Storytime: Pizza

Family storytime for kids ages 3-8 and their families with songs, fingerplays, books and a craft.

Books:


Hi, Pizza Man!
by Virginia Walter and pictures by Ponder Goembel



Pete's a Pizza
by William Steig



Pizza at Sally's
by Monica Wellington


The Pizza That We Made
by Joan Holub and pictures by Lynne Cravath

Additional Books:

Dragon Pizzeria by Mary Morgan

Pizza Counting by Christina Dobson and pictures by Matthew Holmes

Songs:

If You Want to Eat Some Pizza
To the tune of: "If You're Happy and You Know It"

If you want to eat some pizza clap your hands. (Clap, clap)
If you want to eat some pizza clap your hands. (Clap, clap)
If you like bubbly cheese, then just say "Pizza, please!"
If you want to eat some pizza clap your hands. (Clap, clap)

If you want to eat some pizza stomp your feet. (Stomp, stomp)
If you want to eat some pizza stomp your feet. (Stomp, stomp)
If you like bubbly cheese, then just say "Pizza, please!"
If you want to eat some pizza stomp your feet. (Stomp, stomp)

If you want to eat some pizza shout hooray. (Hooray!)
If you want to eat some pizza shout hooray. (Hooray!)
If you like bubbly cheese, then just say "Pizza, please!"
If you want to eat some pizza shout hooray. (Hooray!)

If you want to eat some pizza do all three. (Clap, clap, stomp, stomp, hooray!)
If you want to eat some pizza do all three. (Clap, clap, stomp, stomp, hooray!)
If you like bubbly cheese, then just say "Pizza, please!"
If you want to eat some pizza do all three. (Clap, clap, stomp, stomp, hooray!)


I Wish I Were a Pizza
to the tune of: the Oscar Meyer Weiner Song

Oh, I wish I were a pepperoni pizza.
That is what I'd truly like to be.
For if I were a pepperoni pizza,
Everyone would be in love with me!

(Have kids shout out their own favorite pizzas to sing about)

Songs from Preschool Education



Craft:

Modified "Paper Pizza"From Family Fun

Instead of using the paper bags and cardboard crust I cut paper plates into fourths for "slices". Using red bingo dotters I had the kids at their "sauce", and "cheese" were cut pieces of white and yellow tissue paper. On top of this they glued their toppings. I cut out pieces of green pepper, pineapples, and mushrooms. I rolled up balls of brown paper for sausage or beef. I also used plain library dot stickers, red for pepperoni and black with a hole punched in the middle for black olives. The parents seemed to enjoy this craft, too.