Pizza Fun!

Last week our theme was pizza and the kids loved it!  They loved getting to tell everyone their favorite kind of pizza (lots of cheese lovers, of course) and sharing where they like to go for pizza.  It's always fun doing units that the kids have a connection with and prior experiences with.

We started the week by building a paper pizza that we cut into fourths to make into a puzzle.  Things were going great until I drew the lines on the back and told them to cut their pizza.  They were shocked that I would ask them to cut up their artwork!  After some convincing, they started cutting.  It was a little tricky cutting through 3-4 layers of paper, but they persevered!  

Here's what they looked like before we cut them apart.

After they cut them apart, they had to reassemble the pizza before we gave them a baggie to put it in.

We also made a pizza man holding a pizza.  We found the idea at Tiny Scholars Preschool Academy. 

Here's one of the finished pizza men!  I didn't get a picture of the rest, but they're going up on a bulletin board, so I'll post a picture next week.  

During circle time, we had a paper pizza cut into pieces with action words written on the back.  Each cutie picked a piece of pizza and then the class followed the direction.  This type of game is always a big hit and a great activity to do when they're starting to get a little wiggly!  

We also had three different sized pizzas that we put in order from smallest to largest.

On Wednesday we made biscuit pizzas!  The kids pressed out their biscuit, spooned on pizza sauce, added cheese and topped it with a pepperoni, if they wanted.  

While we waited for the pizzas to bake we played I Have, Who Has Colors.  They're getting really good at this game!  I start it by saying "I have (the color at the top of my card), who has (the color at the bottom of my card)."  Whoever has that color at the top of their card calls out "I have (the color I called), who has (the color at the bottom of their card)."  This continues until the all of the colors have been called.

Then it was time to dig in!  

We finished the week by having a pizza party with Ms. Kellie and Ms. Suzanne's classes.  They were so excited to have Little Caesar's pizza at school!

Thanks for stopping by!

~Beth