What is Jolly Phonics?

• It is a fun and child centred approach to teaching literacy through syntetic phonics.
• With actions for each of the 42 letter sounds, the multy-sensory method is very motivating for children and teachers.
• The sounds are taught in a specific order (not alphabetically). This enables children to begin building word as early as possible.
• The letter sounds are split into seven groups as shown bellow:

The five Skills taught in Jolly Phonics.

• Learning the letter sound.
• Learning letter information.
• Blending.
• Identifying the sounds in words (segmenting)
• Tricky words.