How Full Is Your Bucket? For Kids

I got this for my school's first grade class and it's always such a hit. It lends itself to great activities you can do with students on how to think about self-care.

Having two boys at home they say some pretty out of the normal things; well my oldest came home calling his brother a bucketdipper and well my mind went somewhere else and at that point of course I had to research where this word came from ... and this is why I ordered this book. My oldest who is in Kindergarten was read this book in class and was taught that when saying or doing something not so nice thet was "bucket dipping" which hence the term "bucketdipper." Now there are many reasons thet someone can be a bucketdipper the book goes on to show many examples. The example I found extremely useful for children to understand which was when someone is hurt they hurt others; I loved this exampl of a bucketdipper. When someone is a bucketdipper they not only dip into another bucket but they also dip into their own hence not really helping themselves by choosing to be men or have a bad attitude. Now the point is to be a bucket filler the bucket fillers when filling others buckets also fill their own as it feels good to help others feel good. This book allows children to self reflect and think about how to not only earn stickers or checks for their own end reward but how to help others most importantly and feeling good about it as a reward in itself. I highly recommend the collection of these books as it is a great lesson for adults and children alike anyone can benefit from self reflection at any age.

I start every school year with the Fill a Bucket books. The concept forms a structure for classroom management. Students earn bucket filler slips. These are counted at the end of each week and tallied on a paper bucket (I found these materials on Teachers Pay Teachers). When there are 100 tallies, students earn a pre-determined classroom award. They love it, and parents love reading the slips when students take them home at the end of the week.

How Full Is Your Bucket? is a wonderful book for young children! My 4-year-old really enjoys the story and its colorful illustrations. It does a great job of teaching empathy and understanding other people's feelings in a way that's relatable for kids. It's an engaging read that opens up great conversations about kindness and positivity. Highly recommend for parents looking to introduce important life lessons to their children!

My son with Autism loves the Bucket Filling series, and this book is pretty much the 'introduction' to the concept. It takes the generally abstract concepts of kindness and 'treating others as you'd like to be treated' and provides an extremely tangible, relatable metaphor. Because my son has had to (and still does have to) work hard to learn and understand basic social interaction - and is always expanding his understanding of empathy and social cues - the Bucket Filling series gives him an opportunity, through story telling, to actually, literally 'see' how treating other people impacts that person's feelings and moods. This book is his favorite of the series. I think it acts very well as a 'social story,' because it walks a little boy through the first day that he notices the buckets. The story takes him through a full day at school, and it shares several realistic situations in which kids and adults fill one-another's buckets (are kind to one another), and situations in which someone dips from another person's bucket (is mean to someone). It also perfectly exemplifies how being kind to another person fills that person's bucket (makes them happy), but also fills your OWN bucket (makes you feel good); and, similarly, how dipping in to another person's bucket (being mean to them) also dips from your own bucket (makes you feel bad/cranky/upset), too.

My daughter was introduced to this book at school. The day they read it she came home so excited to tell me all about it. I immediately went to the library to get a copy to read and quickly saw why she loves the book so much. It was clear that I needed a copy to add to our growing library at home. This would make a great gift for an individual or classroom as is has a great message/lesson to be learned from it.

This book is just okay. My students did learn about a different reason to treat others with kindness. The problem is that the grandfather did not fully explain the concept to his grandson, so readers unfamiliar with bucket filling do not quickly grasp the point of the story.

Just received this book - the "peak inside" feature almost killed it for me, as well as some other reviews about it giving "mixed" signals. It certainly does not give mixed signals. It reinforces that you get what you give, your reap what you sow, and so on. The book ends kinda where it begins - only with a much better outcome. It's an easy read and makes a good point. I plan to use the book as a tool this summer to help kids who are stuck all summer in the same class with kids of mixed ages (the "big kid" room) to help them to be more compassionate and caring individuals. We all have "buckets" and our bucket are targeted every hour of every day. However, we have the ability within us to fill our own bucket by filling those around us that need theirs to be filled. Peace.

A wonderful book that every child should read. It uses a simple metaphor-an invisible bucket that gets filled or emptied by our actions and words-to help kids understand their emotions like annger, frustration etc and the impact they have on themselves and on others. What I love most is how the book encourages kindness and empathy. It shows that by helping others and being positive, we not only fill their buckets but also our own, making everyone feel happier. The illustrations are engaging, and the message is easy for kids to grasp and remember. This book is a fantastic tool for parents and teachers to start conversations about emotional well-being, kindness, and the importance of supporting one another. Highly recommended for all families!

Terrible quality - product came bent and torn even though it is meant to be new. Tried to return but it still hasn’t been collected!

this is such a great book. teaching kids that everything they do or say to people has consequence. whether it be good or bad - everything we do affects someone else. everyone has an invisible bucket. we can either dip into it by being unkind or we can fill it up by spreading kindness and light

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Loved this book, as did 5 and 6 year olds. Very simple concept and they refer to it daily. It helped make them more conscious of the impact of their behaviour on others.