Grade: K-2
Age: 4-6

Submitted by: Kathy Grigsby, an art educator at West Plains R 7 Elementary in West Plains, MO.

Objectives:

What You Need:

• Glue
• Paper

What You Do:

1. While teaching the students how to use their glue without using more than what is needed I made up this little saying:
   • Dot Dot Stingy pot
   • Don't be a squirt.

I explain to the students what a stingy pot is- one who does not give very much, and the double meaning of squirt--one who does not follow the rules and glue that pours out of the bottle.
2. I explain to them it is okay to be a stingy pot while gluing. It's really funny to teach my students this in the kindergarten and have them repeat it in the fourth grade.

3. When I see someone squirting their glue rather than call out their name I just say Dot Dot Stingy pot Don't be a Squirt. They correct themselves very quickly.

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