1. The notes provided in this presentation are intended to provide clarity to the information on the slides. The notes and the slides are by no means prescriptive and can be adapted as you wish.

2. Read, Write, Count is… www.parentclub.scot
Read, Write, Count is a campaign by the Scottish Government, supported by Scottish Book Trust and Education Scotland.
It focuses on the importance of families, parents and carers in children’s education and aims to give advice and materials to help families get involved in their children’s learning.
Research tells us that if parents are involved in their child’s learning, their child does better in school. That applies to all parents – it doesn’t matter who they are or where they are from.

3. Little things you can do everyday
Read, Write, Count isn’t about parents becoming teachers.
It’s about recognising the small, everyday things parents can do at home and when they’re out and about which can help their child’s learning. Let’s have a look at this video on the website to give you some ideas.
It’s as simple as asking your child to help count out the money to pay for things at the shops, taking 5 minutes to read a bedtime story together or asking your child to help you write out the shopping list. You can enjoy looking at recipes together, adding up the scores on Strictly (!) or whatever you fancy!
Small things can and do make a big difference. And you’re probably already doing most of them!
There are lots of tips and ideas on the Parent Clubwebsite.
[FOR PARENTS OF CHILDREN IN GME: there is a Gaelic version of the RWC website available – just click on the “Gaelic” button on the homepage. There will also soon be information on the website to support parents of children in GME who don’t speak Gaelic themselves.]

4. Little things you can do everyday
Here are some scenarios and if you click on the link there are various suggested activities you can do in these everyday situations. – This is available on the Parent Club website.

5. Primary 2 Bag Two picture books
Rockets and Meteors board game with clock face on reverse and dry wipe pen
Finger puppets
Notebook and writing pencil Guide for parents
Inside the Primary 2 bags, there are:
Two picture books – these are books with lots of beautiful pictures for parents and children to enjoy reading together.
A Rockets and Meteors board game with a clock face on reverse and dry wipe pen– playing these games together will help children’s maths and numeracy skills
Finger puppets, notebook and writing pencil– these are all designed to give ideas for fun ways to help children develop their writing skills
The parent guide – giving parents everything they need to use the bags

6. Primary 3 Bags Two picture books
Ocean Commotion card game with money cards on the reverse
Story cubes
Notebook and writing pencil
Information booklet for parents
Inside the Primary 3 bags, there are:
Two picture books – these are books with lots of beautiful pictures for parents and children to enjoy reading together.
Ocean Commotion card game with money cards on the reverse – playing with these cards together will help children’s maths and numeracy skills
Story cubes, notebook and writing pencil – these are all designed to give parents ideas for fun ways to help children develop their writing skills
The parent guide – giving parents everything they need to use the bags

7. Read, Write, Count Activities
Ocean Commotion– play a quick game with 2 or more players. The first player starts by reading out a category (e.g. length). The player with the highest number  on their top card wins, and that player collects all the cards in play.

8. Read, Write, Count Activities
• Find the heaviest and lightest animals.
• Find the longest and shortest animals.
• Find the animal with the highest special skill score. Ask them if they agree.
• Find an object in your house which is similar in length to one of the animals.
Make your own Ocean Commotion card

9. Roll your story telling cubes and choose one of the pictures.
Read, Write, Count
Activities
Roll your story telling cubes and choose one of the pictures.
Draw it in the first box and think of as many words that rhyme with it as you can!
Accompanied by hand out sheet available in P3 resources pack.

10. Rockets and Meteors Play Rockets and Meteors together Hundred Square
Recognising dot patterns
Counting forward and backwards
Remember…
If you land on a rocket move up to the square above, or on a meteor move back to the square below
The first to reach the end of the board wins!
This is a fantastic game for number recogntion and counting. Encourage your child to count the squares as they pass through them; can they recognise the number that they land on?
The fact that this board is a little different from the usual one in that it is a hundred square starting at zero will be familiar to your child and help them recognise number patterns.
Recognising dot patterns on a dice is also a really useful skill for them to develop. When it is your child’s turn, see if they can recognise the number of dots on the die by looking but not counting them.

11. Small things make a big difference!
Remember…
Small things make a big difference!
Have fun!