**Note: This page is for educational inspiration and is not officially affiliated with the founders of International Talk Like a Pirate Day. International Talk Like a Pirate Day was founded by John Baur (Ol' Chumbucket) and Mark Summers (Cap'n Slappy). For more information, you can visit their official website (www.talklikeapirate.com).
Saturday 19th September 2026
Understanding International Talk Like a Pirate Day in EYFS & KS1
Ahoy, mateys! International Talk Like a Pirate Day is a fantastically fun, unofficial holiday celebrated worldwide every year on September 19th. This day was founded in 1995 by John Baur (Ol' Chumbucket) and Mark Summers (Cap'n Slappy) from Oregon, USA, as a parody holiday. It's a day for everyone to embrace their inner buccaneer, speaking with a pirate accent and using pirate slang.
For early years settings, nurseries, preschools, childminders, and Year 1 and Year 2 classrooms, this day provides an incredibly imaginative and engaging theme for exploring language, role-play, creativity, and storytelling. It's about stepping into a character, experimenting with sounds, and diving into adventurous narratives. This day offers fantastic planning ideas and inspiration for engaging activities that truly resonate with young minds, making learning about communication and imaginative play both exhilarating and memorable.
Why Is Teaching About Imaginative Play & Language Important for Young Children?
Integrating themes like pirates and imaginative play into your practice with young children (aged 0-7) is a fun and engaging way to foster their language development, social skills, and creative thinking. Role-play and dramatic play are crucial avenues for children to make sense of the world, explore emotions, and practice new skills.
Language and Communication: Trying out new voices, accents, and vocabulary (like pirate words!) expands a child's linguistic repertoire and encourages verbal expression.
Imaginative & Creative Play: Stepping into a character like a pirate fosters imagination, narrative development, and problem-solving within pretend scenarios.
Social Development: Collaborative pirate adventures encourage teamwork, sharing, and negotiation as children play together.
Emotional Expression: Role-play allows children to safely explore different emotions and situations.
Literacy Link: Engaging with pirate themes can naturally lead to interest in pirate stories, maps, and 'wanted' posters, linking to early literacy.
Physical Development: Activities like "walking the plank" or digging for treasure provide opportunities for gross motor skill development.
Engaging Pirate-Themed Activities for International Talk Like a Pirate Day (0-7 Year Olds)
Make International Talk Like a Pirate Day a truly swashbuckling adventure with these planning ideas and activities perfect for EYFS and KS1 children. The focus is on imagination, bold exploration, and lots of "Arrrrs!" Many of these early years and year 1 activities can be supported by the extensive range of printable resources we have available.
Here's some inspiration for setting sail on a pirate adventure in your setting: (Please use your own discretion and knowledge of your children to ensure appropriateness of each activity and safety concerning any materials given and activity undertaken.)
Pirate Role-Play Area: Create an immersive pirate ship environment using our ‘Pirate Ship role play pack’ and ‘Pirate Ship signs’. Children can use the ‘Pirate hat template’ or ‘Pirates - role-play masks’. The 'Pirates' display banner and ‘Pirate ship porthole drawing/imagination stimulus’ can enhance the space.
Talk Like a Pirate! Encourage children to use pirate phrases and voices. Use ‘Pirate speech bubbles mark making sheets’ for them to write or draw what a pirate might say. Our ‘The Pirate song words (The Day I went to Sea) is perfect for a sing-along!
Treasure Hunt & Mapping: Create a ‘Pirate treasure map & template’ and hide "treasure" (coins, jewels, or small objects) for children to find. Use ‘Pirate treasure hunt’ activity cards to guide them.
Design Your Own Pirate Flag: Provide materials for children to design their own pirate flags using our ‘Pirates - design pirate flag’. Discuss what their flag symbols mean.
Character Building: Encourage children to invent their own pirate characters using ‘Pirate character building description sheets’. You could also play ‘Pirate ship names game’ and ‘Pirate names game’.
Phonics & Literacy with Pirates: Engage with letters and sounds through pirate themes. Use ‘Pirate treasure letters and sounds game - phase 2 & 3 phonics’ and ‘Phase 3 high frequency words pirate game’. Our ‘Pirate map CVC word builder game’ is also fantastic for early reading.
Pirate Maths Adventures: Integrate numeracy with pirate activities. Use ‘Pirate talk and count game (1-5)’, ‘Pirates number formation mat’, ‘Pirate number multimats - playdough’, ‘Whiteboard & pen or loose parts’, ‘Pirate repeating patterns’, and ‘Pirate number slice puzzles’.
Movement Challenges: Get active with ‘Pirates activity/movement challenge cards’. Set up a "walk the plank" activity using our ‘Pirate 'walk the plank' large number line activity’.
Creative Drawing & Mark Making: Encourage artistic expression with ‘Pirate colouring sheets’. Use ‘Pirate ship porthole drawing/imagination stimulus’ and ‘Pirate of the month poster drawing/imagination stimulus’ to spark imagination.
Reward System: Implement a pirate-themed reward system using ‘Pirate reward chart and pirate reward charts.
Additional Resources: Explore our ‘Wanted poster template’ for a fun writing activity.
General Topic Pages: For broader context, don't forget to check out our related topic pages:
These activities offer great inspiration for making International Talk Like a Pirate Day a memorable and impactful experience in your early years and Key Stage One setting, fostering language development, imaginative play, and creative expression.
To explore ideas surrounding additional early years events, please visit our 'Special Dates Calendar' page.
Printable resources to support teaching & learning surrounding: ‘International Talk Like a Pirate Day’
These Pirate Ship Signs are perfect to use during 'Pirate' role-play. They can be used to enhance a pirate role-play area to prompt dialogue and develop subject knowledge.
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Ideal as part of 'Pirate' role-play. This ‘Design your own Pirate Flag’ sheet can be printed out for the children to draw their own flag designs to take home. If your children enjoy using this to enrich their role-play they may also enjoy designing their own ‘Pirate Hats’.
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Perfect for ‘Pirate’ role-play activities! Plus your children will love to colour the masks themselves! 5 different masks included.
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These sheets are designed to help children to build up a character in preparation for story writing (oral and/or written). Children can write their own descriptions or an adult can scribe for them. The sheets come in a few different formats within the pack.
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Ideal as part of 'Pirate' role-play. This ‘Treasure Map’ accompanied by a ‘Design your own Treasure Map’ sheet can be printed out for the children to use as part of role-play and also as a more focused activity whereby they design their own to take home. If your children enjoy using this to enrich their role-play they may also enjoy designing their own ‘Wanted Posters’.
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Pirate Mission cards to have great fun inspiring role play whilst also learning to follow instructions and working on other learning skills!
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‘Pirates’ word mat. Why not use in conjunction with our ‘Pirates’ word cards? Includes 10 different pirate items. Can be used as part of a display, activities or a discussion starter for talking about pirates.
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‘Pirates’ word cards. Why not use in conjunction with our ‘Pirates’ word mat? Includes 10 different items associated with pirates. Can be used as part of a display or activities. Why not hide them in a sand tray and see which items the children can uncover?
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‘Pirates’ Banner for your Pirate Topic or Pirate Ship role-play area.
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‘Pirate’ themed colouring pages.
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Have fun counting gems and pretending to be pirates!
Game for two children.
Organise the cards into two identical sets. 12 in each pile.
Child A to have a shuffled pile face-down in front of them.
The second set of 12 cards to be laid out with the gems showing in front of Child B.
Child A takes a card from the pile and looks at the picture. Then asks for the shown gems in their best pirate voice!
e.g. “Arrrr! Can I have two green gems matey?”
Child B to find the correct matching card to give to Child A.
When all cards are matched, reset the game, and reverse the roles!
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Help your pirate ship find the treasure with this fun and engaging Letters and Sounds game. Two different boards to choose from - one for Phase 2 Sounds and another for Phase 3 Sounds. Dice required. Children choose a pirate ship to place at the start, roll the dice and move the appropriate number of sound squares towards the treasure! When they land on a sound square they can practise saying the sound. Have fun!
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Includes two versions of ‘5’ formation. Primarily designed for use as a mat to be laminated and used time and time again with whiteboard pens for children to practise their number formation, this resource has many uses. It could be used by a child once and taken home as a consolidation of their learning. It could be used as part of a Pirates and/or Maths display. Place it in a learning area where children may be writing numbers as a reminder of how to form numbers. Or alternatively use it as a playdough counting mat.
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These A4 size mats can be laminated for use as playdough mats, or for number writing practice with a whiteboard pen. Alternatively, they can be part of a loose parts activity. Also ideal for a pirate themed counting display!
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These ‘Pirate’ themed repeating pattern sheets can be laminated for a repeatable activity (tokens to fill in the blanks on last page) or simply printed for individual children to either draw their answers or use as a ‘cut and stick’ activity.
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‘Pirates’ themed Number Slice Puzzle Activities. Puzzles available for 1-5 and 1-10 sequencing. Full colour versions in this pack. Cut along the vertical lines and laminate for multiple uses or allow your children to cut and stick as an individual activity to take home. Great for number recognition and ordering, observational skills and motor control. Picture and number combination enables child self checking.
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Pirate Treasure Hunt Clue Cards designed for you to fill in and place small treasure cards (included) around your setting before game begins. Simply print out the cards that you would like to use (looking carefully at the sentence starter wording at the top of each card) and then write in clues which fit with your setting and children. We designed this activity with following instructions and positional language in mind and so it is intended that you read the cards to the children. Some suggestions for clue writing are included on the first page. We suggest that you hide the second clue with the first small treasure card to be found so that a chain is created. The ultimate aim is to find the treasure chest!
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Have fun with this set of 10 Pirates Activity Challenge cards. Perhaps children could stand in a circle around the pile of cards and take turns to pick one for everyone to do. Once the children get to know the cards they will be able to relate the action to the picture without necessarily needing the card read to them...For example an adult may be able to simply hold up a card and everyone will be able to do the activity together! Great for physical development, descriptive language, understanding the world, number recognition and turn taking.
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Ideal as part of 'Pirate' role-play. This design your own ‘Wanted Poster’ sheet can be printed out for the children to draw their own wanted poster designs to take home. If your children enjoy using this to enrich their role-play they may also enjoy designing their own ‘Treasure Maps’.
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‘Pirates’ Number Slice Puzzle Activities - Colouring versions. Puzzles available for 1-5 and 1-10 sequencing. Colour the pictures, cut along the vertical lines and then put the pieces back together in numerical order. Stick to a new sheet of card or paper once complete! Great for number recognition and ordering, observational skills and motor control. Picture and number combination enables child self checking.
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Enjoy teaching your children the basics of blending sounds to create words when you play this fun ‘Pirate Map’ themed 'CVC word builder' game together! Easy to play and instructions included on the front page. Will you end up making a 'real' or 'nonsense' word when you put your CVC map together? Why not use this game in conjunction with 'Phase 2 Letters and Sounds Flashcards', 'Sound Mat' or the 'Cut and Match Activity'? Various themed Phase 2 word cards also available in the Literacy section.
Please note that all Phase 2 sounds are included and so it is at your own discretion as to the selection of sounds you use in order to allow/prevent particular undesirable letter combinations.
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CLICK HERE to visit the ‘Pirate Themed ‘Well Done!’ Certificates’ page in the Certificates menu.
Simple, original and fun Pirate Gold Game using Phase 3 High Frequency Words. Help children to learn and consolidate their knowledge of Phase 3 high frequency/sight words. Instructions included on front page.
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Encourage children to use their imagination with this pirate porthole stimulus. What do they imagine they can see from their pirate ship? Perhaps children may like to draw what they imagine or others may prefer to simply tell you what they see or just launch straight into role play with their friends inspired by their own ideas. You may like to use this template in conjunction with our role play porthole pictures.
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Encourage children to use their imagination with this ‘Pirate of the Month’ stimulus. What do they imagine the pirate may look like? Perhaps children may like to draw what they imagine or others may prefer to simply describe the pirate to you or just launch straight into role play with their friends, inspired by their own ideas, as all of a sudden they have dreamed up a pirate character they would like to pretend to be! You may like to use this template in conjunction with our ‘Pirate Ship Role Play Pack’.
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A4 sized ‘Pirate’ themed reward chart. Check out our other reward charts!
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Have fun creating your own 'Pirate Ship names' for role-play! If your children enjoy playing this game to enrich their role-play, they may also enjoy creating their own ‘Pirate names’.
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These Pirate Ship Signs are perfect to use during 'Pirate' role-play. They can be used to enhance a pirate role-play area to prompt dialogue and develop subject knowledge.
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Ideal as part of 'Pirate' role-play. This ‘Design your own Pirate Flag’ sheet can be printed out for the children to draw their own flag designs to take home. If your children enjoy using this to enrich their role-play they may also enjoy designing their own ‘Pirate Hats’.
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“What be inside this here treasure chest matey?” Use this template as an aid to discuss with children what could possibly be inside the chest. Children can draw and/or write inside the speech bubbles. Also an ideal tool to spark role-play.
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Ideal as part of a ‘Pirate’ topic. These Pirate themed Snap cards can be printed, cut out and laminated as a fun game to consolidate children's recognition of pirate themed objects. For a more robust design, try backing them on card. Also could be used as a stimulus for role-play.
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“What be inside this here treasure chest matey?” Children can decide what would be important enough to them to hide it in the treasure chest. Thought bubbles can be used to draw and/or write inside. Also an ideal tool to spark role-play.
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CLICK HERE to visit the ‘Pirate Themed Self Registration Display’ page in the Self Registration menu.
Ideal as part of 'Pirate' role-play. This ‘Pirate Hat’ template can be printed out for the children to design their own pirate hats to take home. If your children enjoy using this to enrich their role-play they may also enjoy designing their own ‘Pirate Flags’.
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Song words for ‘The Day I Went to Sea’. Resource for use in your setting or to send home with children.
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What will your pirate say? Use these sheets as part of a mark making, emergent writing or role play stimulus activity.
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Why not use these ‘Pirate ship Porthole’ designs as part of a Pirate role-play area? Great to aid the development of narrative…”Cap’n, where did that barrel be comin’ from?”…”Who be on that ship yonder?”…”There be beasties in these here waters, what be yer orders?”…
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Numbers 0-100 on treasure chests. Alphabet also available.
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Alphabet letters on ‘Pirate’ themed treasure chests. Print one or two treasure chests to a page for use as part of an alphabet display or four to page for a set of flashcards. 0-100 number line also available.
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Walk the Plank’ number line activity from 1 to 10. Print & cut these numbers for a fun floor activity that reinforces number recognition and ordering to ten. Note: Please take care to think about how you use this resource within your setting and consider factors such as slip hazards when doing your risk assessments.
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This pack contains some activity ideas for the ‘Under the Sea’ topic as well as some blank forms for you to note down your own ideas.
Staring at a blank page when planning can be difficult so we hope that even if you don’t end up using our exact suggestions, they will be a spark of inspiration for your own great ideas when planning for your children.
(For additional ‘Under the Sea’ themed resources visit our ‘UNDER THE SEA’ PAGE.)
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This pack contains some activity ideas for the ‘At the Seaside’ topic as well as some blank forms for you to note down your own ideas.
Staring at a blank page when planning can be difficult so we hope that even if you don’t end up using our exact suggestions, they will be a spark of inspiration for your own great ideas when planning for your children.
(For additional ‘At the Seaside’ themed resources visit our ‘AT THE SEASIDE’ PAGE.)
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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This pack contains some activity ideas for the Pirates topic as well as some blank forms for you to note down your own ideas.
Staring at a blank page when planning can be difficult so we hope that even if you don’t end up using our exact suggestions, they will be a spark of inspiration for your own great ideas when planning for your children.
(For additional ‘Pirates’ themed resources visit our ‘PIRATES’ PAGE.)
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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Additional Pages you may like to explore which cover relevant &/or Connected themes
CLICK HERE to visit the ‘BEACH SCHOOL’ PAGE.
Printable ‘Beach’ teaching and learning resources include: scavenger hunts/checklists, mindfulness activity cards, cockle shell age poster, senses booklets and prompts, colouring pages, drawing/writing/mark making sheets, shell multimats, playdough/ loose part mats, art and craft activities, templates, pattern cards, natural loose part art prompts/posters, shapes, pre-writing, rockpool fact cards, symmetry, activity/movement challenges, display lettering, sand play and more!
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Monday 21st - Sunday 27th September 2026: See clearly, learn happily! National Eye Health Week is a fantastic annual campaign in the UK. Promoted by Eye Health UK, its aim is to raise…
Monday 21st September 2026: Let's make peace! 🕊️ The U.N. International Day of Peace, often simply called Peace Day, is observed globally every year on September 21st. Established by the United Nations, this day is…
Friday 18th - Sunday 27th September 2026: Let's clean up our beaches! The Great British Beach Clean is an annual event organised by the Marine Conservation Society (MCS), in 2026 it is being held between 18th and 27th…
Saturday 19th September 2026: Ahoy, mateys! International Talk Like a Pirate Day is a fantastically fun, unofficial holiday celebrated worldwide every year on September 19th. This day was founded in 1995 by John Baur…
Wednesday 16th September 2026: Get up and get active! National Fitness Day is the UK's biggest annual celebration of physical activity. Organised by ukactive, in 2026 it takes place on September 16th. The day aims to highlight…
Sunday 13th September 2026: Think happy thoughts! Positive Thinking Day, observed informally on September 13th, is a wonderful opportunity to focus on the power of optimism, resilience, and a 'can-do' attitude. While…
Wednesday 9th September 2026: Hugs for Teddies! Teddy Bear Day is a charming and informal celebration that takes place on September 9th. It's a day to celebrate the beloved teddy bear, a timeless companion for children…
Wednesday 9th September 2026: Time to get puzzling! International Sudoku Day is a fantastic occasion observed annually on September 9th. This date was chosen because Sudoku is famously played on a 9x9 grid! While…
Tuesday 8th September 2026: Read all about it! International Literacy Day is celebrated every year on September 8th. Established by UNESCO (the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) in…
Monday 7th - Friday 11th September 2026: Reduce, reuse, recycle! Zero Waste Week is an annual, international campaign that takes place during the first full week of September. It encourages individuals, businesses, and communities to…
September 2026: Hooray for friends! Friendship Month is a wonderful, informal initiative often celebrated during September (though sometimes observed in August or February) to shine a spotlight on the…
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Disclaimer:
This page is for educational purposes only and is intended to support early years and primary practitioners with ideas and resources related to 'International Talk Like a Pirate Day'. We are not officially affiliated with or endorsed by John Baur (Ol' Chumbucket) and Mark Summers (Cap'n Slappy), the founders of this day. We do not claim any rights to specific trademarks or official materials associated with this day. For more information, please visit their official website at www.talklikeapirate.com.
Sunday 6th September 2026: Time to get cosy with a book! 📚📖 National Read a Book Day is an unofficial observance, primarily celebrated in the United States, annually on September 6th. Its simple yet powerful…