I am here today to spread the gospel of the glue sponge! If you haven’t fallen in love with glue sponges yet, then I’m guessing you haven’t tried them! I first learned about glue sponges from Smedley’s Kindergarten Smorgasbord. I thought it was a cool idea, but I also thought, “nah, I’m doing OK.” Glue sticks and bottled glue hadn’t yet become my enemies.
Enter interactive notebooks. We started going through about 500 glue sticks a day. When we tried glue bottles, the phrase “dot, dot, not a lot” was forgotten by just about every student, and they made a huge mess. Glue was now a problem that needed to be beaten.
So I made some glue sponges, and I will never go back!
Making glue sponges is super easy. Just gather bottles of white glue, sponges, and plastic containers with lids. I buy these Rubbermaid containers which are cheap but last the whole year. At the end of the year, I just throw away the whole container.
Step One: Put sponges in containers.
Step Two: Pour glue on top of sponges
Step 3: Put lids on containers. Allow them to sit overnight.
Step 4: Allow your world to be changed.
Here is what your glue sponge will look light after a night of soaking. You can see that all of the white goopyness is gone. But there is glue in there!
Just have your students dab whatever they are gluing onto the sponge, and will leave behind the PERFECT amount of glue.
Have you already been using glue sponges in your classroom? Comment to let me know how much you love them! 🙂
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