We have found ways to play with pirates and treasure for the last two weeks. It has been a total blast!
One place we worked was in the Explore Table. The table was filled with sand. There were ships, pirate finger puppets, gems, and treasure chests to work with. 
The children sorted jewels by color, looked at amounts (what fit in the treasure chests and ships), talked about the parts of the ship like the sails, mast, and crows nest, and produced some excellent pirate dialogue!
We worked with pirate ships and Little People in the Block Area. It was fun to discover the compartments on the ships for sleeping, keeping a look out, shooting the cannon, and walking the plank!
In Small Group, we decorated treasure chests with gold ribbon, coins, and jewels. We figured out that the glue did not hold the ribbon very well, so we learned how to use the tape dispenser. We also figured out how to make glue dots the right size so the glue doesn't fall off the jewels. It was tricky!
Finally, we worked with the pirate idea in Circle Time. We read a book about becoming a pirate, and one in which Grandma was kidnapped by pirates!
One of our games included wearing pirate scarves and responding with appropriate facial expressions in the mirror to different pirate scenarios!
Some scenarios required us to show brave, happy, excited, disappointed, or secretive faces.
Our last Circle Time activity was to find our treasure that Boss Pirate Bart stole and hid! We had to follow these five clues:
Our last clue was outside on the tree! We had to use the shovels to dig up our treasure!
