Pizza

FOLLOW UP ACTIVITIES:

VOCABULARY

• dough
• rise
• melt
• stretch
• knead
• flatten

MATH

• Teach your child fractions
• Ask "How can two people share this pizza?"
• "How can four people share the pizza?"
• Explain that half equals two equal pieces
• Explain that a quarter equals four equal pieces
• Show them the concept

SCIENCE

• Pizza Box Solar Oven
• Paint the outside of an empty pizza box black
• Draw a square on the top of the pizza box leaving a 1 inch frame
• (ADULTS ONLY) Using a craft knife, cut 3 sides of the square
• Leave a back flap
• Glue aluminum foil smoothly to the inside of the flap
• Glue aluminum foil smoothly inside the bottom of the box
• Open the box and tape plastic wrap to the underside of the 1 inch frame, sealing the opening of the lid (it should be air tight)
• Place the pizza box outdoors in the sun with the flap opened
• You can use it to make s’mores or melt mozzarella onto small pizzas

LANGUAGE ARTS

• Have your child dictate about their silly pizza (see ART below)

• Sequencing
• Create (by drawing) or find pictures from a book or magazine of individual pictures depicting:
• A cow
• Milk being churned
• Mozzarella cheese
• Mix up the images and then have your child place them in the proper order to tell the "picture" story

ART

• Pizza Collage
• Cut a large brown circle from brown construction paper
• Cut a slightly smaller red circle
• Cut up "shredded" yellow paper
• Supply "toppings" cut from construction paper or pictures from magazines
• Have your child create their own silly toppings
• Have your child "make" their pizza by creating the collage

FINE MOTOR SKILLS

• Let your child explore with dough