What songs, chants or poems are available for teaching young children how much glue to use?

January 10th, 2008 | by songs |
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juliax65 asked:


I am an art teacher and one of the things children need to learn is how not to use big puddles of liquid glue on their projects. I’ve looked on the internet for songs or chants but can’t seem to find any. If you have a glue song, chant, or poem I would love to know what it is.

DELBERT
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  1. 6 Responses to “What songs, chants or poems are available for teaching young children how much glue to use?”

  2. By J T on Jan 13, 2008 | Reply

    That’s something that is best taught through visual and hands on experience, not through a song or graph. Demonstrate it to them, let them experience it for themself.
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  3. By Bourne on Jan 14, 2008 | Reply

    To the tune of “Mary had a little lamb”

    Please do not use
    to much glue
    to much glue
    to much glue
    please do not use to much glue
    or else you’ll make a mess

    Just take the bottle and give it a little squeeze
    little squeeze
    little squeeze

    Just take the bottle and give it a little squeeze
    little squeeze
    and that will surly do.

  4. By Library Eyes on Jan 15, 2008 | Reply

    no chant
    demonstrate the proper amount and desired results
    demonstrate the extreme amount and the consequences…I would tell my students that if the glue squeezed out from around the picture when they attached it…then they used too much and need to adjust their amount…I told them that glue is very powerful and only a little teeny tiny bit is needed to do a good job

  5. By hsmomlovinit on Jan 17, 2008 | Reply

    I’ve found that “dot, dot, not a lot” works well with the 3-6 year olds that I’ve taught…they sit there and chant it while they dot. They even compete with each other to see who can put the smallest dots on their project, while still having it stick :-)
    And in the years that I used that, I almost never had to clean up glue puddles. The glitter was a different story, but that’s true with 12 year olds as well :-)

  6. By RDW928 on Jan 17, 2008 | Reply

    I know a teacher that uses a jingle from an old commercial - “A little dab will do ya.” She demonstrates what a dab is as opposed to a gob and a mess. Seems to work.

  7. By annie41378 on Jan 21, 2008 | Reply

    i ask my kids “are we going to be gluing an elephant to the ceiling?” and they reply with “no”…then i ask them “how much glue should we use?” and they usually reply with “small dots” or “thin lines” depending on the original directions given.

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