Cooking up Speech with Pete's a Pizza
(by, William Steig)
♪♫♪♫♪"When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that's amore!"♪♫♪♫♪
About a year ago, my then three year old and I read the book, Pete's a Pizza, by William Steig. This led us to partake in my son's first pizza making experience.
Even making pizza can help children with sequencing, following directions, attention, vocabulary, articulation, etc. Just remember that they might add a couple of steps to the equation. For example, my son decided to eat some cheese.
While you wait for the pizza to bake you can...
1) Read Pete's a Pizza, by Steig
2) Make a Pizza Craft-
Give your child a circle made of cardboard, tag-board or paper. Provide glue, sequins, gems tissue paper, and so on to decorate the pizza.
3) Partake in Pretend Play-
One child lays down and pretends to be the dough of the pizza. The other children or parents put toppings on the "pizza." Toppings can consist of fabric scraps, light cars, paper, and so on. Set a timer for about 30 seconds. The "pizza" can rise (pop up) when the pizza is done.
4) Make a Pizza out of Play Dough
This is an old post. Are you still offering in-home speech therapy? Do you go to Shelley? I might be buying a house there later this month (depends on my house selling first). How much is it per session? 3 of my kids need speech therapy.
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