A little late in coming, but never late in telling…
September 19th is International Talk Like a Pirate day. My neighbor asked me how I find out all of these strange holidays… but really? Who doesn’t celebrate Talk like a Pirate Day?!! It’s not like it’s something unknown like World Egg Day.
Well this just happened to also be a preschool day. And it couldn’t have come too soon. Meet Nikkoli. Nik loves to dress up. Cairn loves to dress up. Nik loves to play make believe. Cairn loves to play make believe. This should work out well, right?
Wrong. Nik loves to be a viking, a pirate, a dragon, a knight… He loves to use their weapons and fight the bad guys. Cairn loves to be a princess… and that’s about it. (I don’t know where I went wrong with her!) Quite often they find themselves with the same toy, or at the top of the slide in two very different story lines. Cairn’s in a castle and pirates aren’t allowed in the castle! Cairn pushes Nikkoli. Nikkoli is on a pirate ship and princesses walk the plank! Nik pushes Cairn.
When Cairn an Nik play as themselves they get along great! But their make believe selves clash… hard.
Nastia was so excited to have Talk Like a Pirate day as one of her days to teach, and I do believe she was the most qualified of the mothers to do it too! She read pirate stories and sang pirate songs. She had pirate ship cupcakes sailing the deep blue sea. And had the kids make their own pirate captain hat, hook and parrot.
Suddenly pirates aren’t so bad for Cairn… Pirates sing. Cairn likes to sing. Pirates read silly pirate stories. Cairn likes to read. Pirates eat cupcakes. Cairn eats cupcakes… and pirates can have pink hats!
The hopes are that these strong personalities will learn to play with each other and not end out hating everything boy or girl. So far they’re getting better as the get to know each other more. *Sigh* Will princesses and pirates ever get along?
Pirate songs:
“If you're a pirate and you know it”
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)
If you're a pirate and you know it, stomp your peg leg (stomp, stomp)
If you're a pirate and you know it, shout avast: Avast! (with arm movement)
“The Pirates Go Sailing”
Another fabulous post! (Yes, playing catch-up, sorry.) I couldn't agree more - Nastia was BY FAR the most qualified of us to teach on Talk Like a Pirate Day. It would have been a rather lame day done at our house, I'm afraid. Hoping the princess and the pirate can find more middle ground.
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