Customer Reviews

Fill a Bucket: A Guide to Daily Happiness for the Young Child

5 star:		(26)
4 star:		(4)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

Although the message of Carol McCloud's first book, "Have You Filled A Bucket Today?" resonates with kids as young as 2 and 3, this book takes it a step closer to helping kids that age and slightly older (maybe as old as 5) get the idea that being kind and loving is important to their own happiness. I read it to my little guy (6 months old) and he loved the colors and pictures.

Purchased this book for our local kindergarten class. The teacher requested it because it gives the young students an opportunity to learn about happiness in their lives and what they can do for others. They love it!

This book is for all ages! It reminds everyone that we have a responsibility to fill buckets of happiness daily.

I bought this thinking it would go well with the "Have You Filled A Bucket" book... I teach 4th grade, but found this book to be aimed at a younger audience. I ended up giving it to a friend who teaches Kindergarten, and she thought it was great to use with her class.

I purchased this book for my granddaughters, 3 years and 5 years old. The 3 year old has always been a Mommy's girl much to Daddy's chagrin. But, after reading Fill a Bucket, she decided to fill Daddy's bucket. She sat next to him at dinner, crawled on his lap after dinner, and requested that he be the one to tuck her in bed that night. Needless to say, Daddy was THRILLED!! He is now much more affectionate toward her. He has begun to fill her bucket, and she is continuing to fill his bucket every day. What a delightful way to explain kindness to a young child. She has learned that as a result of her kindness, she is receiving kindness in return.

My daughter helped the girls make paper buckets for each member of the family to put on the bulletin board. Every time they are kind to someone, they add a star or heart to the buckets. They enjoy seeing their "kindnesses" add up and over flow the buckets.

Love the idea of this book, lots of resources on the internet to make a themed unit/lesson plan for preschoolers and young elementary. Every therapist, early childhood teacher should have!

I was a little thrown off by the title "a guide". i wasnt sure if it was a self help type book or what. But, after reading the reviews, it looked cute so i went for it and got it for my daughters easter basket. We have really enjoyed this book. My daugher calls is the "bucket book". Its a sweet story about doing good deeds and making others happy and as a result, making others happy, makes you happy! As an adult, its a good reminder as well. I highly recommend this book for all ages!

We bought this book for my son who was having a hard time being happy for other children's achievements in school. We had tried many others through our library but none really changed his perspective until we brought this one home. It's written in a simple way that even my 3 year old daughter can understand and act on. After reading the book, we often talk about who's bucket we want to fill and generate different ideas on how to going about doing so. We do this at least once a week to keep it top of mind for them - and it's working. They really enjoy making other people feel good and have seen that little things like a simple hug or one nice word can make a big difference.

I teach kindergarten at a Christian School. The kids always enjoy this book and it gets passed around to many of the other grades as well. It provides for some great discussions afterwards. At the end of the day, we often talk about what they did that day to fill their bucket. Some mornings they will rush in to the room and tell me something special that they did to fill their bucket already that morning.

This book got the message CLEARLY across to my girls (4 1/2 and almost 3). When one says something mean to the other, I sometimes hear the other one say 'you need to fill up my bucket" and they understand using kind words and hugging to apologise are ways to fill up someones' bucket.