Email conversation with Kenny's Teacher

I wrote:

The lessons you are teaching are certainly making an impact. Kenny was telling me about filling invisible buckets with kindness last night. Of course, in true Kenny fashion, he also reversed the logic. Every time I asked him to do anything he didn’t feel he should have to do- like clear his dinner dishes or go to bed- he would give me the meanest scowl and say, “Mom! You’re dumping out my bucket. That’s not kind. You have to be kind, Mrs. Wulf said!!”

Goodness, he sure can be creative. We are very grateful you are doing such a great job with him. He loves school and raves about you.

Have a good afternoon!

Chiara


Mrs. Wulf's reply:

Well as funny as that is, I wish I could take the credit. Our school counselor, Mrs. Dunn, came into read a story and talked about the bucket filling up with good feelings and that our bucket can get emptied when someone hurts our feelings or doesn't do what we ask them to do.

I, then, have been saying that my bucket is either filling up or getting empty based on their behavior. Hehe. I laughed so hard when I was reading it....

This is too cute. Can I forward this to Mrs. Dunn?

Mrs. Wulf

I replied:

I don’t mind if you forward this. Kenny uses a lot of things he learns at school to try to get his way. He tried to use patterning to get out of taking a shower over Thanksgiving.

She said:

You make me laugh so hard....I assure you that I did not have any thing to do with that one!