Young pizza chefs will shout "Mamma mia!" when they see the 54 toppings that come with this wooden pizza set. Then they'll get busy topping, cutting and serving up six custom slices for their happy customers. The set comes with a brightly colored tray, pizza cutter, spatula and a wooden box for storage, and the pizza makes "slicing" noises when cut!
- Place all the pizza slices in a row. With the child, count the number of pieces. Repeat until the child is able to count them independently.
- Ask the child to sort the toppings into groups by type. Have the child identify each type of food and count how many there are in each group. Count how many toppings there are all together.
- Play a matching game by filling a slice of pizza with three toppings and asking the child to match your slice.
- Put all six slices of pizza on the pizza pan to introduce the word "whole." Demonstrate "half" by slicing through the middle of the pizza. Put the pizza together again, then demonstrate "thirds" by slicing the pizza into three equal sections.
- Ask the child to make you a slice of pizza to order. Specify which toppings you'd like, and ask the child to cut one or more pieces for you to "eat." 3+ years.
Award: Scholastic Parent & Child: Toys Children Love Summer 2004
Dimensions: 1.8" x 9" x 13.3" Packaged
ITERS-R: Dramatic Play 5.1 "Many and varied age appropriate dramatic play materials accessible daily." "(For infants 'many' requires 3-5... for toddlers, 2 or more of each example of toy mentioned)" Pg. 41
ITERS-R: Dramatic Play 5.2 "Props represent what children experience in every day life ( Ex. household routines, work, transportation)." Pg. 41
ECERS3: Dramatic Play 5.1 "Many and varied dramatic play materials, enough for number of children allowed, are accessible, including dolls, child-sized furniture, play foods and cooking/eating utensils, dress-up clothes for boys and girls." 5.1 also requires "basic materials like dolls and play food are present" along with additional props, "Just providing the specified materials does not meet the requirement of many and varied." Pg. 54 & 55
FCCERS-R: Dramatic Play 5.1 "Many and varied appropriate dramatic play materials accessible for each age group" pg. 42
SACERS: Dramatic Play/Theatre 5.1 "Variety of dramatic play materials for both boys and girls that support many roles and situations (Ex: Work, Adventure, Fantasy, Theatrical Productions)." pg. 29
