Bucketfillers

The  children's book Have You Filled a Bucket Today: A Guide to Daily Happiness for Kids by Carol McCloud is based on creating a positive school environment for all students. The Bucket Filling program is done through school-wide assemblies and visits from the Bucket Fillers, author Carol McCloud. Karigon Elementary School became a "bucket filling school" after a visit from the author Carol McCloud during the 2008-09 school year. The assembly was presented to all grade levels. Many of our teachers have taken the message into the classroom to create bucket filling classrooms. The language used is simple and easy to understand. You can hear the students use the terms bucket filling or bucket dipping instead of name-calling.  The concept is everyone carries an invisible bucket with their good feelings about themselves everyday. When we fill each others buckets with positive words and actions, we are also filling our own buckets with the positive words and thoughts we use. If we choose to dip into someone's bucket with unkind words and actions, we empty some of their positive feelings and thoughts about themselves.

The Bucket-Filling school program has several CURRICULUM GOALS :

1. To teach children how positive words ,respect ,and consideration of others will create a positive learning environment.

2. To help children become aware of how their words and actions effect their relationships.