Jolly Phonics
We use Jolly Phonics to teach the five key skills for reading and writing. The children begin learning Jolly Phonics in Junior Infants. It is a fun and child-centred approach to teaching literacy through synthetic phonics. Each of the 42 letter sounds have a specific action which the children practise each day. The multi-sensory approach helps to reinforce the letter sounds. The sounds are taught in a specific order (not alphabetically). This enables children to begin building words as early as possible.
There are seven groups of letter sounds >>
THE FIVE KEY SKILLS WHICH JOLLY PHONICS HELPS TO TEACH ARE.....
Letter Sounds
Children are taught the 42 main letter sounds. There is a song, an action and a story for each sound.
Letter Formation
Using different multi-sensory methods, children learn how to form and write the letters correctly.
Blending
Children are taught how to blend the sounds together to make words.
Segmenting
Children are taught to identify the sounds in words.
Tricky Words
Tricky words have irregular spellings and children learn these separately.
HERE ARE SOME LINKS TO PHONICS GAMES TO PLAY AT HOME TO PRACTISE THE SOUNDS:
Balloon Phonics game
Letter Formation
Letters & Sounds website
HERE ARE THE SOUNDS. CLICK ON EACH SOUND TO HEAR IT.
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a
Group 1
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Group 2