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Have You Filled a Bucket Today: A Guide to Daily Happiness for Kids

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The concept of bucket filling is one that kids can really understand and relate to. I read it to my three-year old, and now he asks for it every night. He loves the pictures and has even begun talking about bucket filling when he says something nice to someone. This book is a wonderful tool for families and teachers to give kids a visual way to think about kindness toward others. And it's a good reminder for adults, too!

This book visually conveys a message that is often difficult to explain to children, about finding happiness through spreading happiness. Kids understand it and love it, and it helps parents explain at a kid's level why someone was mean to them. It is definitely one to read and re-read and I only wish it came in hardback to withstand the use!

Words hurt. That's the simple truth. And bullies abound no matter what the age. If we can teach young children the power of words and teach them to use those words carefully, we can change the future of America.

This is one book every elementary teacher should have. And one book each teacher should discuss with their children.

This book talks about how we can each fill each others buckets (a very nice metaphor beautifully illustrated with words and drawings). How do we become "bucket fillers"? By simple things like saying something kind, smiling, showing love, and making others feel special. The book gives great examples of
bucket filling, such as inviting a new kid to play,
and much more. I love this book and I want to share it
with everyone I know, especially families with kids. Based on the reactions of friends I've shown it to so far, the book has enormous appeal.

Wow-I was very impressed after reading this book to my 8 & 6 yr old girls. It was very well written, extremely touching and explains how we can make people feel good every day.
The book explains that we all ~everyone~ has an invisible bucket that can be filled or emptied based on what you do for them. A smile, a hello and kind words fill their buckets. It also explains how we have the power to empty peoples buckets by not being so nice.
My girls are really into "filling buckets" of everyone they come in contact with now. Great book for children and parents--dont miss this one.

This book was propped up on display at the bookstore and the title was interesting enough, so I picked it up. I immediately could tell that the message was simple and clear and bought the book, even though we have plenty of books (so many that I usually can't justify buying another). I personally don't find many children's book all that great. Either the story is dumb or the wording is dumb, or there is no point. This one is really enjoyable for me to read because they learn from it each time, and even after the first time I read it to my 4 year old, she started talking about things that we shouldn't do that can hurt other people's feelings and "dip" from their bucket. The idea of a bucket of our "good feelings and thoughts" about ourselves creates a visualization my kids can relate to and understand clearly. This goes on my personal list of maybe 20 books I love to read my children.

I read this book to my class of third graders earlier this week after I had noticed an increase in arguments and spats between several of them during recess. I first read them How Full Is Your Bucket? For Kids by Tom Rath which is more of a story example to springboard a discussion about how treating others a certain way makes both them and us feel a certain way. The discussion was good and I even shared a recent example of how I had dipped into my mom's bucket during a discussion related to my upcoming wedding planning that showed them it is something we all do from time to time but the important thing is that we are aware of it and that we right our wrongs and strive to be a bucket filler! I followed up this discussion by reading this book Have You Filled a Bucket Today: A Guide to Daily Happiness for Kids by Carol McCloud which is a similar concept but goes more into specific ways that we can fill each others buckets. I think the analogies of the bucket helped my kids think more about the way they interact with each other. I would definitely recommend this book (and the other one) to use with kids third grade and under.

I bought this based on the excellent reviews here and my 4-year-old daughter loves it. She asked to read it over and over and really "gets" the message about trying to be nice to others to feel good about yourself. She even asked to take it to school to read with her preschool class and asked me to draw a picture of her and me under a rainbow holding hands and filling each other's buckets.

For me it is a little cloying. It really hits you over the head with its good but simple message. But I am not a pre-schooler!

We heard about this book at a professional development class for teachers. It really helps the students understand why it is important to treat everyone with respect. It is a great way to begin your new tone of your new school year! "Be a Bucket Filler" is my slogan for the year. (I teach 4th grade.)

I read the description of the book and a few reviews and really liked the concept. I read the book first when it arrived and thought it was probably a bit premature for my 2 year old and did not expect her to understand the message but maybe like the pictures, go over the colors, what she sees, etc.

We read this book a couple of times when to my surprise, one day my daughter gave me a kiss and a hug and said "I fill bucket." I was floored! Being objective, my child is cute, fun and smart but I would not say she is overly advanced and that's why I was so taken aback by her statement! I thought it was well beyond her level of understanding but she proved me wrong. There must be something in this book that captures a child's attention and drives the message home. This will be a constant in out reading routine and list of books we will continue to read over and over.