Why jolly phonics

Learn more. With a fresh and vibrant look, discover our new resources that will engage and excite your class. Jolly Plays are designed to help children become fluent and confident readers, with well-developed speaking and listening skills.

This resource is packed full of ideas and activities designed to support the teaching of letter sounds in a fun, multisensory way. We are delighted to announce that we have now made all of our Jolly Phonics e-readers available to purchase via our website! The most enjoyable way to learn to read and write Transforming children's literacy ability As the leading synthetic phonics publisher, and the most experienced, we offer a 7-year programme that teaches not only phonics, but spelling, punctuation and grammar too, enabling children to read and write from an early age.

So much more than just letters and sounds With a fresh and vibrant look, discover our new resources that will engage and excite your class. Unlock your potential with training Training options to help you unlock your potential to achieve greater success in the classroom. Need help with ordering? If they say yes, ask if it is in the beginning, the middle, or the end.

For more practice, say other words and ask them if they can hear the sound. Use the activity sheets or the Lessons App for this step. Read out sounds and words and get you child to listen and write them down. Do not show the words to your child, as this step is for them to practice hearing the sounds in words. Remember, only read words with sounds in them that your child has learnt. Finish with a bit of fun! Play the Jolly Song from the Lessons App for that sound and sing along with it.

Do the action for that sound during the song. What is Jolly Phonics? Sounds Children are taught the sounds that the different letters name, and not the names of the letters. Formation Children are taught how to form write letters using a pencil. Blending Children are taught how to blend individual sounds together in order to read full words. Segmenting Children are taught how to hear the individual sounds in full words so that they can break them down to write and spell them correctly.

Tricky Words Some words do not follow the sound rules. The 42 Sounds. Hear the 42 Sounds. Tricky words Tricky words have irregular spellings and children learn these separately.

There are several ways of learning tricky spellings: Look, Cover, Write and Check. Look at the word to see which bit is tricky. Ask the child to try writing the word in the air saying the letters. Cover the word over and see if the child can write it correctly.

Check to make sure. The initial letter of each word in a saying gives the correct spelling of a word. Using cursive joined up writing also improves spelling. Say it as it sounds. Say the word so that each sound is heard. In This Section. We use cookies on our website to give you the most relevant experience by remembering your preferences and repeat visits.

However, you may visit "Cookie Settings" to provide a controlled consent. Manage consent. Close Privacy Overview This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. With actions for each of the 42 letter sounds, the multi-sensory method is very motivating for children and teachers, who can see their students achieve. The letter sounds are split into seven groups.

The sounds are taught in a specific order not alphabetically.