Go to an Arts and Crafts store or a Store with a lot of ethnic foods and buy as many different sizes and shapes of pastas as you can find. Your children will enjoy seeing how many different kinds are available. If you have a homemade pasta machine, make it with your children. They will love to see how pasta is made In your dramatic play area provide pasta

• Put several different sizes, shapes and colors of pasta in the area
• Provide pans, spoons, and bowls for your children to pretend their cooking in.
• You can also use yarn colored like spaghetti and pom-poms for meatballs

Create a pizza parlor using a large appliance box.

• Provide Pizza Pans
• Provide Toppings (Yarn for Cheese, Circle cutouts for Peporoni, green felt peppers, etc)
• Save old pizza boxing for pretend deliveries
• Go to your local pizza store and ask for donations of anything they can (My class got an old car topper!)

Make individual pizzas with your class. The possibilities are endless, you can use English muffins, Ritz crackers, Pitas for dough. For all add a little sauce, cheese, and cook until the cheese is melted.

• 1/4 Cup Rubbing Alcohol
• 1 tablespoon food coloring
• 2 Cups Pasta
• 1 quart ziplock freezer bag