Remember this little story? Well, that brilliant bucket-filling concept is working it's magic in my house again, only with the two-year-old this time.
The scene: It's been quite the day, with several timeouts happening and my patience hanging by a thread. I'm finishing up bedtime with my little guy willing myself to read a few books to him before making a break for the door (and possibly some ice cream and/or wine)...
Little guy: "My bucket is empty."
Me: "Oh really. What's wrong, buddy?"
Little guy: "My heart feels sad. I fink (read: think) I need a hug."
I have to admit that I felt completely sucker-punched in the belly after that little conversation, but it was such a good view into his little world. And I cannot say enough about this little book. It seriously makes the most meaningful analogy for kids. After my first encounter with the effects of bucket filling, I went to Amazon and ordered all three I could find with a bucket-filling theme. My little guy has only heard the Fill A Bucket one, and he eats it up. My daughter tend to enjoy the other two more. And I guess it's working, at least at times. I mean, I've been outright floored twice now. I think we'll move on to seriously working on him filling my bucket. All I want is fewer "No!"s and more "Okay Mom!"s.
Oh, how my bucket would spill-ith over!
4 comments:
That is so sweet! I need to get look into those books for the boys. Tomorrow we need to go the library!
That is so sweet! I need to fill some buckets myself and I would love to hear more "ok Mommy" too. I say that to my kids all of the time.
The "Bucket Books" have been a big hit here, too. It just makes sense to all of the kids, which is great.
And the bucket love is spreading - my little daycare guy's mom is a school librarian; after hearing about filling buckets, she purchased one for the school library. :o)
I haven't even heard of it! sounds brilliant.
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