This year I
read the book Have You Filled
a Bucket Today by Carol McCloud. The
story talks about being a bucket filler or a bucket dipper. A bucket
filler is a person that uses kind words and does good deeds. A bucket
dipper is someone that doesn't say kind words and doesn't do good
deeds. The children loved the story and now all I have to say is "Are
you being a bucket filler or a bucket dipper?" or " I like how you are
being a bucket filler!".
We all carry
an invisible bucket. This bucket contains our feelings. When our bucket
is full, we feel great; when it's empty, we feel empty. A bucketfiller
is someone who says or does nice things for other people. By doing
this, they are filling other people's buckets and filling their own
bucket at the same time. On the other hand, a bucketdipper says or does
things to cause other people to feel bad. This simple but profound
philosophy applies to every aspect of life.
Has your child come home saying s/he is
a bucket filler, or
that someone at school helped to fill his/her bucket? Are you
wondering what that means? Let me explain…
Each of us carries an
invisible bucket. It gets filled
up when someone says or does something nice for us, or when we say or
do something nice in return. The opposite of a Bucket
Filler is a Bucket Dipper. A Bucket Dipper is someone who tries
to fill their own bucket by “dipping” from others’ buckets. They
do this by being unkind. However, we know we can never fill our
buckets by dipping from someone else’s. This concept is a
twist on the Golden Rule, and it really resonates with the
children. We are striving to be a class of Bucket Fillers.
Periodically
throughout the week, we share with each other how someone else helped
to fill our bucket or how we were Bucket Fillers. Talk with your
childabout
how s/he can be a Bucket Filler!
