to give kids an idea of how to be happy: basically, when your bucket is full, you feel good. Be nice to people and you are filling their buckets as well as yours. Be mean, and you are taking out of their buckets as well as your own. Then you don't feel so good.
I added it to a Kindergarten teacher collection on kindness, and she loved it.
I added it to a Kindergarten teacher collection on kindness, and she loved it.
Positive reinforcement type book for children and how to fill your bucket with happiness and concentrates on mental health issues. Simple message on how to hold good thoughts and feelings about yourself. It tells how others can help fill their buckets and how to fill your own by making others feel good about themselves. Easy to read and let kids find their own message from this book.
Apr 22, 2013
Shannon Sevcik
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believe-in-yourself
This is a great book for the beginning of the year and building community and establishing respect for one another in the classroom. I would read it as a whole group and have a discussion about how the students want to be treated and treat each other. There are so many activities (many art related) that could be useful and get the students to relate the book to themselves.
Definitely a great book to use to start the year. This book has so many lessons and ideas to use with it online. I used this book at the beginning of this year to form a community within my classroom and 7 months later I still have students coming up and reporting how other students are being bucket dippers. I would highly recommend the videos on YouTube to use as well.
Apr 10, 2011
Brenna Brooks-larson
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k-3-books
This is a book to use with any grade level. I envision using it with my students in our weekly bully prevention meetings. It teaches the kids that every person is special, and every action, kind or unkind makes a difference to someone. It gives kids a great visual for understanding feelings.
Winner of the Just For Mom Foundation Mom's Choice Award
Winner of the Just For Mom Foundation Mom's Choice Award
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