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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

Plurals Challenge

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

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Wallpapers

Wallpapers for your desktop or classroom screen.

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Adverb Challenge

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

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Code Word Challenge

This code word challenge is perfect for developing your child’s pencil skills as well as their problem-solving skills.

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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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Adjective Challenges

These adjective challenges are perfect for practising your child’s understanding of adjectives at the same time as building their vocabulary and comprehension skills.

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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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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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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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Jolly Phonics Finger Puppets

These wonderful finger puppets are a brilliant way to encourage children to learn to read and write!

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    Audio and Video Resources

    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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    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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    What is Jolly English?

    This short video highlights the resources that are contained within the Jolly English Teacher's Kit, and provides a preview of inside contents.

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    Group Six Letter Sounds

    Listen to the Group Six 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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    5 Key Skills: Identifying Sounds in Words

    This short video shows how identifying the sounds in words, or segmenting, in Jolly Phonics can be taught to children.

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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 Two 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 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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    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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      Informational Resource Flyers

      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 Phonics Decodable Readers Flyer

      The Jolly Phonics decodable readers start with simple reading books – containing regularly decodable words for blending practice as the children learn their letter sounds – before progressing to introduce alternative spellings and tricky words to help them become fluent and confident readers.

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      Our World Readers Yellow Level 2 Flyer

      These readers 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 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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      Our World Readers Blue Level 4 Flyer US

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

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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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      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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      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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      Orange Readers 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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      Brand New Resources

      Towards the end of 2020, we were delighted to release new editions of our Jolly Phonics Pupil and Teacher’s Books, whilst we also announced the release of two brand new sets of readers: Little Word Books and Our World Level 5 Readers.

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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

          Why Choose Jolly Phonics?

          Jolly Phonics is so much more than letters and sounds!

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          Jolly Phonics Actions

          Handy sheets showing all the 42 letter sounds and their associated actions.

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          Parent Teacher Guides

          The Parent/Teacher Guide provides background information on the Jolly Phonics programme and also suggests products that would be suitable for use in the home.

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          Curriculum Links

          In the UK the National Curriculum came into effect from September 2014. This document shows you how Jolly Phonics and Grammar aligns with the National Curriculum for English and how it can help you to deliver the curriculum.

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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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          Jolly Phonics Readers And Book Bands

          This handy 2-page leaflet gives vital information on the Jolly Phonics Readers and how they fit in with non-decodable reading schemes and the book bands.

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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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          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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          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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            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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