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Bring Bucket Filling to Your Classroom — and Your Whole School

Carol McCloud’s simple message of kindness, ready to use with your students. Both resources are free to download.

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The Complete Bucketfilling Program

A step-by-step guide with 12 practical steps to build a school-wide culture of kindness, connection, and belonging. Created in collaboration with Carol McCloud.

Free PDF  |  14 pages  |  Printable 8.5" × 11"

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A Full Week of Bucketfilling

Based on Have You Filled a Bucket Today?, this free five-day lesson plan takes students from “What’s in Your Bucket?” on Monday to a bucketfilling classroom celebration on Friday.

Free 16-page printable pack  |  Grades K–3

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Enjoy All the Bucket Books

Meet Author Carol McCloud

Bestselling author, speaker, and educator Carol McCloud has penned over a dozen children’s books, sold more than three million copies, and captivated audiences in thousands of school and corporate presentations. 

She’s indie-published, self-published, and traditionally published. Her flagship book, Have You Filled a Bucket Today?, is available in 12 languages and found in homes and schools worldwide.  

Carol is the living embodiment of her brand, always looking for new opportunities to fill people's buckets, and helping to guide them to happier, more fulfilling lives. She continues to write new books that focus on teaching the value and importance of kindness to ourselves and those around us. 

Carol McCloud on Her Bucket Filling Books

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CLASSROOM TOOLS

Individual classrooms, schools and even entire districts have adopted Bucket Filling programs into their daily routine and have reported dramatic increases in kindness, decreases in bullying and an overall improvement in their students' happiness.

Our free step-by-step program gives your school everything it needs to get started.

FREE 5-DAY LESSON PLAN

A full week of bucketfilling fun for grades K–3. Based on Have You Filled a Bucket Today?, this free 16-page printable pack includes guided activities, discussion prompts, student worksheets, and a hands-on paper bucket craft.