Pirates and More Pirates

Pirates are a big deal in my program right now.

It all started because I found this pirate ship on kijiji. It was cheap and cool so I picked it up! 

I decided to put a pirate sensory bin in the room at the same time. So I put the ship in the block center and the sensory bin on the table. The pirate sensory bin included a whole bunch of stuff! 

 

It has . . .

-          Pirate hat and eye patch

-          Pirate flags

-          Treasure chest

-          Jewells

-          Coins

-          Party beads (I chopped these up into little pieces so it would just look like a bunch of shiny treasure pieces)

-          I cut up a bunch of different pirate type bandanas into different sized pieces

-          Large craft sticks (they reminded me of ship planks, swords, and walking the plank so I threw them in)  

So most of that stuff needs to stay in the bin but the costume pieces are worn around the room and the ship often makes it into the sensory bin. The children also like to bring the people and animals from around the room into the sensory bin to act as pirates.

Circle time:

I expanded my Pete the Cat felt board story for a Pete the cat is a Pirate story.

 

I have the books Grandma and the Pirates by Phoebe Gilman and Pirates go to School by Corrine Demas