Digging for buried treasure

Continuing our pirate fun this week (by the way, happy "International speak like a pirate day"!  Arrr!) I set out a big bowl of potting soil and buried a few small toys from the classroom...

The kiddos enjoyed digging for the treasure.  After a few goes at it, one kiddo decided he'd rather bury the treasure and let his friend find it.  The friend agreed and they happily buried and dug up classroom treasures for quite some time.  Nice clean fun!