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What is Jolly Phonics?

Whether you are a parent, teacher or student, these useful information sheets will give you a detailed explanation of the Jolly Phonics programme and the literacy skills it teaches.

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Activities and Worksheets

Letter Sound Kaleidocycles

Kaleidocycles are made out of paper or card and display four different images as you cycle through each one.

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Wallpapers

Wallpapers for your desktop or classroom screen.

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Grammar 1 Worksheets

These phonics, spelling, punctuation and grammar worksheets are perfect accompaniments for the Grammar 1 Pupil and Teacher’s Books.

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SPELD SA Readers

SPELD SA – a not-for-profit organisation for children and adults with specific learning difficulties, and Jolly Phonics stockist, based in Australia – have created a series of phonics readers.

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Question Challenge

This question challenge is perfect for developing your child’s understanding of writing questions and using a question mark.

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Sentence Building Challenges

These sentence building challenges are perfect for helping your child to build sentences.

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Cartoonito Activity Sheets

Based on Jolly Phonics, Cartoonito activity sheets are a perfect resource to help support children while they are learning to read and write.

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Plurals Challenge

This plurals challenge is perfect for developing your child’s understanding of plurals.

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Letter Sound Box

This Letter-Sound Box, developed by Jolly Author Sue Lloyd, is perfect for helping children who may have a weak memory and need extra practice of the letter sounds that have been taught.

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Synonyms and Antonyms Sheets

These synonyms sheets are perfect for developing your child’s vocabulary. Children are given the opportunity to find synonyms for two different words, and then use these in a selection of sentences.

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    Audio and Video Resources

    The 42 Letter Sounds

    Listen to the 42 letter sounds of Jolly Phonics, spoken in British English. Perfect for parents, teachers and children who aren't sure how to pronounce the letter sounds.

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    Group One Letter Sounds

    Listen to the Group One Letter Sounds of Jolly Phonics, spoken in British English. Perfect for parents, teachers and children who aren't sure how to pronounce the letter sounds.

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    Group Seven Letter Sounds

    Listen to the Group Seven Letter Sounds of Jolly Phonics, spoken in British English. Perfect for parents, teachers and children who aren't sure how to pronounce the letter sounds.

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    5 Key Skills: Blending

    This short video shows how blending in Jolly Phonics can be taught to children.

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    Group Two Letter Sounds

    Listen to the Group Two Letter Sounds of Jolly Phonics, spoken in British English. Perfect for parents, teachers and children who aren't sure how to pronounce the letter sounds.

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    Group Four Letter Sounds

    Listen to the Group Four Letter Sounds of Jolly Phonics, spoken in British English. Perfect for parents, teachers and children who aren't sure how to pronounce the letter sounds.

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    Group Three Letter Sounds

    Listen to the Group Three Letter Sounds of Jolly Phonics, spoken in British English. Perfect for parents, teachers and children who aren't sure how to pronounce the letter sounds.

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    Group Six Letter Sounds

    Listen to the Group One Letter Sounds of Jolly Phonics, spoken in British English. Perfect for parents, teachers and children who aren't sure how to pronounce the letter sounds.

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    5 Key Skills: Learning Letter Formation

    This short video shows how learning letter formation in Jolly Phonics can be introduced to children.

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    Group Five Letter Sounds

    Listen to the Group Five Letter Sounds of Jolly Phonics, spoken in British English. Perfect for parents, teachers and children who aren't sure how to pronounce the letter sounds.

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      Informational Resource Flyers

      Jolly Plays Flyer

      Jolly Plays are designed to help children become fluent and confident readers, with well-developed speaking and listening skills.

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      New Read and See Flyer

      These books contain one word on a page, with a picture on the next page to see if they are correct. The word is shown again in sound dots underneath the picture.

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      New Jolly Phonics Workbooks Flyer

      These new editions have been refreshed and updated with a new look and feel.

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      New Jolly Phonics Handbook Flyer

      The Jolly Phonics Handbook is a complete resource for teaching young children the skills they need to read and write fluently in their first year of school.

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      Our World Readers Blue Level 4 Flyer

      Jolly Phonics Our World nonfiction readers are fully decodable books for new readers.

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      Jolly Learning Ltd Branding Guidelines

      The Jolly Learning Ltd Branding Guidelines discuss the use of Jolly Learning Brand Assets.

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      Our World Readers Purple Level 5 Flyer

      Jolly Phonics Our World nonfiction readers are fully decodable books for new readers.

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      Jolly Classroom Flyer

      Jolly Classroom is our brand-new digital platform designed for teaching Jolly Phonics in the classroom!

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      Little Word Books Flyer

      The Little Word Books have a very carefully controlled vocabulary and are specifically designed for children who are learning to read and write with Jolly Phonics.

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      Jolly English Flyer

      We are delighted to introduce you to our Jolly English programme, a new English language course for preschool children with little or no knowledge of English.

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        Jolly Phonics Extra - for Struggling Children

        Jolly Phonics Extra

        Jolly Phonics Extra gives extra help for children learning to read. It takes innovation in literacy teaching to a new level, being highly effective as a result.

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          Phonics & Literacy Teaching Guides and Assessments

          Jolly Phonics Certificates

          Celebrate your students’ achievements with Jolly Phonics Certificates! These can be awarded upon the completion of each stage of the programme. Choose from vibrant colour or classic black and white options to suit your preference.

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          Why Choose Jolly Phonics?

          Jolly Phonics is so much more than letters and sounds!

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          Phonics Sample Lessons

          Our phonics sample lesson is filled with fully annotated information—lesson plans, detailed teacher’s notes and photocopiable worksheets and resources—to show you just how easy and fun it is to use Jolly Phonics.

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          Why Choose Jolly Phonics?

          Jolly Phonics is so much more than letters and sounds!

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          US Phonics Assessments

          There are six formal assessments for you to use (BOY/MOY/EOY assessments and progress monitoring). Each one comes with comprehensive teacher guidance, a record sheet and materials to administer the assessment.

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          Letter Sounds and Alternative Spellings List

          The Letter Sound and Alternative Spellings lists give you a helpful breakdown of the letter sound knowledge and alternative spellings of letter sounds in the six levels of the Jolly Readers.

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          What is Jolly Phonics?

          Whether you are a parent, teacher or student, these useful information sheets will give you a detailed explanation of the Jolly Phonics programme and the literacy skills it teaches.

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          National Curriculum FAQs

          National-Curriculum-FAQs We regularly get questions about the relationship between current and past curriculums and guidance provided to maintained schools in England.

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          English Alphabetic Code

          Handy sheets showing the English Alphabetic Code, where letter sounds can be spelt in a variety of different ways.

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          Handy Tricky Word Lists

          This Handy Tricky Word list gives you a helpful breakdown of the Tricky Words in the six levels of the Jolly Readers.

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            Grammar, Spelling and Punctuation Sample Lesson

            Grammar, Spelling and Punctuation Sample Lessons

            Our grammar, spelling and punctuation sample lesson is designed to show how a synthetic and progressive approach using the Jolly Phonics & Grammar programme will enable you to develop children’s learning as they become confident readers and writers.

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