Pirate Week: Home School resources

    A few years ago I was worried about what I was going to do during summer break, with two young very active kids at home.  I decided to get the kids involved and make learning fun!  Our family values education, we know how blessed we are to live in a country that provides education to all children.
During the last few months our kids have really seen this value and privilege in action.  One thing we do really well, finding gratitude in difficult times...it lightens the mood and helps us focus on what is important.

    We normally have a Harry Potter week (which turns into a month), Lego in some form, and whatever topic speaks to them that summer; sharks, sea life, holidays, picking several countries to learn about, one animal or a class of animals, we did marsupials once.  This year our 8 year old boy wanted to learn more about the Caribbean and Tortuga...if you couldn't tell he is a pirate fan.  So to add in the fun to a geography lesson we picked pirates as the topic.  It has been a lot of fun so far, and a lot of really great resource out there.  Since we love pirates here, we did have a few of the books and items we needed, but this fun project can be done at very low cost.

During my prep week there were a lot of moms worried about school and how the year is going to work.  I thought it could help other moms out there if I shared my research and resources.

I hope you enjoy our pirate week!  Which of course has turned into three weeks with all the life things that were thrown in...I will post pictures after our Escape room/scavenger hunt next week!
Below are the links and at the bottom a concept of how to run your study unit...if you can, find other moms that want to join in and split up the work.  It makes the craft projects fun!

Pirate week

https://hobbscrew.com/pirates-a-unit-study/

https://ourjourneywestward.com/pirate-unit-study/

https://rockyourhomeschool.net/constellation-cards/

Interesting facts (check the site for other videos) 
https://www.history.com/topics/exploration/bet-you-didnt-know-pirates-video

Pirate science and navigation

https://kidminds.org/pirate-science-20-ways-to-play-and-learn/

http://www.thepirateking.com/historical/navigation.htm

https://www.history.com/topics/exploration/pirates-navigate-the-high-seas-video

https://rockyourhomeschool.net/constellation-cards/

Famous ships flags and maps

https://www.thoughtco.com/famous-pirates-and-their-flags-2136233

https://www.thepiratesrealm.com/pirate%20flags.html#.VNOejZ3F-kk

https://mrnussbaum.com/tortuga-pirates

https://www.thoughtco.com/famous-pirate-ships-2136286

Extras you can throw in or save for a tie in later

Moon phase flip book

https://deceptivelyeducational.blogspot.com/2014/11/phases-of-moon-flip-book_21.html

Star clock
https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-resources/make-a-star-clock/

Pirate Escape room

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Pirates-Escape-Room-4387718?utm_source=pinterest&utm_campaign=Pirate+Escape+Room+launch

work sheets...we used the division to bring a little math in

https://www.education.com/resources/?q=pirate&cid=11.75

I made my own talk like a pirate document, I found a site with a list of words and then made the definitions kid friendly ; )

We made pirate treasure chest and started a fun sink or float ship build

Treasure chests, Treasure, Paint, Laminator, Girl costume , and boy costume


We opened pirate week by building a boat out of whatever they wanted, bringing it to the pool to see if it would float.  We looked at which boats did float and which would sink and talked about why...the plan is to rebuild using skills we have learned about boat building.  You could always learn first and build after.

During the week we read, add in worksheets, and the occasional education video with more art.
Then we had fun at the pool again painting treasure chests, decorating our own pirate flags, and again more learning during the week with the links above.  We will finish with talk like a pirate, costumes and the escape room!  It is all about making learning fun on their level or exciting from their viewpoint.  

Also Lego...

Have fun, ask questions and let me know how it goes! 

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