The Moon Might Be Milk

We are working through our unit based curriculum, My Father's World for Kindergarten. For the past week, we have been on the Moon unit and have learned all about the moon as well as focusing on the letter M. The Moon Might Be Milk by Lisa Schulman was a great addition to our week. It tells the tale of a little girl named Rosie who inquires of all her animal friends what the milk could be made of. They all have a different theory, speculating that it is anything from a saucer of milk to sweet, sparkling sugar. They all end up at Rosie's grandmother's house looking for her to satisfy their curiosity of what the moon could be made of. As they offer up each of their theories, the grandmother adds a little bit of each of their suggestions to a bowl. In the end, they were all right as they end up making moon cookies with the ingredients. It was a fun story, and of course we had to try the Moon Cookie Recipe in the back of the book.

We don't keep a lot of sweets in the house, so it's no surprise that my girls jumped at the chance to make sugar cookies for school.







The activity was quick and easy (well, as easy as baking with a 3 and 5 year old can be), and was a perfect afternoon project once we had completed our work for the day.

Our "moons" turned out a little on the tan side as I used whole wheat flour and sucanat instead of all purpose flour and granulated sugar, but the kids definitely didn't care. I forgot to do it when they had their first cookie, but next time I will have Cora bite her cookie down to each of the moon phases and identify them as she goes. Overall, it was a great addition to our Moon Unit!