Our "Bucket Fillers" team is a dynamic group of experienced, certified teachers and counselors.  Our mission is to create a world of bucket fillers.  We do this through school assemblies, staff trainings, adult seminars, keynote addresses, and classroom resources, all based on our book, Have You Filled a Bucket Today? A Guide to Daily Happiness for Kids.

In a new twist on the Golden Rule, Have You Filled a Bucket Today? explains to children that we all carry an invisible bucket in which we keep our feelings about ourselves.  When our buckets are full, we are happy; when they are empty, we are sad.  It's important to know that we can fill our own bucket and so can others.  We can also dip into it.

What are bucket fillers?


"Bucket fillers" are those who help without being asked, give hugs and compliments, and generally spread their love and good feelings to others.  The simple metaphor of a bucket helps even preschoolers understand the importance of consideration and love, particularly towards those who bully.


"Bucket dippers" rob us of happy feelings by refusing to help with a task or by saying or doing cruel things.  The challenging problem of "bullying" or "bucket dipping" usually rears its ugly head in the first few weeks of school.  Why not address it in a positive, concrete manner through our book or our assemblies?


Want to resolve bullying or bucket dipping?  Get your child or your entire school turned on to this concrete concept and make a change - for good.  Carol McCloud's book addresses this issue by helping kids understand that we are all the same, in that we all want some kindness in our lives, every day.  Especially bullies!

The Bucketfilling concept is NOT our creation. Carol McCloud first heard the idea that a "bucket" represented a person's self-concept, or mental and emotional health, at an early childhood conference in the 1990's.  It was in the 1960's, that Dr. Donald O. Clifton (1924-2003), first created the "Dipper and Bucket" story that has now been passed along for decades.  Dr. Clifton later went on to co-author the #1 New York Times bestseller How Full Is Your Bucket? and be named the Father of Strengths Psychology.  Their book and website are excellent tools for work and life.


  
Subscribe to our FREE weekly e-newsletters.   Our “BUCKET FILL-osophy 101” newsletters have words of wisdom and heartwarming stories that will inspire you and fill your bucket.  Twice a month we share ideas for the classroom, called “Bucket Lessons.”  These weekly reminders will take this “concept” and develop a bucketfilling “habit.”  Send us your ideas and stories to info@bucketfillers101.com.




If you miss an issue, don’t worry; past newsletters are posted on the Resources page of our website!


**Note: Our newsletters will resume August 30, 2009. 










Bucketfilling school assemblies, staff trainings and adult seminars are available, presented by members of our "Bucket Fillers" Team.  Every member of our team "walks the talk" through daily acts of bucketfilling. Teaching bucketfilling is easy; living it can be a daily challenge until it becomes a habit.  Then it's a wonderful way of life!


CAROL MCCLOUD, THE BUCKET LADY
(Courtesy of the Daily Press & Argus)





Our Vision

Our book, presentations and other resources are designed to

• Make bucket filling and other-centeredness a daily habit
• Preempt and reduce mean, bullying, bucket-dipping behaviors
• Empower children to deal with bucket dippers
• Help children learn about choices and consequences
• Create safe, positive, nurturing schools
• Strengthen families and build better relationships

Young children love being bucket fillers.  They quickly grasp the concrete language of bucket filling through lively discussion of our easy-to-read book.  Then, with continued encouragement from parents, grandparents, teachers and others, children create a healthy life habit of their own.


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Bucket Fillers, Inc.
PO Box 255
Brighton, Michigan 48116
810-229-5468
FAX  810-588-6782