Pirates Rhymes, Songs, and Books for Kids

Pirates books, rhymes, and songs for kids

Pirates! Shiver me timbers and pirates ahoy! Enjoy our collection of pirate rhymes and songs and pirate book suggestions for preschool and kindergarten.

Pirates Rhymes and 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)

next:
If you're a pirate and you know it, walk the plank (stomp, stomp)
If you're a pirate and you know it, look for treasures (look through spyglass)
If you're a pirate and you know it, say ahoy Ahoy! (with arm movement)

Pirates Fingerplay

5 Pirates on a Treasure Chest

5 pirates on a treasure chest
1 jumped off and 4 are left.
4 pirates on a treasure chest
1 slid off and 3 are left.
3 pirates on a treasure chest
1 fell down and 2 are left.
2 pirates on a treasure chest
1 was pushed off and 1 is left.
1 pirates on the treasure chest
he climbed down and then there were none.
No pirates on the treasure chest
Yo ho ho and now its all mine.

Pirate Picture Books


How I Became a Pirate	Pirate Pete's Talk Like a Pirate	Pirate Pete	Shiver Me Letters: A Pirate ABC

Pirates Don't Change Diapers	Pirate Pete's Giant Adventure	The Pirate Cruncher	The Pirate Who Couldn't Say Arrr!

The Pirates Next Door	Edward and the Pirates	Tough Boris	Sloop John B: A Pirate's Tale

Do Pirates Take Baths?	Pirate Boy	How to be a Pirate	There Was an Old Pirate Who Swallowed a Fish

Pirate Circle Game and Movement

We're Going on a Treasure Hunt
(Tune: We're Going on a Bear Hunt)

We're going on a treasure hunt.
We're going on a treasure hunt.
Going to find a big one. I'm not scared.

Oh no! A cold, deep river!
We can't go over it.
We can't go under it.
Oh no! We must go through it.
Splish, splash. Splish, splash. Splish, splash.

We're going on a treasure hunt.
We're going on a treasure hunt.
Going to find a big one. I'm not scared.

Oh no! Quick Sand. A deep, quick sand patch!
We can't go over it. We can't go under it.
Oh no! We must go through it.
Grunt, swish. Grunt, swish. Grunt, swish.

We're going on a treasure hunt.
We're going on a treasure hunt.
Going to find a big one.
I'm not scared.

Oh no! A cave! A deep, dark cave!
We can't go over it.
We can't go under it.
Oh no! We must go through it.
Tip, toe. Tip, toe. Tip, toe.

One wooden leg.
One shiny hook.
Two beady eyes.
Oh no! It's a pirate!

Quick! Back through the cave.

Tip, toe. Tip, toe. Tip, toe.
Back through the quick sand.

Grunt, swish. Grunt, swish. Grunt, swish.
Back through the river.

Splish, splash. Splish, splash. Splish, splash.

Get to the house.
Open the door.
Run up the stairs.
Oh no! Forgot to shut the door!
Back down the stairs.
Shut the door.
Back up the stairs.
Into bed.
Under the covers. (Sigh.)
We're never going on a treasure hunt again.