Pirates should be pretty good at math, one would guess. After all, think of all the counting they have to do: counting their loot, measuring how many steps before burying their treasure, knowing four (fore) and halft, working on the quarter deck, etc. Today, put on your pirate hats and count. How many steps is it to the kitchen? How many kids are needed to swab the decks? How many stuffies are on the captain’s bed? Treasures have to get picked up off the floor before they get tucked away in the toy box trunk. For mates that are ready for more than counting, do some mores. Are there more socks to get put away or are there more pants? Are there more plates or more cups to wash?
Once the chores are done, have more math fun counting out piles of treasures, using blocks, or lego, or toy cars, etc. Smart pirates! What will your pirates count?