Thursday, October 1, 2009

Pirates, September16th and 17th, 2009


Begin by singing Raffi’s Shake My Sillies Out.

Book: Pirate PiggyWiggy by Christyan and Diane Fox.

Song: Galiant Ship from Kindermusik Adventures: Near and Far.

Book: Dinosailors by Deb Lund; illustrated by Howard Fine.

Song: The Crabby Song from the book and CD, Rhinoceros Tap by Sandra
Boynton and Michael Ford. We draped the blue blanket over a cart and made a pirate ship to "float" on top of the “water.” We decorated three puppets to look like pirates and gave two of them mops, and then had all three lip-sync to the song. It was fun.

Activity: Pirate School. We taught the kids how to become real pirates by attending pirate school. They practiced talking like a pirate (Aargh! Shiver me timbers! Ahoy! Land ho! Blow the man down! Walk the plank!), walking like a pirate (complete with a wooden peg leg), eating & drinking like a pirate (Belch!), swimming like a pirate, and finally, making a face like a pirate.

Poem: Captain Hook from the Shel Silverstein book, Where the Sidewalk Ends. We made a puppet of Captain Hook, which we used to act out the poem.

Song: The Pirate Song from the CD, H.U.M. All Year Long.

Book: Bubble Bath Pirates by Jarrett J. Krosoczka.

Activity: In order to become official pirates we had the children walk the plank! While the children did this we played the song, “Yo Ho Yo Ho [A Pirate’s Life for Me],” from the cd, Walt Disney Records Presents: The Official Album. After successfully walking the plank we gave each child a pirate hat and an eye patch. As always, this was a big hit

by Deanna and Patrick

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