Captain Crabclaw`s Crew - Activity Book

Argh and ahoy!
Welcome to my activity book.
It’s better fun than
swabbing the decks.
Enjoy me hearties!
This book belongs to
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Captain Crabclaw’s Crew
by Frances Watts & David Legge (ABC Books)
CREW
PIRATE
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WANTE OR
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SEARCH RE.
TREASU E
MUST B E!
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FEARSO
W
hen Captain Crabclaw advertises for a crew for his
new ship, the Speedy Squid, he doesn’t expect to
get a duck, a cow, an elephant and a giraffe! It’s
hoist the mainsail and anchors aweigh with the most unusual
pirate crew the high seas have ever seen!
This rollicking tale of swashbuckling and scrambled eggs will
delight landlubbers young and old.
About the author: Fearsome Frances Watts
Fearsome Frances Watts was born in Switzerland,
and moved to Australia when she was still a very small
pirate. At school her favourite subjects were English,
History and How to Say Argh, and after school she
went to university and studied Literature and Treasure
Hunting. She also worked part time in a bookshop.
After uni she got a job as an editor of children’s
books, and for ten years worked with some of
Australia’s most talented children’s authors and
illustrators (if they missed a deadline she made them
walk the plank) before writing a book of her own,
Kisses for Daddy, illustrated by Dastardly David
Legge. A 2006 Children’s Book Council of Australia
Honour Book, Kisses for Daddy has been published
across the seven seas in many different languages.
Dastardly David and Fearsome Frances joined forces
again for Parsley Rabbit’s Book about Books, which
won the CBCA’s Eve Pownall Award in 2008. Captain
Crabclaw’s Crew is their third book together.
As well as working as a pirate, Frances has been
putting on a mask to become Fearless Frances, writing
a series of junior novels about two very unlikely
superheroes. Extraordinary Ernie and Marvellous
Maud, The Middle Sheep and The Greatest Sheep in
History are illustrated by the heroic Jittery Judy Watson.
Fearsome Frances lives in Sydney with her husband
and the ship’s cat, and divides her time between
writing and editing.
About the illustrator: Dastardly David Legge
Throughout many long nights over the last 40 years
or so, David Legge has, amongst other things, written
and sung with John Lennon, won the Nobel Peace Prize,
skipped up Mount Everest (wearing just his underpants)
and learned to fly just like Superman. Alas, in his
waking life he has achieved none of this.
He spent much of his school days daydreaming
and drawing and enjoyed these activities so much that
he went on to art college to do the same. David then
moved to London and began to illustrate book covers.
In 1989 he moved to Australia where he began to
illustrate and occasionally write picture books. Picture
books are perfect for David as the stories inspire the
daydreams that conjure up the pictures.
His latest picture book Captain Crabclaw’s Crew
wonderfully written by Frances Watts, has allowed David
to live in a pirate world for quite a while. While there
he spent quite a lot of time with the various characters,
drawing them over and over again until he was happy
with how they looked. He won’t put a character in his
books until he really gets to know them as he doesn’t
like strangers walking around in his pictures.
David lives in Sydney with a crew of four made up
by his wife Admiral Rhonda and their two cabin boys
Joe and Callum.
Copyright © 2009 Leo McFadden
Captain Crabclaw’s Song
Verse 1
I’m Captain Crabclaw
From the Speedy Squid
And I sail the seven seas
In the hunt for treasure
To fill my chests
I’m a pirate don’t you see
All you pirates follow me!
Verse 2
So the Speedy Squid
Hired a fearsome crew
Just as fierce, as fierce could be
A duck … quack, quack
An elephant Ta-rooom
And a giraffe as tall as tall could be
A giraffe as tall could be
Verse 3
Argh and ahoy
Said Captain CC
It’s a fine crew joining me
But I have to ask
Before we set sail
Can anybody cook my tea? Hey
Can anybody cook my tea?
Chorus
Chorus
Chorus
Chorus
And we’ll tidy up the rigging
We’ll raise the flag
We’ll swab the deck with a dirty rag
We’ll hoist the mainsail
And shout, ‘Anchors aweigh’
Come join Captain Crabclaw today.
(hand movement like winding the bobbin)
(hand movement – salute)
(circular hand movement)
(hand movement one over the other)
(hand to mouth in shouting gesture)
Verse 4
I can, said a chook
with a fearsome squark
Me too, said a cow
with a Moooo
I can ask for no more
Said Captain Crabclaw
It’s a perfect crew for me
It’s a perfect crew for me
Chorus
Quiz
What is the name of Captain Crabclaw’s
pirate ship?
How many chests does Captain Crabclaw
want to fill?
How do you think Captain Crabclaw felt
when he woke up and heard the sound of
gold?
What did the visitors put into the treasure
chests?
What crew did Captain Crabclaw need for
his pirate ship?
What day was the zoo closed?
What do Captain Crabclaw and his crew
wear to make them look like pirates?
What does Captain Crabclaw have for
breakfast every morning?
What does Captain Crabclaw take to bed
with him?
What do you think Captain Crabclaw might
buy with his gold coins?
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Letter Search
c l n g t
o h t v g
w g b p s
d
c j a
t s r g g
u y t c e
s z m t t
Captain Crabclaw starts
with the letter c. Can
you find all the letter c’s?
Speedy Squid starts with
the letter s. Can you find
all the letter s’s?
Telescope and treasure
start with the letter t.
Can you find all the
letter t’s?
Gold starts with the
letter g. Can you find
all the letter g’s?
Can you find the letter
that your name starts
with?
How to draw the chicken
by David Legge
Start with a circle and keep your
lines nice and tight.
Turn the circle into an egg shape
and add a second circle on top.
Do the same for the chicken’s head.
Draw a fine line from the top of the egg
down the body. Then add the leg and foot.
Add the start of the tail, wing,
collar and eye.
Add even more detail including its
beak, leg muscle, wing and toes.
Round out your chicken’s features.
Using solid lines, finish your chicken!
Now you have a go. Feel free to
add your own special touches.
Draw your own
cartoon characters
Colour in the Speedy Squid
Word
Search
Find these words in the
table of letters below.
ahoy
crew
chicken
giraffe
pirate
seven
telescope
captain
cook
duck
gold
parrot
seas
zoo
crabclaw
cow
elephant
lookout
ship
treasure
c r a b c l a w p m p n
a h o y r q v g a s i y
p c o w e g i p r e r e
t h b f w r c i r a a l
a i w p a z u h o s t o
i c o f j o k s t e e o
n k f c o o k a a v h k
s e l e p h a n t e l o
x n g o l d u c k n r u
d r y e p o c s e l e t
Alphabet Treasure Hunt
Can you make a list of words
from A–Z from Captain Crabclaw’s Crew?
Write a word or draw a picture in each box.
Can you think of more than one?
Aa
Bb
Cc
Dd
Ee
Ff
Gg
Hh
Ii
Jj
Kk
Ll
Mm
Nn
Oo
Pp
Qq
Rr
Ss
Tt
Uu
Vv
Ww
Yy
Zz
Xx
Alphabet Treasure Hunt
Make a pirate’s treasure
map based on your own
garden or bedroom.
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Instructions
1. Choose whether to make an ‘inside’ map or an
‘outside’ map.
2. Colour in the different map items and cut out.
3. Glue the items onto the blank sheet of paper,
basing their placement on the layout of your
garden or child’s bedroom. Talk to your child
about where the different items should go.
If there are significant landmarks in your garden/
bedroom not provided on the template page,
draw these directly onto your map.
4. Once the map is completed, hide some
‘treasure’ somewhere in the garden/bedroom
and mark where it’s hidden with an X on the map.
Now you and your child can go looking for buried
treasure.
Involve and talk with your
child as much as possible.
More Ideas
Let your child decorate a shoe box with stickers,
glitter, photos or pictures out of magazines.
When complete they will have their very own
pirate chest to keep all their treasures in.
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Make your own pirate hat
and eye patch
Dress up ready to sail away
for buried treasure.
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Instructions
1. Use a piece of newspaper to make the pirate
hat. See diagram for instructions.
2. Colour in and cut out the ship and skull
and cross-bones templates. Glue to the hat for
decoration.
3. Colour in and cut out the eye patch template.
Attach some ribbon to hold the patch to your
child’s face.
4. Use the cardboard roll as a telescope. You may
like to decorate the roll with coloured paper, paint
or stickers.
Involve and talk with your
child as much as possible.
Idea
Make two hats, one for you and one for your child
and play at being pirates together.
Fold one sheet
of newspaper
in half.
Fold one corner
to centre.
Don’t forget your eye patch!
Fold the other
corner to centre.
Decorate your hat with paint
or textas, or copy
Captain Crabclaw’s image below.
Fold up one
layer of paper
towards you.
Fold up other layer
of paper away from
you.
Tape or staple the
ends together to
keep the hat shape.
Make hats to fit toys
by folding a piece of A4 size paper.
Parent Ideas
1. When you are reading with your child point out
the letter that their name starts with? How many
times can you find it? Encourage your child to find it
themselves. Make it into a fun game.
2. Read to your children whenever you can. Have
books in the car and tell stories at bath time. Every
now and then ask a few ‘why’ questions about the
story.
3. Alliteration is when two or more words in a
phrase or sentence start with the same sound e.g.
slithering sea slugs. Have fun using alliteration in
your conversations with your children.
4. Explore print in your child’s environment. Look
at and talk about the signs on the road and at the
local shopping centre.
5. Sing songs and rhymes relating to your day, e.g.
if it is a rainy day sing ‘It’s raining it’s pouring’.
6. Change familiar nursery rhymes to include your
child’s name, e.g. Hickory Dickory Dock (child’s
name) ran up the clock ...
7. Visit your local library with your children.
Can you find books by your favourite authors?
Borrow nonfiction books to learn about your world.
8. Be a reading and writing role model.
Let your child see you reading and explain to them
what you are reading and why, e.g. the newspaper,
the TV guide, a recipe, instructions, a letter etc.
Let your child see see you writing and explain to
them what you are writing and why, e.g. a shopping
list, an email, a birthday card etc.
Help them to understand that reading and writing
are important forms of communication.
9. Make sure your children have easy to access to
a variety of papers and pencils so that they draw
and ‘write’.
10. Play ‘I Spy with My Little Eye’. This can be
adapted to suit the age of your children, e.g.
I spy with my little eye ... something that rhymes with
coat or I spy with my little eye ... something that is
blue.