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This 3 minute video for students features Wilkeson Elementary School Counselor Carla Burgi sharing about being a bucket filler. We each have an invisible bucket inside of us. When we are having hard emotions like feeling sad, our bucket feels low and when we feel happy, our bucket level feels high. We have the power to help fill up other people’s buckets. We can do something kind, be helpful, say something nice; all these things make others happier. The cool thing is when we fill up someone else’s bucket, it doesn’t take anything from ours but rather ours gets fuller too! Scientists have researched this and we know it is true, our brain chemicals and physical health change when we are kind to others. Challenge: Be a bucket filler this week! Think of something you can do for someone else, it can be small! Notice how the other person reacts but also notice how it impacts how you feel. If you are interested in the books that inspired this post, check out “How Full Is Your Bucket?” by Donald Cliffton and Tom Rath and “How Full is Your Bucket? For Kids” by Mary Reckmeyer and Tom Rath

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by their students my name is mrs. Berkey and I and the school counselor at Wilkinson Elementary and I'm going to talk to you today about something the lot of you might be familiar with called being a bucket filler so in 2004. that became popular by the book how Full is Your Bucket written by Donald Clifton and Tom Rath and the concept in this book was also carried on to some children's book about children's books written about this content Fred is how Full is Your Bucket for kids to the idea is we have this invisible imaginary bucket and when we feel upset or sad is like a bucket is lower and we when we feel happy when we feel content and we feel excited all those great emotions are bucket is filled up high and the idea is we have the info I'm feeling other people's pockets we can do kind things for other people and allow their emotional energy to get better for them to be happier and more satisfied the really cool thing about the research that went behind his bar is not only do we help someone else when we do something kind we compliment them when we do something kind for someone your kind gesture it fills up their bucket but at the exact same time it doesn't get from work those up our bucket at the same time so when we do something kind when we say something kind when we do something helpful grateful it actually helps us out at the same time and it's really been based on in scientific research which is really cool so we've got some feel-good brain chemicals going on in the body like oxytocin and like dopamine so these brain chemicals help us feel better turn they also have positive impact on the physical body that help with the physical body so it's like one of the coolest things to ever read about in and really even cooler to practice it so today bucket filler help help a parent with a chore help a younger sibling write a nice card or note to someone or even a message in chalk on the sidewalk do something kind say something kind compliment someone notice how not only that brighten someones day but it also in turn helps your own feeling about how you are doing is a powerful concept thanks for listening today students have a great day

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