Glue bottles with brushes and paper collages

In my previous post, I shared with you all about the “Tools We Use in Preschool.”  Another tool we  will use all throughout the school year is glue. We often use two main types of glue – our glue bottles with brushes and our squeezable glue bottles (without brushes). For this post, I am going to share with you how we explored glue bottles with brushes…

We started by setting out a glue bottles with brush for each child along with our cutting scraps from the day before. In addition, we set out scissors and a canvas for each child to work on.  You will notice that our canvas is a small square of foam board.  Covering a large canvas with small pieces of construction paper scraps is hard for young children so we provided a small canvas so they could complete their canvas more easily. We also chose foam board because we happened to have a piece left over and glue can be so soggy on construction paper…

The children started by working on opening their own glue bottles and then they began brushing glue on the canvas…

Then the children added pieces of construction paper on top of the glue…

Although there were plenty of scraps already cut up in the paper bin, some children preferred to use the scissors to cut up more construction paper pieces.  Now we have two process going on – cutting and gluing…

Each child chose the color or colors of paper they wished to add to their canvas…

In my experience, it is not all that unusual for some children to think you need to pour the glue out of the glue bottle first, then use the glue brush to spread the glue around.  This is why it is a good idea to take a few minutes at the beginning of the year to let the children give the glue bottles a try while you are there to give some guidance on how the glue bottles can be used…

All of my students caught on quickly. Now that the children have had this simple introduction, we can plan other activities throughout the school year and let them continue to master the gluing process…

I think the children’s construction paper and glue collages are each uniquely designed…

And are perfect for our very first art display on the wall!

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Deborah J Stewart

Deborah J Stewart

Every time I think I know everything I need to know about teaching young children, God says, "Hold on a minute!" and gives me a new challenge.

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With each new challenge that you overcome, you will find yourself better equipped and more passionate about teaching young children.

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