Clock pizza

This is great for helping children understand cooking, but also helps their physical development and fine motor skills, more specifically – moving and handling by patting and squeezing the dough. Also, the ‘numbers’ help with their understanding of time.

6. Add tomatoes and let them simmer, then mash them.

7. Cut the red pepper into eight strips.

8. Roll out the dough into a circle.

9. Spread the tomato sauce over the dough (any left over sauce is yummy with pasta).

10. Grate and sprinkle the cheese onto the pizza base.

11. Add the slices of mushrooms around the clock – the mushrooms tell you what time it is.

12. Cook in the oven for 10-12 minutes.

13. Wait for the pizza to cool a bit.

14. Add the carrot strips for the hands of the clock. Practice telling the time together.

15. Then tuck in before it gets too cold!