Following a reading and thorough discussion of books—Anansi the Spider: A Tale from the Ashanti by Gerald McDermott and The Moon Book by Gail Gibbons—scholars complete three activities. First, they use playdough or cookie dough to create the moon's phases. Next, they study the moon by following its phases in the night sky, reading a newspaper or a website, observing it in the daytime, and checking out the NASA website. Finally, learners write a folktale to explain something related to nature.