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Jasper draagt een piratenpak. In zijn hand heeft hij een groot plastic zwaard. “Opa, ik ga jouw schip veroveren”. Opa kijkt op vanachter zijn krant. Hij ziet een groot zwaard op hem afk…

We've been exploring Pirate Week here at our house. We all love pirates; in fact I realized I've never shared this picture from this past Halloween of our whole family in their pirate wear. So when Big Brother asked for a "Pirate Week" I couldn't resist. Beyond reading some pirate books, wearing our pirate costumes, and talking like a pirate this week I wanted to create some fun learning and crafting opportunities around pirates. I've been thinking for a while about how to turn Big Brother's love of pirates into a math activity. Using some rocks, gold spray paint, and number fun here are two different activities we came up with. Pirates' Gold Number Play Preparation We did two different things to prep for the activities. First the kiddos each painted a small "treasure" box with gold, bronze, and silver acyclic paint (both from Jo Ann Fabrics.) Each box was a little different when they were done painting. The other part of the preparation was a grown up job, it involved using metallic gold spray paint on a handful of rocks we'd found in the yard. I painted ten small rocks for each kiddo to use inside their box and twenty large rocks for a group activity. (I sprayed one side the first time, let it dry, and then turned them over and sprayed again.) After they were dry I used permanent black marker to write the numbers on to the rocks. On the larger rocks I wrote the numbers 1 through 20, on the smaller rocks I wrote the numbers 1 through 10. (We had two sets of the smaller rocks.) Backyard Treasure Hunt With the larger rocks we had a fun, number orientated treasure hunt. I hid the rocks in the yard, number side down. The kids dressed in some of our pirate costume pieces and headed into the yard to look for treasure. As they found the gold, the older ones called out the numbers and placed them in their buckets. Little Brother was eager to help find the golden rocks and quickly figured out the routine of what to do when someone found a rock. After they found the rocks they had to work as partners to put the rocks in numerical order. They started with one and worked their way up twenty. They took turns looking for the number in the pile and placing it into the line. This activity helped us to practice identifying and ordering numbers. We used the rocks several more times to set up treasure hunts both inside and out. This activity was definitely a hit. Independent Treasure Box Play After we'd practiced what to do with the larger number rocks they put the smaller rocks into their treasure boxes. For some quiet independent play Big Brother took his numbers out of the box and practiced putting them in order. (He decided to use his pirate sword as a line maker.) When he was done he practiced reading the numbers aloud. He actually worked so quickly with these numbers I'm planning on adding 11 through 20 to his box. A little later in the week we also used the small rocks together for some other games. On one day I lined them up randomly and flipped them over gold side up. He had to flip them number side up and move them around until they were in order. We also played a hiding game where I would hide some under my hand and he had to figure out how many were hiding based on how many were left. Other activities for the larger rocks during the week included burying them in the sand box and pretending they were money. We definitely got a lot of fun play out of these golden rocks during our Pirate week!

Anniversaire pirate! Je vous emmène avec nous, à la recherche du trésor des 9 ans de ma petite gourmande! Un anniversaire sur le thème des pirates!

Binnenkort wordt ons ventje alweer 5! Waar blijft de tijd! Maar geen tijd om daar bij stil te staan want het eerste kinderfeestje komt er aan! Wij organiseerde

Bunte Muffins sind hier eine hervorragende Wahl für eine Kinder Party. Sie sind lecker und ein visuelles Highlight.

Unissex, a festa pirata também agrada todas as idade, e dá para abusar da criatividade na decoração e na alimentação, confira as ideias e inspire-se.

I've been busy.... SEVERAL of my posts will be Pirate-esque until March 7, 2010 is behind us. ha ha. --- My little stinker's B-day p...

We komen aan bij het langven en volgen de route langs het meer. Dan ineens zien we flessen in het water drijven. Gelukkig hebben we een schepnet bij, hoe toevallig. De fles die Rijf uit het water vist rammelt, wat zou erin zitten? Als eindelijk het plakband eraf is, ontdekken de piraten een sleutel! Zou die van de schatkist zijn? Van de acht flessen, liggen er nog maar twee in de buurt van de wal. Gelukkig ook de belangrijkste fles. De andere zes flessen dobberen uit ons bereik in het riet. Dat wordt de milieu-bekeuring betalen.

Fun pirate crafts for kids, and pirate activities for talk like a pirate day. Also get pirate themed printable packs

Our second activity at the party involved hunting for treasure in a bucket of goo. Technically the goo was Gelli Baff slime stuff. Each kid was given a card with the 12 items that they needed to find on it. They dug around and when they filled their card the got to pick a puzzle out of the bucket.

Ahoy Matey’s! Today’s winning party feature goes to this fantastic CAPTAIN HOOK PIRATE PARTY submitted by Polkadot Prints & Whimsy Petite Styling. I don’t think pirate birthday parties will ever die {perfect for Halloween as well, which is slowly creeping up on us}. SUCH a fun theme. I love all the twine {a super cute and inexpensive […]

DIY pirate hooks (made using dollar store supplies). Great for parties and pretend play.

Coolest Pirate party games for a swashbuckling kids pirate party! Everything you need to throw a awesome kids theme birthday party

Favorite Oi, meninas! Para as mães que estão procurando temas para a festinha dos pequenos, um dos mais solicitados e que eles mais gostam é Pirata!!! Um tema lindíssimo e atemporal! Selecionei algumas referências para inspirá-las! Mil Bjsss ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Festa 1: Fonte: Space Hips And Laser Beam […]

Het is belangrijk, om tijdens het plannen van een thema, als leerkracht goed na te denken over de startactiviteiten. Startactiviteiten moeten ervoor zorgen dat de kinderen enthousiast worden voor een thema. Het is dan ook belangrijk dat de activiteiten, die je kiest pakkend en betekenisvol zijn en nieuwsgierigheid opwekken. Wanneer kinderen zelf enthousiast zijn voor een thema, zullen zij meer tot leren komen. Ook zijn de startactiviteiten belangrijk om de voorkennis te activeren en leervragen v

Embrace your child's artistic side and learn about crocheting, knitting, painting, photography, scrapbooking, and more from the editors of Parents magazine.

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the t…