Just off the shores of Never Land
A hideaway at sea
Yo Ho! Yo Ho!
Let’s Go! Let’s Go!
A pirate band outwits the plans
of Captain Hook and Smee
Yo Ho! Yo Ho!
Let’s Go! Let’s Go!
Kids, boys especially, are a big fan of pirates and buccaneers, thanks to the ever popular Jake and the Neverland Pirates on TV. When I saw this invite of Storrry Time with Pirrrates, I jumped at it, sure that DA would have a good time. It was originally slated on the 20th of September but due to typhoon Mario’s devastation, it was rescheduled to the 27th.
The place was teeming with kids already when we arrived. While waiting for the program to start, the kids got to do some colouring of pirate artworks.
Avast mateys! There’s one buccaneer! And he turned out to be the storyteller. The story for the day was A Pirate’s Night before Christmas. 86 Days before Christmas, by the way.
The kids started to gather around.
It wasn’t long before they all crowded up close to see the pictures in the book (much to DA’s dismay so he kept saying, “I can’t see! I can’t see!)
The kids look enthralled with the pirate story.
To spice up the whole storytelling activity, these tokens were introduced. Pretending that these were gold-a-blooms or gold coins, those who answer the questions correctly get a coin. These can then be used to buy treasure in the store later on.
Oooh! This caught DA’s attention! He wanted to get one as much as the next kid. He instantly came out of his shell and started shouting answers. “I found a pirate! I found a pirate!”, he’d add.
After the story, there were games for the kids to earn more gold-a-blooms. This one is a game of sequencing, arranging the photos in the sequence of the story. It’s more for the older kids though so we didn’t get to join.
The next game was for everyone so we got all excited again. Hidden all over the room were these photos, we were supposed to collect those that were related to the story. We got 2 more gold-a-blooms from this game.
While everyone was falling in line to buy treasure in the store, we took a moment to have a photo op with these mateys!
There’s the treasure store! Toys, candies, marshmallows were up for grabs. You just had to present your collected gold-a-blooms to exchange. This was so you won’t take the tokens home because Tutoring Club actually uses them as rewards in their tutoring classes.
After all that fun, the sponsors had their turn giving a short message about their products.
About the Sponsors
Tutoring Club Tutoring Club is a skills-based tutoring center that teaches Math, Reading comprehension, grammar and writing composition skills. It has 5 branches all over the metro, namely, Alabang, Banilad Town Center in Cebu, Bonifacio High Street, Rockwell, and San Juan.
SRA! I remember doing these in high school before. Someone always had to get these boxes from the teacher’s room.
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Hearty thanks to these sponsors for making the event possible and to Akiba Cafe for the yummy iced coffee and to The Royal Piccaidlly Restaurant and Cakery for the delectable cupcakes served during the event. Thanks also to Mommy Bloggers Philippines for sharing the invitation.
Till our next pirate adventure! Arrrgggh! See ya chum!
Hi Mommy Cher,
This is fun and interactive too, since kids got the chance to participate with the games. Very nice! 🙂
I was also surprised that my son actually had a good time since he’s always not the participating type. 🙂
This is very good for toddlers.I hope my little Kweky did that when he was below 5. Now kasi he has his own world na. Binata na daw siya. Nakakamis ang mga moments like this, specially for little kids. Thanks for sharing!
Yes, around 3-5 is the best age for this. Hehehe, iba na nga ang gusto as they get older. Don’t grow up too fast Kweky! 😀
What a great activity for the kiddos! And you can never go wrong with Pirate activities! 🙂
Aye! Thanks for dropping by Jhanis! 😀
Great post mommy! This is a perfect activity for our kids 🙂
Thanks Rona 🙂 They’ll repeat it again in their other branches 🙂
sounds very interesting. can’t wait to bring my son to such events in the future 😀
I bet he’ll have a grand time in such events too! 🙂
Ay this is wonderful! The kids got to be pirates on their own too! Gold-a-blooms and rewards, that’s a very fun activity! Plus, the storyteller had his own costume. hihihi!
The pirate thing did make it so much more interesting for the kids 🙂
this is great for my chikiting… may i know the rate?
Hi Aubrey, this was free. 🙂 They’ll have it again next time in their other branches.
Ugh, there are so many fun events for kids in Metro Manila! I hope events like this happen in Davao City, too. My boy will surely enjoy it!
Awww. Here’s to hoping for more events in Davao also! 🙂
This looks like so much fun. My son would enjoy an activity like this. A pirate would be a great costume this coming Halloween!
Great costume idea! Now if only I can convince my son to not be a superhero haha!
My first reaction is “so that’s the lyrics of the song” hahahha… i hope they have a repeat of activities like these. he’s just 2 1/2 but i think he’ll enjoy it already! 🙂
Hehehe! 🙂 They do have another activity in Tutoring Club BGC on October 11 – ukelele playing, I believe. Sounds fun also. 🙂
I’m sure all the kids really had fun! And the parents too! 🙂
I am sure your kids had a great time. My daughter loved Jake and the Neverland Pirates when she was younger.
Looks so much fun! I hope I can take my son in the next one, if ever they will have in BGC.