It looked like spilt milk, but it wasn’t. What was it? Well, you must read through this book of white pictures on a blue background to find out what it really was. But the fun comes in guessing what “it” is along the way. After you read the book, here are some good follow-up activities:

1. Go outside and look at the clouds. What pictures can you find in the clouds?

2. Use white paint on blue construction paper to make your own spilt milk picture.

3. Read The Cloud Book by Tomie dePaola or Little Cloud by Eric Carle.

4. Play “I Spy.” One person says, “I spy something blue.” The other player tries to guess what is being spied.

5. Use white chalk to draw on the sidewalk.

6. Make a cloud book, drawing and naming all the clouds you see in a week’s time.

7. Use white cotton balls and glue to make another kind of cloud picture.

8. Make a cloud in a bottle.

It Looked Like Spilt Milk is a book to enjoy reading together over and over again.

Picture Book Preschool is a preschool/kindergarten curriculum which consists of a list of picture books to read aloud for each week of the year and a character trait, a memory verse, and activities, all tied to the theme for the week. You can purchase a downloadable version (pdf file) of Picture Book Preschool by Sherry Early at Biblioguides.