Arrrrrgggggh! Explorastory was taken over by a rascally band of pirates this week!
Books:
Pirates, Ho! by Sarah L. Thomson
I Love My Pirate Papa by Laura Leuck
Pirate Piggywiggy by Christyan Fox
Find These Books on the Heights Library Catalog
Rhymes and Fingerplays:
If You’re a Pirate and You Know It
If you’re a pirate and you know it, swab the deck (swish, swish)
If you’re a pirate and you know it, swab the deck (swish, swish)
If you’re a pirate and you know it, then you’ll hear the sea winds blowin’
If you’re a pirate and you know it, swab the deck (swish, swish)
If you’re a pirate and you know it, walk the plank (stomp, stomp)….
If you’re a pirate and you know it, say ahoy….
One-Eyed Jake
I’m one-eyed Jack the pirate chief
A terrible, fearsome ocean thief
I have a peg upon my leg
I have a hook and a dirty look
I’m one-eyed Jake the pirate chief
A terrible, fearsome ocean thief
The Day I Went to Sea
When I was one
I sucked my thumb
The day I went to sea
I jumped aboard a pirate ship
And the captain said to me
We’re going this way
And that way
We’re going forward
And backward
It’s a pirate’s life for me!
When I was two, I tied my shoe…
When I was three, I scraped by knee…
When I was four, I shut the door…
When I was five, I danced a jive…
Ten Little Pirates
Ten little pirates stood in a row
They bowed to their captain so
They marched to the left
They marched to the right
They shouted yo ho ho
and gave their captain a fright!
Activity:
I hid three different “X’s” around the storytime room and showed the children a map with three “X’s” on it. I told the children that we need to follow the X’s to find a treasure that waited for us at the end. When it was time, I had the children find and point to the X in the room with the signified number on it. Behind each X was a clue to the next activity that we would do during the storytime (for example, the first X had a picture of a boat behind it. We then sang the song, “Row, Row, Row Your Boat”). The last X had a clue that told the children to search around for the hidden treasure. They searched and found a gold chest with free stickers inside! Each child was able to take home stickers, which many of them used to decorate their craft.
Craft:
A pirate isn’t complete without his hat. This week we made pirate hats that the kids decorated and wore. I found a nice pirate hat template at Craft Jr. This template also comes with an eye patch, if you wanted to make that as well. Parents cut out the hat and the two long strips under the hat. Then the two strips were taped or stapled to each side of the hat and taped together at the back of the head. The kids then decorated the hat with sequins, feathers, tissue paper, and markers. Arrrggh, doesn’t it look swashbuckling?