We introduced the theme with a short pirate video song, books, dress up clothes/eye patches, walking the plank, treasure hunt, treasure maps and various related pirate art and activities.
Art
Treasure chest, pirate telescope, pirate hat, pirate boat and pirate face
Math
The children practiced early math activities through various activities all week. Sorting pirate hats by size, counting treasure coins by placing in boxes one at a time, number and letter magnets to practice recognition, and counting number flags/naming number and dots on the flag.
Motor Development
Treasure chest with gem and tongs, stacked small and large pirate cups for balancing and eye hand coordination, gems and egg cartons with tongs, colored ABC blocks- small and large to build and balance, and pirate lacing cards with shoe strings.
Sensory Table
Coins, gems, sand
Activities
Walking the plank- balance beam
Make Pirate snack- apple, cheese boat
Treasure Hunt- find the coins
Pirate line tracing grids
Halloween songs
Practicing covering coughs, handwashing