Esther and William love a treasure hunt

So what better way to kick off our pirate week than embarking on a hunt

For pirate gold!

Using a copy of the map David made for our Rainbow Star Hunt

I added stickers and numbers at key places on the map

Indicating the places around the garden that I had hidden gold (chocolate) coins

Esther and William had to find each of the 9 coins

In order from 1 – 9

They had to use their maps to find the treasure

Esther and William love maps

They often have pretend maps in their play

And it is one of the few things that William will attempt to draw

Both Esther and William understand that the picture map

Represents our garden

And with help they can use it to find things that are hidden

This pirate treasure hunt started at number one

In Baby Tilda’s garden

From there the trail led to the back garden

Up Makka Pakka’s steps

Past the crooked house

And onto the sky train

At each numbered spot

Were two gold coins

Esther and William worked together

To read their maps

And find their treasure

The hunt was a lot of fun

And a lot of learning was done

Numbers, directions, positional language, prepositions

Working together, communication

The pirate treasure trail ended up back in Baby Tilda’s garden

Where the final reward for finishing the trail

Was enormous and delicious

We have lots more activities planned for our Pirate Week including water play and construction and finishing with a Friday Finale for Talk Like A Pirate Day

We will also be sharing a pirate themed book list over at Beebies Baby Store on Friday

We hope that you will join us