Students begin to understand that they have invisible buckets. When their buckets are full, they feel great. Having things go their way fills their buckets. Having things go wrong (e.g., someone says something unkind, forgetting lunch) empties a student’s bucket. The bonus is that helping to fill another person’s bucket with a kind action or word also helps to fill your own bucket.
How Full Is Your Bucket? For Kids
by Tom Rath
Each of us has an invisible bucket. Felix begins to see how every interaction in a day either fills or empties his bucket. He realizes what he says or does to other people fills or empties their buckets as well.
Fill a Bucket
by Carol McCloud
This book illustrates what it means when children have their buckets filled and learn how they can fill other people’s buckets too – understanding how special, valuable and capable they are.
Bucket Filling from A to Z
by Carol McCloud
This book uses the letters of the alphabet to show many ways that we can fill buckets. When you help children become bucket fillers, you give them the key to happiness.
Will You Fill My Bucket?
by Carol McCloud
Will you fill my bucket?, is asked by children from twelve different countries. Sweet rhyming prose and vividly captivating illustrations delight the senses and express the deep joy and love we hope for all the children.
Buckets, Dippers, and Lids
by Carol McCloud
We “use our lid” to protect and keep the happiness inside our bucket. Readers learn what gives happiness, what takes it away, and what protects it.
Have You Filled a Bucket Today?
by Carol McCloud
This heartwarming book encourages positive behavior by using the concept of an invisible bucket to show children how easy and rewarding it is to express kindness, appreciation and love by “filling buckets.”