School Age Storytime: Pizza & Pasta & Pie

 

A fun and silly Kindergarten- 2nd grade storytime incorporating favorite foods, fun songs, poetry, numeracy, social skills and active play. (I asked what the 3 title foods had in common – most kids answered “p”, but one responded “dough!”)

Book (older kids):  Spaghetti Eddie – Ryan SanAngelo (Eddie finds many clever ways to use his noodles to help his neighbors in this fun silly book) – paused after first page to teach them the silly song “Ravioli” (lyrics for this and other songs below)

Poem: "Spaghetti, Spaghetti" by Jack Prelutsky (from the collection Sunflakes – poems selected by Lillian Moore) also encouraged kids to seek out more poems by this delightful and inventive poet – our nation’s first Children’s Poet Laureate

Flannel/Song: “On Top of Spaghetti” http://www.scoutsongs.com/lyrics/ontopofspaghetti.html(This is an easy flannel to make -- I used yellow yarn hot-glued on a flannel plate, and added googly eyes on my "meatball")

Book: Hi, Pizza Man – Virginia Walter (Mother and young child bored with waiting for the Pizza Man play a fun game imagining which animals might deliver the pie.) or Pizza Pat  – Pat Gelman (cumulative tale of a pizza maker with a surprise ending)

Book:  Little Red Hen Makes a Pizza – Philemon Sturges (kids chanted the dog, cat, and duck’s lines – text to text connection: had kids discuss how it differed from traditional folk tale: hen shares the pizza with the unhelpful trio, but they then clean up afterwards)

Flannel/Song:  P-I-Z-Z-A! (flannel pizza with 5 slices, P-I-Z-Z-A flannel letters --lyrics below) – I removed one slice and letter at a time and we clapped for the missing letter(s)--letter identification, subtraction/numeracy

Book: Pigs Aplenty, Pigs Galore – David McPhail (frustrated guy has a porcine problem and a pizza delivery)

Flannel/Song: “I Am a Pizza” from Linda Arnold’s Peppermint Wings (also on 10 Carrot Diamond.) (lyrics below)

Book: Enemy Pie by Derek Munson (Jeremy’s father has a surefire recipe for taking care of his son’s nemesis, but first Jeremy must spend the day with his enemy.)

Poem/Song: “Alligator Pie” from Dinosaur Dinner (With a Slice of Alligator Pie) – Favorite Poems by Dennis Lee. (lyrics & tune here: http://barney.wikia.com/wiki/Alligator_Pie)  Shared the three verses, then challenged the kids to make up additional verses of their own starting with other one-syllable (we defined this) foods.

Storyplay (interactive storytelling with kids acting out):  Pete’s A Pizza – William Steig

No time for Action song: “This is the way we…to make our pizza pie” (lyrics below)

Song lyrics:

"Ravioli"  (tune:  Alouette)--great movement song
Ravioli, ravioli, ravioli--
Ravioli, that's the stuff for me.
Do you have it on your pants?
Yes I have it on my pants.
On your pants?  On my pants.  Oh, oh, oh, oh.
Ravioli, ravioli, ravioli--
Ravioli, that's the stuff for me.
Ravioli, ravioli, ravioli--
Ravioli, that's the stuff for me.
Do you have it on your sleeve?
Yes I have it on my sleeve.
On your sleeve?  On my sleeve.
On your pants?  On my pants.  Oh, oh, oh, oh.
Ravioli, ravioli, ravioli--
Ravioli, that's the stuff for me.
Do you have it on your shoe?…     (chin, hair, nose, ear, etc. -- continue on
a round the body tour...)

"On Top Of Spaghetti" (Tune:  "On Top of Old Smokey")
(Another great flannelboard)
On top of spaghetti, all covered with cheese,
I lost my poor meatball, when somebody sneezed.
It rolled off the table, and onto the floor,
and then my poor meatball rolled out the door.
It rolled in the garden, and under a bush,
and then my poor meatball, was nothing but mush.
The mush was as tasty, as tasty could be,
and early next  summer, it grew into a tree.
The tree was all covered, with beautiful moss,
It grew lovely meatball, and tomato sauce.
So if you eat spaghetti, all covered with cheese,
hold on to your meatballs, and don't ever sneeze!

P-I-Z-Z-A (from the book "Second Helpings": tune: BINGO) (flannelboard has a pizza divided into 5 pieces, I like to use numeral cards with this as well.)
I had a pizza all my own
And all of it was mine-O.
P-I-Z-Z-A,
P-I-Z-Z-A,
P-I-Z-Z-A,
And all of it was mine-O!

I had a pizza that I shared
One piece went to my brother.
P-I-Z-Z-(clap),
P-I-Z-Z-(clap),
P-I-Z-Z-(clap),
But all the rest was mine-O!
(continue with sister, mother, father...)

I had a pizza that I shared
One piece is all I'm left-O.
(clap, clap, clap, clap, clap),
(clap, clap, clap, clap, clap),
(clap, clap, clap, clap, clap),
And now that piece is gone-O!

"I Am A Pizza" (tune on Linda Arnold's  "Peppermint Wings"  (echo & response song -- you sing then audience repeats line)  If you don't have the album, feel free to give me a call and I'll sing it for you.) 
I am a pizza  … (audience) I am a pizza  (place flannel “tomato/cheese pizza” on board)
With extra cheese… with extra cheese   
From tomatoes… From tomatoes…
Sauce is squeezed… Sauce is squeezed…
Onions and Mushrooms… Onions and Mushrooms…  (add flannel onions/mushrooms)
Oregano…Oregano.
I am a pizza … I am a pizza
Ready to go!

I am a pizza… I am a pizza…
Pepperoni… Pepperoni…  (add flannel “pepperoni”)
No Anchovies… No Anchovies…
Or phony balogne… Or phony balogne…
I am a pizza… I am a pizza…
Order by phone… Order by phone…  (flannel phone receiver or just use hand motion)
I am a pizza… I am a pizza…
Please take me home.

I am a pizza… I am a pizza…
Peppers on the top… Peppers on the top… (add flannel “peppers”)
Out of the oven… Out of the oven…
And into a box… And into a box…      (cover with square flannel “pizza box” )
Into the car… Into the car…
Upside down… Upside down… (groan)
I am a pizza… I am a pizza…
Dropped on the ground.  
I was a pizza… I was a pizza…
I was the BEST… I was the BEST…
I was a pizza… I was a pizza…
NOW I’M A MESS!   (flip over “pizza box” to reveal a flannel “scrambled up pizza”!)

Alligator Pie by Dennis Lee (tune here: http://barney.wikia.com/wiki/Alligator_Pie)

Alligator pie, alligator pie.

If I don't get some, I think I'm gonna die!

Give away the green grass. Give away the sky.

But don't give away my alligator pie!

Alligator stew, alligator stew.

If I don't get some, I don't know what I'll do.

Give away my furry hat. Give away my shoe.

But don't give away my alligator stew.

Alligator soup, alligator soup

If I don't get some, I think I'm gonna droop.

Give away my hockey stick. Give away my hoop.

But don't give away my alligator soup!

“This is the Way…to Make Our Pizza Pie” (Tune: “Mulberry Bush”)
This is the way we mix the dough, mix the dough, mix the dough
This is the way we mix the dough to make our pizza pie.
…pound & knead…
…twirl the dough around…
…stretch the crust in the pan…
…spread the sauce…
…sprinkle the cheese…
…bake the pie…
…slice the pie…
…gobble it down…we’ve made a pizza pie!

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