bucketfilling
Us Cellular Future of good - Hopeful hearts
We reviewed what it means to be a bucket filler in Life Skills this month. We know that everyone carries an invisible bucket. When their bucket is full, they are happy but when their bucket is empty, they are sad. We can fill other's bucket's by using kind words and actions, smiling at someone, sharing, including others, and just saying hello. Every time we fill a bucket, our own bucket fills up too! You can follow up at home by asking your child to share one thing they did today that filled up someone else's bucket. Ask them if anyone did anything that filled theirs. Finally, you can share with them if anyone filled your bucket today! This is a great daily ritual for dinner or bedtime-it really emphasizes self-reflection and appreciation.
U.s. Cellular Future of Good - bundles of Hope
U.s. Cellular Future of Good - The Youth Trumpet & Taps Corps
Poem to introduce Bucketfilling
Bucket filling: Important Points
- YOU CAN PRACTICE AND GET BETTER!!
- CHOOSE YOUR FRIENDS WISELY: BUCKET FILLING SPREADS FROM PERSON TO PERSON
- TO HAVE A FRIEND YOU MUST FIRST BE A FRIEND: GOOD FRIENDS DON'T ALWAYS AGREE WITH YOU, BUT THEY ALWAYS CARE ABOUT YOU!
- SPECIAL ACTS OF KINDNESS ARE AN OUT-OF-THE-ORDINARY GOOD DEED
- GROUP BUCKET FILLING MEANS YOU WORK WITH FRIENDS/CLASSMATES TO FILL A BUCKET
- DOING YOUR BEST AND TRYING, EVEN WHEN SOMETHING IS HARD OR SCARY FILLS YOUR BUCKET (DON'T BE AFRAID TO MAKE MISTAKES!!)
Bucket Dipping: important points
- WE ALL DIP SOMETIMES
- DON'T DO OR SAY ANYTHING WHEN YOU ARE UPSET (YOU MIGHT DIP WITHOUT MEANING TO OR TRYING TO!)
- APOLOGIZE: AND MEAN IT!
- TALK ABOUT YOUR BUCKET: WHEN THINGS ARE TOUGH DON'T HOLD IT IN!
- THOUGHTLESS DIPPING ISN'T ON PURPOSE, BUT IT MEANS YOU DIDN'T THINK FIRST! T.H.I.N.K.!!!
- SELECTIVE DIPPING (OR FILLING) MEANS YOU ONLY DO THINGS TO OR FOR CERTAIN PEOPLE (THIS IS REALLY COMMON AND EASY TO CHANGE!)
- DIPPING ON TELEVISION IS SOMETIMES SHOWN TO BE FUNNY
- LONG-HANDLED DIPPING IS WHEN YOU HURT SOMEONE ANONYMOUSLY OR FROM FAR AWAY (TECHNOLOGY)
- DISAGREEING AND GETTING CONSEQUENCES ARE not DIPPING!