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Read Write Count Primary 3 library session

We've put together a session for each of this year's Read Write Count bags so you can run interactive family sessions in your library. These can be adapted to suit the duration of storytelling sessions in your library. Each session includes:

Whilst Read Write Count gifts bags to children in P2 and P3, you can keep these sessions open to all families and they don’t rely upon the families having prior knowledge of the books. The contents of this year's P3 bag are as follows:

P3

Welcome to the session

Welcome everyone to the session, saying hello to all the adults and children in turn. You could use The Hello Song from the Bookbug Song and Rhyme Library or Bookbug app to warm the group up.

Reading the books

Read All Kinds of Friends aloud to the group, making sure everyone can see the pages and hear you. Allow the children to stop and ask questions or take time to look at the illustrations. Now, read The Worry Tiger aloud to the group. Afterwards, you could ask the children to talk about which of the books they liked more.

Songs and rhymes

For singing together, you could choose between:

Main activity

Option 1: Arts and crafts

In The Worry Tiger, Rory and the tiger explore a rainforest together. Make your own tree out of handprints. Make one big tree that you display in your library by asking each child create a leaf for the tree by printing their hand using paint, or draw around it with pens. Make sure you have enough materials that children can also make one to take home.

Option 2: Musical statues

Play a game of animal musical statues. Play some music – you could use the Bookbug Song and Rhyme Library or the Bookbug app. Before you pause the music, call out an animal that everyone has to pretend to be.

Goodbye and finding books to take home

At the end of your sessions, you can explore some books that are similar to All Kinds of Friends and The Worry Tiger in theme or topic. Explain to the children they can borrow them and take them home. See the bottom of this webpage for a printable collection of books we'd recommend as next reads.

Printables