Blue Bowl Down

Blue Bowl Down an Appalachian Rhyme by C.M. Millen is a rhyming story that would be great to read to younger elementary students. I truly think younger students would enjoy this book because it includes a lot or rhyming, and it could even be made into a song. This book includes a story about a young boy making bread with his mother before he goes to bed. He wakes up, and is able to enjoy the homemade bread they made together. I think this is a book I would use to teach the idea of the magic of baking and cooking. I think making bread is something the students would be able to be actively involved with since they would could mix and knead the dough. I think it is so special as a very young child to see the transformation of separate ingredients, then the ingredients combining to make dough, the dough expanding and rising, and then the dough baking to make a loaf of bread. A lot of times young children cannot grasp the idea of baking because it is too abstract for them; therefore, I think it would be beneficial for them to concretely see the process of baking.