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            Be a Bucket Filler
 

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This year, I have  instilled the “Bucket Filling System” in my classroom.  The idea of Bucket Fillers is based on Dr. Donald O.  Clifton's metaphor of the bucket and the dipper. The first person to bring this  idea to a school setting was "The Bucket Man", Merrill Lundgren. 

Several books have been written about bucket fillers.  Carol McCloud wrote a book called "Have You Filled A Bucket Today? (A  Guide to Daily Happiness For Kids)" and “How  Full is Your Bucket? For Kids” by Tom Harth.  (Both of which we will be  reading in class)  The premise of these books is the idea that we all carry an invisible bucket that contains our feelings. When our bucket is full, we feel great.  When our bucket is empty, we feel sad.  A bucket filler 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 bucket dipper says or does things to cause other people to feel bad.  A bucket dipper empties their own bucket when they say and do mean things as well as the  bucket of the one being offended.  I encourage you to check these books out from the Galesburg Public Library and read them together as a family at home!       



What is a  Bucket Filler? Browse A Bucket Filler website:
 
   
http://www.bucketfillersforlife.com/what-is-a-bucketfiller/


 




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