Back to Basics

Cutting and Gluing

Kinder Style
Poems and Practice
for Cutting
and Gluing Skills

Of Primary Importance
http://ofprimaryimportance.blogspot.com
 Back to Basics
Cutting and Gluing: Kinder Style
 Back to Basics
Cutting and Gluing: Kinder Style
What’s Included:
• When We Use Our Glue original poem
• A Dot is Not a Lot! glue practice page

• Scissor Safety Rules poster

• Cut, Cut, Cut original poem
• 3 scissor practice pages with lines:
straight lines, zig-zag lines, and wavy lines
• 2 scissor practice pages with shapes
rectangles & squares and circles & ovals

I use the poems and practice pages at the

beginning of the year to teach safety and
responsibility with scissors and glue. At the end of
the year, my students still chant the poems when
we get out our scissors and glue. I hope you and
your students enjoy them as much as we do!
When We Use Our Glue

When we use our glue,

We know just what to do.

Twist it open you see,

Now it’s ready just for me.

Just a dot, just a dot,

A dot is not a lot!

When we are done,

With all our gluing fun,

We twist it to the right,

And we make sure it’s tight.

When we use our glue,

We know just what to do.
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A dot is not a lot! A dot is not a lot!

 Scissor Safety Rules
1. Scissors are for cutting paper.

2. Never run with scissors.

3. Carry scissors with the blades down.

4. Pass scissors with handles first.

5. Cut away from your body.

6. Keep your hands away from the

blades.
 Cut, Cut, Cut
Open, shut, open, shut.
That’s the way we cut, cut, cut.

Tuck your elbows nice and tight,

Make sure you hold your scissors right.

Fingers on the bottom, thumb on the top.

Do not let the paper drop!

Hold your scissors straight, not down,

Turn your paper round and round.

Open, shut, open, shut.

That’s the way we cut, cut, cut.
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 Thank you so much for your purchase!

If you have any questions, comments,

or suggestions regarding these
activities, please feel free to email
me at:
ofprimaryimportance@gmail.com

For more free printables, resources,

ideas, and please visit my blog:
http://ofprimaryimportance.blogspot.com

Clip Art by Scrapping Doodles http://www.scrappindoodles.com/

Dot Border by A Turn to Learn http://aturntolearn.blogspot.com/
Backgrounds by Of Primary Importance