Pirates

1. Pirates Early Years Numeracy Book 5

2. Treasure Hunt • Search for buried treasure in the sand tray or outdoor area: • Sort types of treasure into boxes – keys, coins, gems, beads, buttons • Find treasure corresponding to the dot pattern or number on little treasure chests/wooden boxes • Sort gems into different shaped boxes • Make a sandcastle – how many pieces of treasure are hidden? Guess first, then count to check • Put different sizes of keys in order of size • Coin recognition up to 10 • Match the dot pattern on a key fob to the numeral on a key • This activity can be used to support the following domains at 1 *, 2 ** and 3*** • Number word sequences – Count forwards and backwards as they fill/empty the numbered treasure chests. • Read and Write numbers - Record how many pieces of treasure they find on a chart using tally marks. • Structuring Numbers – Grouping –If there are 5 red gems in the square box and 4 green gems in the round box, how many gems do you see? How many are there all together? • Counting and Comparing Collections – Order keys from biggest to smallest, shortest to longest. • Counting Strategies , Early addition and subtraction/ facts to 10 – How many coins are silver? How many are gold? How many are there all together? • Early Multiplication and Division – Can the gems/coins/keys be shared equally? • Mental Agility – Basic Facts -Use 5 pieces of treasure hidden in a sandcastle and find out all the number facts to make 5. • Patterns and Relationships – Match and create patterns using different coloured gems. • Solve Simple Number Stories – Add pirates hats to encourage story telling.

3. Pirate Role Play • Provide pirate dressing up, a cardboard box table, plates, cups and real food such as baby potatoes, brown and red onions, etc. in tubs • Give each pirate a cup and matching plate. How many pirates are there at the feast? How many potatoes are there in the tub? How many do you think the pirates will get each? How do you know? • Who has the most on their plate? Who has the least? • Can the play food be shared equally? • Penny the Pirate climbs down the mast as her tummy is rumbling. How many more cups and plates do you need? • This activity can be used to support the following domains at 1 *, 2 ** and 3*** • Number word sequences – Count forwards and backwards as you share out the food • Read and Write numbers - Record on a simple chart how many onions/potatoes/rolls there are all together • Structuring Numbers – Grouping –Make up groups of food. Each pirate can only have 6 items on their plate, 3 potatoes, 2 red onions and 1 brown onion. Change the number of items allowed. • Counting and Comparing Collections - Who has the most/least number of potatoes? • Counting Strategies , Early addition and subtraction/ facts to 10 – You have 3, what do you need to make 6? I have 3 ‘grapes’ and Paul the Pirate has 4 ‘grapes’. How many all together? • Early Multiplication and Division – Children can try to share the play food equally. Try counting into 2s. • Mental Agility – Basic Facts - Use 5 onions and find out all the number facts to make 5. • Patterns and Relationships – Match and create patterns using the real food on the plates. • Solve Simple Number Stories – The ship’ s cook needs 4 brown onions, 2 potatoes and 1 leek to make some soup. How many vegetables does he need all together?

4. Treasure Map Children create their own pirate map using images of real islands. Add a Bee-Bot or large counter, direction cards or a dice, to find the hidden treasure. How many squares will it take to reach the beach? Which is the quickest way to the cliff? Which is closer? The palm trees or the waterfall? Using chalk outdoors, create a life-size map and scatter some real coins on the ground. Encourage children (dressed up as pirates or explorers) to estimate, then count, the number of steps it takes to reach the treasure. Add a giant dice, direction spinner or action cards and take turns to see who reaches the treasure first. • This activity can be used to support the following domains at 1 *, 2 ** and 3*** • Number word sequences – Count how many squares forward and backwards Bee-Bot travels • Read and Write numbers - Record on a coin chart how many coins are found • Structuring Numbers – Grouping –How many dots are on the dice/spinner? • Counting and Comparing Collections - Are there more/less sharks than volcanoes? • Counting Strategies , Early addition and subtraction/ facts to 10 – How many coins are silver? How many are gold? How many are there all together? • Early Multiplication and Division –Can the children share out the found treasure equally? How many coins does each child have? How many coins are there all together? • Mental Agility – Basic Facts - Develop one-to-one counting of the treasure. The last number determines the size of the set. • Solve Simple Number Stories – Add parrot puppets to encourage story telling.

5. Parrot Puppets Provide socks, buttons , feathers, card, wool, straws and glue for children the create their own parrot puppets. Add sorting plates and a mixture of fish or sea animals. Number the plates. Match the number of fish to the numeral or dots on the plate. Sort the fish into groups – eg. spotty, stripy, green, red. Which group has more/less? Add a number line and line up the fish from smallest to biggest, or make a pattern (green, red, blue). How many fish are there all together? 1 2 3 6 5 4 • This activity can be used to support the following domains at 1 *, 2 ** and 3*** • Number word sequences – Place the fish on a numeral track in order. Count sequence backwards and forwards. • Read and Write numbers - Record how many fish of each colour there are using tally marks or numerals on a chart. • Structuring Numbers – Grouping –How many red fish? How many green? How many are there all together? • Counting and Comparing Collections - Are there more green fish or red? Can you put them in size order? Which is the biggest/smallest? • Counting Strategies , Early addition and subtraction/ facts to 10 – Your parrot caught 2 stripy fish and 4 spotty fish. How many all together? • Early Multiplication and Division –.Can you share the fish equally between the puppets? • Mental Agility – Basic Facts -Using 5 fish find out how many ways you can make 5. • Patterns and Relationships – Can you line the fish up in a pattern by size/colour? • Solve Simple Number Stories – The ships cat is hungry and has taken 2 fish away. How many fish are left?