Buon appetito, pizza!

Monday (19/03/2012)

a) Ingredients and tools.
Kids were already so excited, sitting at their
seats while listening to my introduction. They were pizza dough (we used bread
instead as it’s easier to find at home), mayonnaise or tomato sauce, button
mushrooms, corns, pineapple, fresh tomatoes and cheese.
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They listened attentively to step-by-step
instructions of making Italian bread pizza.
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Spread mayonnaise, then place the ingredients
(tomatoes, mushrooms, pineapple, corns) and the last has to be cheese. Nobody
ask why……I was waiting….

b) Group chefs.
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Kids decided on the task they preferred. Tasks:
cutting tomatoes into small cubes (Kai Song, Hiro and Xiang Wei) cutting button
mushrooms (Rei, Alisa, Jun Qian and Jia Xun)
into cubes, cutting pineapple into small slices (Ying Qiao, Xing En and
Shang Hong), cutting cheese into small slices ( Jia Jia, Yi Han, Yu Xi) and finally, moulding the rectangle bread into
round shape (Yee Xuan and Wei Lok).
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Pineapples and tomatoes were more challenging as
they are softer and juicier but kids were serious at preparing them. Both Yee
Xuan and Wei Lok were working well preparing the round shaped bread. Yee Xuan
pressed it hard while Wei Lok pulled the sides outside the round shape from the
rectangle bread.

c) Let’s top up!
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When ingredients were prepared, I showed the
kids how I made my pizza. They followed my steps and were tolerant at their
turns. They also learned to consider to have enough ingredients for all
friends! Cheese was the final stage.
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Then, I placed them on the tray with their names
on their pizza using toothpick and stickers. While I was busy, the kids helped
to tidy the classroom.
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Rei, Tzen Yu washed the bowls, 5 years old
helped at sweeping, Xiang Wei and Kai Song helped at arranging tables. The kids
sat on their chairs waiting eagerly!
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They started singing songs cheerfully. “Friends
are special, A Small World, Thinkety Think, We are the world”.
Ying Qiao: Look! The cheese is
melting.
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Now, the class realized that the melted cheese
is like the glue to hold the ingredients together J The kids enjoyed their
pizza……hmmm…..look at their faces……”This must be the best pizza I ever had!”
Kai Song: I’m gonna ask my mum
make pizza. Teacher, we can make a big pizza for the whole school! J