Materials
Tan construction paper Scissors
Red, green and other colors of construction paper Red crayons
Red fine-point markers Pencils
White glue Thyme or oregano
Two shades of yellow yarn, pre-cut into Manila construction paper1 1/2 " (3.5 cm) pieces
Instructions
1. Talk with the children about all the healthy foods you eat when you eat a pizza.
2. Make a pizza wedge pattern that the children can trace on tan paper and cut out.
3. Help the children trace around dimes or pennies on green paper for olives. Cut them out and color the centers with red crayon.
4. Trace around a fifty-cent piece on red paper. Cut these out and make red dots with markers. Glue thyme or oregano in the center of the red circles to give these pretend pepperonis a pizza smell.
5. Color the pizza red with a crayon, except for the crust area.
6. Make paper mushrooms out of construction paper and cut them out.
7. Glue all the ingredients randomly on the pizza: yarn cheese, olives, pepperoni, mushrooms and any other vegetable the children want to make.More to doCooking: Show the real ingredients of pizza. Feel and smell and perhaps even taste the ingredients, such as tomato sauce, pepperoni, sausage, yeast, flour, cheese, thyme, onion, green pepper, oregano, basil and olives. * Compare the ingredients in terms of their place on the food pyramid chart. Why is pizza nutritious?* Discuss the various types of pizza that you can make: veggie pizza, meat pizza, white cheese pizza. * Have a pizza party. Either make it or order it and have it delivered. You might order or make several types of pizza so the children can have a taste of veggie pizza, for example, as well as the standard pepperoni. * Visit a local pizza parlor and perhaps even tour the kitchen.Dramatic play: Put the pretend pizzas in the cooking corner along with a chef's hat and apron, bowl, spoon and empty containers for pizza ingredients (tomato sauce, cheese, empty flour bags, etc.) Children can pretend to make pizza and serve it. * Stock the shopping corner with containers for tomato sauce, etc. Let the children go shopping for pizza ingredients.More science: Start a general nutrition discussion using pizza as an example. Talk about where food goes when you eat it and what happens to the food the body uses (vitamins and minerals are used by the body for energy and growth, etc.).Original songsSing to the tune of "Did You Ever See a Lassie?"Did you ever taste pizza, taste pizza, taste pizza?Did you ever taste pizza? It tastes really good!It has tomatoes and mushrooms.It has bread dough and cheese.Did you ever taste pizza? It tastes really good!Did you ever taste veggie pizza, veggie pizza, veggie pizza?Did you ever taste veggie pizza? It tastes really good!It has broccoli and carrots.It has green peppers and cheese.Did you ever taste veggie pizza? It tastes really good!Did you ever taste spaghetti, spaghetti, spaghetti?Did you ever taste spaghetti? It tastes really good!It has tomatoes and hamburger.It has spaghetti and cheese.Did you ever taste spaghetti? It tastes really good!Sing to the tune of "Skip to My Lou."Vitamins in the pizza are good for me,Vitamins in the pizza are good for me,Vitamins in the pizza are good for me,Pizza tastes good and it begins with P.Continue with verses about vegetables, eggs, tomatoes or any tasty pizza ingredient.
