Ahoy, Matey!
Posted by Suzanne | 0 comments
All very good questions! I have 2 boys that are all things pirate. And a girl that loves her some mermaids. So, out to sea we went. And we discovered a day tucked into September that sounded like fun.
It all started innocently enough with a little playing dress-up. And then came a few pirate questions, such as “Were pirates really real, Mama?” As I began looking up the answers for them, I came across this site: The Original Talk Like A Pirate Day Site, now, take note, most of the content on this site is not what you want your young’n's readin’. But they do have a “Stuff For Junior Pirates” section that’s pretty clean and even has some curriculum ideas. I researched it, took what I wanted, left what I didn’t.
For our art project we wadded it up in balls and then smoothed it back out. Then we used our brown watercolor paints very sloppily on the map to make it look “authentic.” The children were off on a treasure hunt!
I printed off 3 more maps that I cut apart and drew a quick picture of where I had hidden each clue (for example Pocket 1 held a picture of their bed where they found a second envelope that held a picture of the couch, where they found a third envelope, and so on… that would lead them to the next clue until they landed at the “X”. I rolled the pictures into scrolls and stuck them into numbered pockets. They were to take their maps and follow the path according to the item listed and the number on their map until they found the buried treasure – some pirate stickers and gummy candy shaped like pirate stuff!
A Children’s Pirate Shanty
by Mark “Cap’n Slappy” Summers
(can be sung to the tune of Monty Python’s “I’m a Lumberjack and I’m OK” -
or make up your own!)
Chorus
I’m a pirate! That I be!
I sail me ship upon the sea!
I stay up late – till half past three!
And that’s a peg below me knee!Yo Ho, my friends I have a tale
of treasure, plunder, sea and sail
my story’s bigger than a whale
it gets so deep, ye’ll have to bail.Chorus
I’m a pirate! That I be!
I sail me ship upon the sea!
I stay up late – till half past three!
And that’s a peg below me knee!
I like to fish, I like to fight
I like to stay up half the night
When I say “starboard” ye go right!
Me ma, she says, “Ye look a fright!”Chorus
I’m a pirate! That I be!
I sail me ship upon the sea!
I stay up late – till half past three!
And that’s a peg below me knee!I’ve got no hand but that’s me hook!
I pillage stuff but I’m no crook.
Me booty’s in this chest I took.
They’ll write about me in a book!Chorus
I’m a pirate! That I be!
I sail me ship upon the sea!
I stay up late – till half past three!
And that’s a peg below me knee!
And that’s all there is to this
song.I hope it hasn’t been too long.
A pirate’s life might just be wrong
So grow up nice and big and strong!Chorus
I’m a pirate! That I be!
I sail me ship upon the sea!
I stay up late – till half past three!
And that’s a peg below me knee!
Suzanne is wife to one and mama to four. The little ones are 2 boys ages 6 and 5, a girl who’s 3, and a baby boy who’s not knee-high to a grasshopper yet. She eclecticly unschools with lapbooks the Charlotte Mason way. In other words, she doesn’t have the slightest clue what she’s doing, but does it anyway. She lives in a world where there are few absolutes. The dishes don’t stay cleaned, the laundry doesn’t stay put away, the children don’t remember what she told them yesterday. But in their chaotic lives they have found joy. And they’d love to share that with you. So, come on over, kick a path through the toys, have a seat on the couch and grab a cup of strong coffee. Just be ready to hone your skills of “interrupted conversation”! And be sure to stop by her personal blog at The Joyful Chaos.
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