Jolly Phonics is a programme that teaches not only phonics but spelling, punctuation and grammar too.
Structure and features
For students and families
With guidance from the teacher, you could use parts of this resource at home.
For teachers
The resource bank has free resources that could be used to support the teaching and learning program and includes:
- activities and worksheets
- audio and visual resources
- jolly music
- phonics and grammar teaching guides.
Teacher notes
Curriculum links
English – Language strand
Sub-strands:
- phonological and phonemic awareness of the ability to identify the discrete sounds in speech (phonemes), and to reproduce and manipulate them orally
- alphabet and phonic knowledge – the relationship between sounds and letters (graphemes) and how these are combined when reading and writing
- spelling knowledge – how sounds (phonemes) of words are represented by letters or letter patterns, knowledge of meaning units within words (morphemes) and word origins.
Explicit teaching of phonics is supported in South Australian classrooms. Jolly Phonics and Jolly Grammar are multi-sensory synthetic phonics programs, which includes activities and games for reading and spelling in addition to the main teaching content. It is aimed at children from preschool to year 3, and covers 42 letter sounds, common and alternative spelling patterns and grammatical concepts.
