Pinning with Purpose: The Princess and the Pizza Preschool Lesson

This is a fun lesson with a built in snack!

Lesson Focuses:

Math - Similarities and differences; Counting
English - Mixed-up fairy tales
Practical - Cooking in the kitchen; Following directions

Materials Needed:

The Princess and the Pizza by Mary Jane and Herm Auch
English muffins
A cookie sheet
Cheese
Pizza sauce
Olives
Pepperoni slices
Any other pizza toppings you like

In a previous lesson I read The Princess and the Pea to the kids. I asked them to tell me what they remembered about that story. Then, I read the The Princess and the Pizza. I explained the The Princess and the Pizza is a mixed-up fairy tale. It has a lot of the same themes, but the authors change parts of the story to make it different (and usually silly).

We then went into the kitchen. I gave each child half of an English muffin. I told them to create a pizza however they would like.

While they worked on their pizzas I preheated the oven to 350 degrees.

Once their pizzas were complete, we put them onto a cookie sheet. We talked about the similarities between the pizzas (e.g. They all were made from English muffins; They all had cheese; Etc.). We discussed the differences. We did some counting (e.g. How many pizzas are there? How many have pepperoni? How many olives are on this pizza?).