Pirates! October 23 and 24, 2013

Dustin and I entered the room sword fighting to some rousing pirate music. After a little while, Debbie came into the room and told us to stop fighting and put down our swords because we were in a library. We sheepishly complied.

Begin by singing Raffi’s “Shake My Sillies Out.”

Book – I Love My Pirate Papa by Laura Leuck; illustrated by Kyle M. Stone.
(or)
Pirate PiggyWiggy by Christyan and Diane Fox.

Song – “The Pirate Song,” from the compact disc, H.U.M. All Year Long.

Book – Pirates Go to School by Corinne Demas; illustrated by John Manders.

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.

Song – “The Crabby Song,” from the book and cd, Rhinoceros Tap by Sandra
Boynton and Michael Ford. (We draped the blue blanket over the stools and had a pirate ship sit on top of the “water.” We used three pirate puppets and gave two of them mops, and then had all three lip-sync to the song.)

Book – Bubble Bath Pirates by Jarrett J. Krosoczka.

Song – “Galiant Ship,” from Robyn’s cd, Kindermusik Adventures: Near and
Far.

Poem – “Captain Hook,” from the Shel Silverstein book, Where the Sidewalk

Ends. (Dustin used a hook and did all of the actions while I read the poem.)

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.
Pirate School

By Pirate Paul and Dusty Bottoms