Forgot your password? By apple May 20, in Ideas for activities, themes and topics. I needed a wee bit of inspiration for our role play area. Our topic is water my clever colleagues next door are doing 'under the sea'. I've done Mrs Wishy Washy's laundry for a couple of years and want a change I've seen a pirate ship in a book but the construction looks a little challenging. We don't have any sides to the role play area bar a couple of screens.
I've done Pirates a few times - it tends to take off on it's own, and really is popular! Lots of big cardboard boxes, flattened, provide the basis for your ship, attach it to whatever is available, imagination does the rest!
Depending on abilities, you can plan the painting and attaching with chn, discussing ships, pirates etc with them. Research pirates - fun!! Talk about props together, make them, sing pirate songs "When I was one Make treasure, treasure chests, fish, monsters AAArgh and mermaids aaah!
And of course your Jolly Roger!! If you want more input, just ask! Our topic this term is "Row your boat" as in the book and the song. We have made an island using a sandy coloured mat and the sea with a large sheet of blue polythene. Then the children have made a large palm tree and painted grass etc. We have a lovely piece of net fabric which is blues and greens and makes a great sea backdrop which we have attached to the wall and they have painted fishes.
They have also painted the animals from the book. We have a deckchair, sunvisors and hats and sunglasses.
