{"id":2782,"date":"2025-12-05T17:13:35","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T17:13:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblelessons4children.com\/?page_id=2782"},"modified":"2025-12-05T17:24:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T17:24:15","slug":"bucket-filling-party","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/biblelessons4children.com\/index.php\/bucket-filling-party\/","title":{"rendered":"BUCKET FILLING PARTY"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the PreK\/K classroom, we use a BUCKET FILLING model to encourage and reward kind behaviors.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n
\n

Have You Filled a Bucket Today?\u00a0is a children’s book by Carol McCloud that\u00a0 uses the metaphor of an invisible bucket to teach about kindness and happiness .\u00a0The book explains that kind words and actions “fill” a person’s bucket, while mean words and actions “dip” from it.\u00a0It encourages positive behavior by showing how filling others’ buckets also fills your own.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\n
\n
<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
Key concepts<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
    \n
  • \n
    \n
    \n
    \n
    Invisible buckets:<\/strong><\/div>\n
    \n

    Everyone has an invisible bucket that represents their emotional and mental health.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

    \n
    \n
    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
  • \n
    \n
    \n
    \n
    Bucket filling:<\/strong><\/div>\n
    \n

    Performing acts of kindness, showing appreciation, and expressing love fills a bucket.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

    \n
    \n
    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
  • \n
    \n
    \n
    \n
    Bucket dipping:<\/strong><\/div>\n
    \n

    Saying or doing mean things “dips” from a bucket, making both the giver and receiver feel bad.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

    \n
    \n
    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
  • \n
    \n
    \n
    \n
    Self-care:<\/strong><\/div>\n
    The book also teaches that you can fill your own bucket by being kind to yourself and that you can dip into your own bucket.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    In the PreK\/K classroom, we use a BUCKET FILLING model to encourage and reward kind behaviors.   Have You Filled a Bucket Today?\u00a0is a children’s book by Carol McCloud that\u00a0 uses the metaphor of an invisible bucket to teach about kindness and happiness .\u00a0The book explains that kind words and actions “fill” a person’s bucket, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2782","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelessons4children.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2782","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelessons4children.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelessons4children.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelessons4children.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelessons4children.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2782"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/biblelessons4children.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2782\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2788,"href":"https:\/\/biblelessons4children.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2782\/revisions\/2788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelessons4children.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}