Assist children in using a plastic knife or wooden spoon handle to measure the dough before and after it rises. Pizza Pie Math. Give all of the children a circular sheet of paper about the size of the pizza and provide a variety of art materials including markers, crayons, safety scissors, and collage paper. Ask children to use the art materials to design their own pizza. Encourage them to use their imaginations to create realistic or silly toppings for their pizza.
Older children can use their pizzas to begin easy fraction activities.
When they have finished, ask everyone to draw a line down and across the middle, dividing their pizza into four equal slices. Then ask children to divide each slice in half. Provide children with scissors to cut their pizza into sections. Scholastic Inc. All rights reserved. Read our Privacy Policy Statement .