BUILDING GOOD CHARACTER IN OUR STUDENTS
Bucket Fillers is a program based on the educational programs of Merrill Lundgren, the Bucket Man. Carol McCloud wrote the children’s book Have You Filled a Bucket Today: A Guide to Daily Happiness for Kids. This book tells the story of how we all carry invisible buckets that hold our feelings. When our buckets are full, we are happy; when they are empty, we are sad. It is important that students learn that when they fill a friend's bucket, they also fill their own bucket because it feels good to make others happy.
Goals of the Bucket-Filling school program:
1. To teach children how to reach out and express love, respect and appreciation to others
2. To help children become other-centered rather than self-centered
3. To help children express their feelings (good and bad) in a healthy manner
4. To help children understand where feelings originate and how to protect their feelings from being hurt
5. To establish a framework for more constructive words and actions and less bullying
6. To create more positive home and school environments
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