Hold onto your captain hats and your toy jewels because it is time for some swashbuckling play with these adorable pirate activities for preschool.
This Set is PACKED with all kinds of pirate-themed learning fun. Kids will get to use their hands and play while working on counting, letters, patterns, and shapes.
There are so many amazing ideas to fill your centers with happy, exciting learning.
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The pirates theme is one of our favorite themes to do in the summer. The story telling and pretend play that natrually fit into the activities are not only good for the imagination, but also for developing social emotional skills.
Math and pirates may not seem like a natrual match, but someone has to count the loot and follow the shapes maps. Check out these fun preschool pirate activities below.
Count jewels and coins into the treasure chests for a fun, hands-on counting activity.
Sort shape buttons or foam stickers onto the matching maps or form the map shapes with playdough.
Count the ships on each card. Clip a clothespin onto the correct number.
Count and Stack Loot
Try out this very visual counting activity where kids get to stack the correct number of coins on each number and easily see which ones are more and less.
This fun game is great for working on subitizing and number sense.
What pirate doesn’t like to play with dice? Use there here for some counting practice and number sense.
Pirate themes are a dream pairing with your sensory table. It’s the perfect time for sand or water play mixed with lots of great learning. Check out these ideas for your literacy centers.
Bury letters and gems in a sensory bin with sand or other sensory material. Use shovels to dig up the buried letters and form the sight words.
Pirate Alphabet Dig
Get some sensory fun while hunting for buried letters. We used sand in our sensory bin and beach tools would be a fun addition.
Form the letters with mini buttons, pom poms, or even q-tip painting.
Cannon Ball Alphabet
Play this one with black playdough balls and smash the cannonballs or add tongs and pom-poms for some grip strength practice.
Play alphabet bingo with these pirate treasure themed cards. Use gems, rings, or pirate coins as bingo markers for some extra fun.
Sort colors with these fun gem color hunt pages. Cover the correct gems or place an X on each one you find.
Keep the pirate learning party going with these additional preschool skill activities. We’re tracing maps, making jewel patterns, and so much more.
Gem Color Patterns
Copy and create fun color patterns with these Gem Pattern cards. Use plastic gems or pom poms.
Help the pirates find the buried treasure. Trace the lines using a dry erase marker or little manipulatives like black beans.
For kids that are starting to write, this is an amazing writing center. They can trace their sight words and then try writing it on their own.Sort by size with this cannonball themed activity. We use pom poms in various sizes for our sort, but you could also use buttons or playdough balls.
Cannon Blast Patterns
Work on grip strength and fine motor skills with this fun activity. Punch out the patterns on each card.
In addition to the hands-on math centers above, we also created 15 fun preschool pirate worksheets for you. These worksheets include tracing, cut and paste, sorting, and more.
These printable pirate math worksheets are designed to help kids work on skills like counting, number order, and even measurement.
Keep the pirate fun and learning going with these literacy and worksheets.
Here are a few more examples of how to mix pirates and learning the best possible way. Kids can work on tracing, letter sorting, patterns, shapes, and colors with these pirate printables.
Grab ALL of these amazing pirate activities for preschool for your next pirate theme and have your best week yet.
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Hello – I teach 2 year old preschool and would love a copy of the “Pirate Treasure Colors” printable. Is there a way to purchase just that one page? The other printables are too old for my class.
Thank you!
Unfortunatly we are not able to separate just one activity from a set.
We do have some single items available in our ETSY shop.
Email us amy@Planningplaytime.com if you’d like that information.