tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15932919.post3106819244625410091..comments2024-03-15T23:26:26.319-07:00Comments on Teacher Tom: It's All Being UsedTeacher Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14606781724784785338noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15932919.post-11187964415833536952012-11-25T23:11:29.476-08:002012-11-25T23:11:29.476-08:00It's funny Tom because this year, my students ...It's funny Tom because this year, my students pretty much only use squeeze glue bottles. Oh we had a few major puddles at the beginning of the year but I guess they have moved past most of that because now they use them just like you or I would (mostly). <br /><br />Recently, one student asked for the glue bottles with brushes just for something new I guess. He immediately dumped the entire bottle of glue out on his paper! LOL! I guess I forgot to show him that we are supposed to brush the glue on:)<br /><br />Your glue table is one of my faves!!Deborahhttp://www.teachpreschool.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15932919.post-88090882437179600482012-11-24T14:50:32.319-08:002012-11-24T14:50:32.319-08:00As a teacher, I have definitely observed the same ...As a teacher, I have definitely observed the same phenomenon with glue puddling. Perhaps it is the same principal as to why kids mix paint colors until they turn brown or ghastly green. The process of observing how the glue moves, and pours, and drips is pleasurable. Perhaps making a big glue puddle and watching it spread across a surface gives a child a feeling of power. The power to control and manipulate a runny, gooey material. Recently I purposely poured water on a table so my students and I could watch it spread. Have I ever seen this happen before? Yes, and so have they, but it was still interesting. And there were a lot of things to notice as the water spread and got thinner on the edges and formed unusual shapes. <br /> I also was thinking about when my kids would take a hose into our large sandbox and make lakes and rivers and dams, and watching the force of the water move sand or create new channels was endlessly fascinating for them. Every time they could get out to the sandbox with the hose they would. And when friends came over it was even more fun to show them what a sandbox, a few shovels, and a hose could do. <br /> As an adult I have to admit that glue puddling does feel wasteful, but as an observer of children it does seem to be a developmental stage. Thanks again for another great post!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15932919.post-9079713113360151292012-11-24T12:06:53.331-08:002012-11-24T12:06:53.331-08:00Thank you for this post. It's helpful to see h...Thank you for this post. It's helpful to see how you worked through your thought process on the topic. I guess that maybe this is one of the benefits of being in a classroom where unlimited art/craft supplies can be provided. We home school and only have a certain amount of money that can be spent on supplies in a given time frame, and if it all gets used up, that is it until the next paycheck. Although I try to provide as many spaces in our home where my kids don't need to have limits on how they use things, since our school is our home, I'm unable to stick to "if it's valuable, it doesn't come in the door".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15932919.post-3242359012234524012012-11-24T09:35:13.628-08:002012-11-24T09:35:13.628-08:00Thank you for this! Exactly the framing my brain n...Thank you for this! Exactly the framing my brain needed. A glue table!!! Luckily my husband has gotten used to me exclaiming from my position in front of the computer, "I loves me some Teacher Tom!" Wish I had big pile of dough (not the play kind) to send you. You brighten my day and inspire my teaching (and thinking and writing). Mucho, mucho, gracias.Plumbnestnoreply@blogger.com