Ahoy, Matey!

Wednesday, September 18, 2013

In honor of Talk Like a Pirate Day on September 19th, we read some scurvy pirate books!

"If You're a Pirate and You Know It" Action Song:
If you're a pirate and you know it, swab the deck (swish, swish)
If you're a pirate and you know it, swab the deck (swish, swish)
If you're a pirate and you know it, then you'll hear the sea winds blowin'
If you're a pirate and you know it, swab the deck (swish, swish)

Additional verses--
walk the plank (stomp, stomp)
shout, "Ahoy!"
do all three

*Thank you to Elizabeth Moreau Nicolai at the Born Librarian blog for the lyrics!

How I Became a Pirate by Melinda Long

Jeremy Jacob joins Braid Beard and his pirate crew and finds out about pirate language, pirate manners, and other aspects of their life.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"The Day I Went to Sea" Action Song:

When I was one, I sucked my thumb

The day I went to sea.

I jumped aboard a pirate ship,

And the captain said to me:

We're going this way

And that way

And forward

And backward

Across the deep blue sea!

 

Additional verses--

When I was two, I tied my shoe...

When I was three, I scraped my knee...

When I was four, I shut the door...

When I was five, I learned to dive...

A Pirate's Twelve Days of Christmas by Philip Yates

This rhyming book offers a witty re-imagining of "The Twelve Days of Christmas"--with a sly buccaneer twist.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Every little pirate needs a parrot as a pet...
Ca-caw!  It's craft time!