Ahoy Mateys! Tomorrow is Talk-Like-a-Pirate Day!

Avast me hearties!  It's almost time to teach my students how to talk like pirates!

They've already made their pirate portraits:

 

Thanks to my husband, tomorrow I'll have a long board to take into the classroom that will sit atop some large pieces of blue butcher paper... we'll have to ~walk the plank~ each time we leave our classroom (and so will any visitors)!

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Here's a link to my Pinterest board, "Ahoy Matey!" I've pinned links to crafts and coloring pages, including Story Time Katie's flannel pirate that inspired our own construction paper portraits.


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One of our favorite pirate stories:

... can be found on Amazon.com

Arrrrrr!

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My crew loves to snack on some Pirate's Booty! (Sounds terribly silly, right?)

Pirate's Booty 

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The best part?  I'll get to hear "Aye aye, Captain" following all of my directions tomorrow!

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Ahoy Matey!

Are YOU ready for International Talk Like a Pirate Day?

Check out Walmart's holiday/party section for new Halloween stamps: that's where I found the perfect skull and crossbones ($1) for the Jolly Roger detail on my Super Stars' pirate hats!

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Talk Like a Pirate Day is the perfect celebration for students to explore the letter Aaaaarrrrrrrrr (R), play with language and expand vocabularies (Ahoy Matey!  Shiver me timbers!), expand their dramatic play opportunities past the "house center," and even develop gross motor skills (walking the plank).  My husband is loaning me a wooden ramp from our trailer so that my Stars can balance, giggle, pretend, and giggle some more!  If you don't have a wooden plank available, use colored paper: a sea of blue with a "plank" of brown on top of it.

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Check out more pirate activities at:

~ Nancy Nolan's Kindergarten

~ Storytime Katie

~ Supermom

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Arr, It's Almost "Talk Like a Pirate Day!"

Arr! It's almost that time of year again: Talk Like a Pirate Day!

September 19th is the actual day to celebrate pirates, walking the plank, and wearing eyepatches, but my Super Stars will make pirate hats, read David Shannon stories, and greet friends and teachers with **ahoy Matey** on Friday.

Here's my post from last year (yes the links still work)...

A link for a pirate hat pattern (I print this one out, copy it, and have my students cut it out and glue it to construction paper headbands)...

Michaels Craft Store has their pirate birthday themed items on clearance (I found skull shaped lollies for my husband for Halloween, but hats, eye patches, plates and napkins are also available)....

... and an awesome pirate compilation site (crafts, coloring pages, links) by Crystal Pearl-Hodgins...

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Have you ever noticed that pirates are fond of Aa words? For instance:

Aye! (I agree!)

Ahoy! (Hi!)

Avaste! (Stand and give attention)

All aboard! (Come on to my ship!)

Arr! (which can mean anything you want it to mean!)

Pirate Post

Happy "International-Talk-Like-a-Pirate-Day!"


International Talk Like a Pirate Day

A Pirate's Life! (kindergarten unit)

British Council Pirate Song