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This is an open ended activity; there is no right or wrong way to play with this Pirate Ship.
This set includes two pirate characters to encourage pretend play and interaction.
The Pirate Ship is large enough for several children to play simultaneously.
There are plenty of opportunities for children to watch and learn through modeling and imitation.
This Pirate Ship provides a defined play space for sensory play.
Skills
Have the child follow verbal directions as they drive. Simple directions, such as, “go,” “stop,” and “turn right” can be used or lengthier instructions like, “Move the boat forward until you reach the slide,” can be used. This helps children develop both expressive and receptive language skills.
Work on sequential thought by giving children several steps to do such as, “Place on pirate in the boat, Push it to the slide, pick up the Pirate, put it on the slide and have it slide down.”
Action concepts in/out, go/stop, up/down are reinforced during play.
Creativity and open-ended play are encouraged through exploratory play.
The Pirate Ship is large enough for several children to play simultaneously through parallel play, social interaction and cooperative play.
Visual tracking, a pre-literacy skill, is encouraged as children watch the characters slide down the slide or move a boat around the water.
Elaborate storylines can be spoken and acted out during play. This helps children organize thoughts and tell a story in order with a beginning, middle and end.
Sharing, turn taking and patience are encouraged during play with a friend.
Play Ideas
Put your own alphabet letters in the boat to fish for letters. Have children find the letters to spell their names.
Embellish play with small toys.
Label the action of what children are playing with. For instance, “The pirate is sliding down the slide.” Or “Uh, oh, the pirate fell in the water. Can you help him?”
Provide open ended story starters for the children to act out.
Verbally count the number of objects floating in the water, the number of children playing at the table, the number of shovel scoops it takes to fill up the bucket, etc.
Have the pirates carry on conversations to work on receptive and expressive language and turn taking in speech.
Adaptation Ideas
Limit the number of accessories children have access to. Gradually increase the number as abilities and attentions permit.
This is an open ended activity; there is no right or wrong way to play with this Pirate Ship.
Water play encourages exploration and discovery which leads to physical development, cognitive processing and motivation for continued learning.
This Pirate Ship provides a defined play space for sensory play.
The size of the Pirate Ship is beneficial for independent or social play.
Children learn through repetition. The sensory input from water is motivating for children to play, repeating movements and constantly discovering new properties.
Skills
Directionality can be targeted by pushing a boat left or right and moving the characters up and down the slide.
Action concepts in/out, go/stop, up/down are reinforced during play.
Motor planning skills are used throughout play as children determine what they want to play with and prepare and move their bodies to accomplish it.
The concept of cause and effect can be reinforced when scooping and dumping the water, pushing small characters down the slide, pouring water in the middle unit to cascade down.
Eye-hand coordination is reinforced as children scoop, pour and play with the different accessories in the Pirate Ship.
Memory and recall can be encouraged during play as children remember how to make the water wheel spin.
Color recognition and identification can take place using the different colors on the Pirate Ship and accessories.
Children can learn how to sequence steps to complete a task when they scoop water, reach up, dump out and watch the water wheel spin.
There are two pirate characters included to support pretend play.
Visual tracking, a pre-literacy skill, is encouraged as children watch the characters slide down the slide or move a boat around the water.
Creativity and open-ended play are encouraged through exploratory play.
Play Ideas
Put your own alphabet letters in the boat to fish for letters. Have children find the letters to spell their names. Children can fish with their hands, an aquarium net or kitchen strainer.
Embellish play with small toys.
Have children look at the Pirate Ship and all the accessories and then close their eyes. Take one accessory away or switch the location of two pieces. Have the children look and determine what is missing or changed.
Sing “Row Your Boat” as children float and push boats in the water.
Adaptation Ideas
Limit the number of accessories children have access to. Gradually increase the number as abilities and attentions permit.
This Pirate Ship enables children to play and explore with water.
The accessories are all bright colors that stand out next to the tan of the Pirate Ship.
This Pirate Ship provides a defined play space for sensory play.
The spinning water wheel is visually appealing.
Skills
Directionality can be targeted by pushing a boat left or right and moving the characters up and down the slide.
Action concepts in/out, go/stop, up/down are reinforced during play.
Motor planning skills are used throughout play as children determine what they want to play with and prepare and move their bodies to accomplish it.
The concept of cause and effect can be reinforced when scooping and dumping the water, pushing small characters down the slide, pouring water in the middle unit to cascade down.
Visual tracking, a pre-literacy skill, is encouraged as children watch the characters slide down the slide or move a boat around the water.
Play Ideas
Fill the Pirate Ship with other tactile items, such as dried beans and rice or sand.
Place ice cubes in the water to change the experience.
Add several drops of food coloring to the water for a different color effect.
Embellish play with small toys that are tactilely interesting.
Adaptation Ideas
Add tactilely diverse items to the Pirate Ship.
Use the Pirate Ship without water for children who may be uncomfortable or over-stimulated with water play.
The chunky size of the accessories makes grasping and holding easier.
The height and width of the Pirate Ship is conducive to cruising around the edges by new walkers.
Children can explore the water and accessories with their hands to gain an understanding of how their hands move and work together.
Skills
Fine motor, grasping, reaching, two-handed play, and eye-hand coordination can all be incorporated into play as children manipulate the toys and large bucket, scoop and dump water in the Pirate Ship.
Motor planning skills are used throughout play as children determine what they want to play with and prepare and move their bodies to accomplish it.
Directionality can be targeted by pushing a boat left or right and moving the characters up and down the slide.
Action concepts in/out, go/stop, up/down are reinforced during play.
Wrist rotation is used to scoop and dump water.
Visual tracking, a pre-literacy skill, is encouraged as children watch the characters slide down the slide or move a boat around the water.
Eye-hand coordination is reinforced as children scoop, pour and play with the different accessories in the Pirate Ship.
Children strengthen their core muscles when they stand and play next to the Pirate Ship.
Play Ideas
Have children pat the water lightly and more forcefully to begin to understand arm strength and controlling that strength.
