Have You Filled a Bucket Today? By Carol McCloud Published 2006
Summary
Through simple prose and vivid illustrations, this heartwarming book encourages positive behavior as children see how rewarding it is to express daily kindness, appreciation, and love. Bucket filling and dipping are effective metaphors for understanding the effects of our actions and words on the well being of others and ourselves. This book has won 15 awards including the Mom's Choice Award, Best Children's Picture Book in 2007 and the Nautilus Book Award, Silver Medal in 2008. This book addresses the Saint Leo Core Value of Respect because this book teaches students that when we all respect one another and try to fill everyone's buckets, everyone is happy.
Activities
I would have my students brainstorm ideas of how they can be bucket fillers. After we come up with some ideas as a class, the students would then write their ideas on a worksheet. after they finish writing their ideas they can color their worksheet. Another activity for older students is to have them write about a time when they filled someone's bucket.
Hey Alexander,
ReplyDeleteI love this book! I actually used this book when i was on a placement last semester in a first grade classroom. We read the story together. I then had the students draw and then write if they could on a piece of paper something nice/kind/loving and when they were finished they put it in the bucket. After everybody was finished and they were all mixed up in the bucket, the students then picked a paper out of the bucket and looked at and read their new paper/act of kindness that they had! The students absolutely loved this lesson and it allowed them to share their ideas with their classmates!
Brittani
I love this book!! I think this is a great book for children to read.
ReplyDeleteOne activity that I would do with this book is everyday before the school day is over, have students write something the did someone or a compliment to another student that had a bad day or even a good day. They then will place it in that students bucket so that student can read them the next morning.
Another activity have the students think of 3 different ways to be a bucket filler and have them draw/ write down their thoughts.