Buckets and Barrels™
Every thinking ability in Buckets and Barrels has a character. Two of them are barrels.
Episode One: Meet Grandpa and Uncle Clue
Grandpa is the library, everything your child already knows. Uncle Clue is the figure-it-out system. The other seven live down the lane in Bucket Hollow, and you will meet them as you go.
Two ways through. Both free. Pick the one that fits you today.
She just had a hole in her bucket.
It is also personal.
My granddaughter Jessie gave me the words for it. Three words to hold on the way into the grocery store, gone by the time we got inside. She thought for a moment and told me she just had a hole in her bucket. She is the real girl behind Millie.
Why the legs? Because I don't stand outside the bucket with a clipboard. I climb in.
You do not need statistics. You need one picture.
Sample child, not a real studentOn a cognitive evaluation, 100 is dead average, and every score is a comparison to other people the same age.
So we pour the score into the vessel. A 99 fills it to the top. A 72 fills it partway.
The low ones are where the water stops, and that is where the hard part of the day lives.
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Sit With Me and Your Child's Data
You have the report. Somebody read you the scores, the meeting ended, and now it is sitting on the kitchen counter doing nothing for your child.
In one hour we go through it together, using Buckets and Barrels. You will see which vessels are running full, where the water slows, and what that actually means on a Tuesday morning.
Please don't let money scare you off. The call is free, and this was never about the money. I would rather talk with you than have you go without answers. We will figure out together what fits your family.
You bring the questions. I'll bring twenty-five years.
It is not your fault.
Everything on this page is free and you can do all of it yourself. If it turns out you would rather have someone walk it with you, that is what I am for.
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