Pizza

I recently hosted a preschool story hour at a local coffee shop.  The theme of the story hour was PIZZA!  I read two books:  Hi, Pizza Man! by Virginia Walter and The Little Red Hen Makes a Pizza by Philemon Sturges and Amy Walrod.

The Little Red Hen Makes a Pizza is a fun rendition of the classic tale. Hen, having decided to make a pizza, repeatedly sticks her head out the window and asks her friends for help.  She gets the expected response, of course,: "Not I," said the duck, the dog, and the cat.  So, the Little Red Hen goes to the store to buy the things she needs and makes the pizza herself. The plot takes two nifty twists at the end-and this Little Red Hen is not quite as punitive as in the original story.  The hen is kind enough to share her pizza with her friends, and in return, the friends wash all of the dishes!

Hi, Pizza Man! was a big hit with this group.  The story begins with a little girl who is hungry and anxious for the pizza man to arrive.  Her mom asks her what she will say to the pizza man when they open the door.  When the young girl tells her mother that she will say, "Hi Pizza Man," the mom asks what she would say if it was a pizza woman, pizza cat, pizza dog, pizza cow, etc.  The kids all thought it was hysterical that different animals may be delivering pizza and it was a good opportunity for all of them to participate.  They could tell me what they would say to each of the animals:  "meow, woof, moo, etc.".

After we enjoyed both books, the children made their own pizza slices.  I had cut triangles out of cereal boxes.  If you are not using cereal boxes for crafts, you should be.  The cardboard makes a great canvas for painting, coloring, and just about anything else.  You paid for the box, so you might as well get a little extra use out of it!

First, the children colored on their pizza sauce.  (This boy must like pesto sauce instead of tomato sauce on his pizza!)

Next, they glued on the cheese (yellow yarn cut into small pieces).

Then, they added pepperoni (red coding label stickers) and meatballs or sausage (small brown pom poms).

Their pizza slices look good enough to eat, don't they?