Pizza Party Review and Give Away

Pizza Party is another great Download N Go unit study from Amanda Bennett and The Old Schoolhouse.  We had a great time with this unit learning about Italy, Galileo (and other famous Italians), how mozzarella cheese is made (and we bought some fresh to try), how yeast works, geography, volcanoes and more!  Not only that but we ate pizza! (and lots of it as you will see!)

These one week unit studies are designed for grades K-4. The more of these studies we do, the more I like them.  (Be sure to read to the end to find out how you can win a copy!) They are so easy for me to implement and we have fun learning too.

Pizza holds a special place in my heart because my husband and I met 23 years ago when we both got jobs at Papa Gino's (a pizza chain here) when it opened in our town.  We worked there for several years while going to high school and college.

In Pizza Party there are 5 days of lessons:




Day 1: Pizza—What Is It? 
Day 2: The Story of Pizza 
Day 3: Types of Pizza 
Day 4: The Science of Pizza 
Day 5: Let’s Have a Pizza Party

Here are some pictures of our week:

We did a yeast experiment:

Emma adding water to the yeast and sugar

Jenna observing 

Wow...it really grew!

We used our yeast experiment to make pizza dough

Jenna adding salt to the pizza dough

Emma performing experiments by dropping objects to see
 if they land at the same time

Pizza for supper

adding onions to a pizza for lunch

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A bacon chicken ranch pizza made with ranch dressing, chicken,
bacon, fresh mozzarella and cheddar cheese

When Jenna was asked what kind of pizza she would like to try she told me she wanted a pickle pizza (we have not tried this one) and a peanut butter and jelly pizza.  At first I thought that sounded silly but then I saw this.  So, we made one (and it was delicious).  I baked the crust then we spread peanut butter on the hot crust, then poured and spread melted strawberry jam over the crust and sprinkled it with powdered sugar. I will be remembering this one when we are low on bread!

Jenna spreading the peanut butter

The finished peanut butter and jelly pizza

Connor and his pb & j pizza

This is a dessert pizza.  I made a sugar cookie crust the frosted it with red frosting (sauce) and grated white chocolate for the cheese.  Then we decorated it with fruit roll up pepperoni and peppers and some m & m's that didn't represent anything but yummy goodness!

the plain "pizza"

Our multi topping dessert pizza

Our library books and video

The seat had been taken out of our 15 passenger van so we sat on the benches
 and read some of our library books.

Jenna, Emma and Connor with their finished "lapfolders"

our finished books

Now for the fun part!  I have been given one copy of Pizza Party to give away.  Thank you to Amanda Bennett and The Old Schoolhouse for making this possible!  So here are the details:

Please read carefully!  Individual comments count for entries. Please make separate comments for each of the following so that I can use a random generator to choose a winner. If you put it all into one comment it will only count as one entry.

1) Comment and answer one or more of the following questions.(each question answered will count for 1 entry but remember to answer them in a separate comment)

Have you ever used a Download N Go or an Amanda Bennett unit study?  

If you have not used a Download N Go unit study is there something that is preventing you from trying it? If so, what is it?

What is the most unusual kind of pizza you have ever eaten?

Have you ever been to Italy or anywhere in Europe?

What is your favorite kind of pizza?

2) Post about this giveaway on facebook for 3 entries (3 separate comments)


3) Share on your blog about this giveaway for 3 entries (3 separate comments)


4) Follow my blog for 2 entries. (2 separate comments) (If you already follow me say so and that will count too.)


The winner is the 6th comment on the blog!  I have contacted the winner. Thank you all so much for participating and answering my questions.  It was a lot of fun!
I will choose a random winner on Wednesday, September 8.  Please leave an e-mail address so that Download N Go can send you your free copy of Pizza Party if you win.  I will choose another winner if I cannot contact you. 


Pizza Party will be on sale this weekend for just $5...Saturday, September 4 and Sunday, September 5 only.


Read more reviews and enter for more chances to win Pizza Party on the Download N Go blog tour.


*I received Pizza Party free in exchange for an honest review.