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Jolly Phonics course (FULL COURSE)

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About Course

It is well known that a good level of literacy is needed in today’s world. This makes it crucial that all children should learn to read and write in their first few years at school. Literacy is a child’s key to a successful future; without the ability to read, children’s lives are frequently marred.

Before now, teaching children how to read and write was done by teaching them the names of the letters in alphabetical order. Both the teacher and the children did not understand how the reading and writing happen. The children were forced to memorize words as the teachers did not teach them any real skills for reading and writing! As a result of this, many children are left behind, many are struggling and many are not confident, independent readers.

Jolly Phonics is a Synthetic Phonics programme that solves the above problems. It shows the relationship between letter sounds. It starts with teaching each letter sound separately and purely. It then shows how to string the sounds together to make words and how words are pronounced.
Synthetic Phonics breaks the Alphabetical Code and unlocks the door to reading and writing!
Finally, both the teachers and children can see and understand how reading and writing work. Finally, it all makes sense!

Jolly Phonics uses the synthetic phonics method, which means that the letter sounds are taught first, on their own, and children are then taught to blend sounds together to say (‘synthesise’) the word.

The five basic skills for reading and writing taught in the Jolly Phonics are:

  1. Learning the letter sounds
  2. Learning letter formation
  3. Blending
  4. Identifying sounds in words
  5. Spelling the tricky words

Learning the letter sounds

In Jolly Phonics the 42 main sounds of English are taught, not just the alphabet. The sounds are in seven groups. Some sounds are written with two letters, such as ee and or. These are called digraphs. Both oo and th can make two different sounds, as in book and moon, that and three. To distinguish between these two sounds, the digraph is represented in two forms. This is shown below.

Group 1: s, a, t, i, p, n

Group 2: c k, e, h, r, m, d

Group 3: g, o, u, l, f, b

Group 4: ai, j, oa, ie, ee, or

Group 5: z, w, ng, v, oo, oo

Group 6: y, x, ch, sh, th, th

Group 7: qu, ou, oi, ue, er, ar


Story Telling and Actions

Each sound is taught with an action, which helps children remember the letter(s) that represent that sound. For the sound‘s’ for instance, they hear a story about going for a walk and suddenly seeing a snake. They weave their hands, pretending to be that snake, saying sss. In this way, each letter sound is taught with a story and has an action. As a child becomes more confident, the actions are no longer necessary.

Letter Sounds

Children should learn each letter by its sound, not its name. For example, the letter ‘a’ should be called a (as in ant) not ai (as in aim). Similarly, the letter ‘n’ should be n (as in net), not en. This will help in blending.

Letter Names

The names of each letter will be taught later when the children need to know the names of the letters for their literacy journey.

Order of the Letter Sounds

The letters have not been introduced in alphabetical order. The first group (s, a, t, i, p, n) has been chosen as the first group because these sounds make more simple two, three and four-letter words than any other six letters.

The letters ‘b’ and‘d’ are introduced in different groups to avoid confusion for the children.

Alternative Sounds

Sounds that have more than one way of being written are initially taught in one form only. For example, the sound ai (rain) is taught first, and then alternatives a-e (gate) and ay (day) follow later.

Learning letter formation

It is very important that a child holds their pencil in the correct way.
The grip is the same for both left- and right-handed children. The pencil should be held in the ‘tripod’ grip between the thumb and first finger with the third finger serving as a bed to anchor the pencil. If a child’s hold starts incorrectly, it is very difficult to correct later on.

A child needs to form each letter the correct way. The letter c is introduced in the early stages as this forms the basic shape of some other letters, such as d. Particular problems to look out for are:

  • the o (the pencil stroke must be anticlockwise, not clockwise),
  • d (the pencil starts in the middle, not the top),
  • there must be an initial down stroke on letters such as m and n.

Blending

Blending is the process of saying the individual sounds in a word and then running them together to make the word. For example, sounding out d-o-g and making dog. It is a technique every child will need to learn, and it improves with practice.

Level: All levels – Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced.

 

COURSE GOALS

At the end of this course, the student should be able to:

  • Pronounce the 42 main letter sounds of the English language taught in Jolly Phonics correctly.
  • Write all the letters that represents the sounds accurately.
  • Effectively and easily string and build the sounds together to make words – blending for reading.
  • Identify and recognise the sounds in written words so that the child can read them even without the teacher or any adult providing any help to the child and even if the child has not seen the words ever before!
  • Effectively hear and recognise the sounds in spoken words, segment them and be able to write each sound down correctly for effective writing.
  • Spell the words that are not phonetic effectively. These are called Tricky words.
  • Effectively teach children how to read and write with the Jolly Phonics program, in a fun way, using stories and actions.

 

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Course Content

Introduction to Phonics for teaching Children to read and write.

  • Introduction to Phonics for teaching Children to read and write.
    04:49

Introduction to Jolly Phonics.

Lesson 3: Teaching Method for teaching with Jolly Phonics

Lesson 4: Week One: Teaching letter sounds s, a, t and i.

Lesson 5: Week Two: Teaching letter sounds p, n, c,k and e

Lesson 6: Week 3: Teaching letter sounds h, r, m and d.

Lesson 7: Week 4: Teaching letter sounds g, o, u and l. .

Lesson 8: Week 5: Teaching letter sounds f, b, ai and j.

Lesson 9: Week 6: Teaching of letter sounds oa, ie, ee and or

Lesson 10: Week 7: Teaching of letter sounds z, w, ng and v.

Lesson 11: Week 8: Teaching of letter sounds oo, oo y and X

Lesson 12: Week 9: Teaching of letter sounds ch, sh, th and th.

Lesson 13: Week 10: Teaching of letter sounds qu, ou, oi and ue.

Lesson 14: Week 11: Teaching of letter sounds er and ar.

Lets take a recap of all previous lessons and more

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Student Ratings & Reviews

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I'm glad I took this course, I learnt techniques for reading, as an adult without knowledge of Phonics.
I love the jolly phonic course by Dr.Tina Udoji. It was very informative and I learned a lot from the videos. I would practice the additional knowledge in my phonics teaching and learning. Thank you Dr. Tina
CK
10 months ago
Good one
It was resourceful and I found answers to my confusion about jolly phonics. I am glad I did this course. I recommend and rate it 5 stars.
NA
2 years ago
Yes.
AO
2 years ago
The course was really helpful, I learnt new things, it's also gave me corrections to the mistakes I have been making over the years. Thumbs up to Dr Udoji!
FA
2 years ago
I am looking for something simple to understand. However, I found your course was very interesting. I have learned so many new things for the very first time.
OA
2 years ago
Finally, you are given an opportunity to independently practice what you have learned.
VN
2 years ago
The lessons are very helpful and made everything much more simple and easy to understand.
DF
2 years ago
Such an Amazing Course
IA
2 years ago
Thank God I took the course. To me the course was an eye opener to so many things I never knew about.
JP
2 years ago
This course is awesome and really helped me rethink how I teach.
NY
2 years ago
Comprehensive and detailed. This is recommended for those starting out learning Phonics
DG
2 years ago
It was excellent.thank you
Jesse Popoola
3 years ago
I had been teaching phonics for 3 years now, but in an unrefined and unconventional manner. This course just refined my knowledge and expertise. I am so grateful to learn so much and privileged as well. Dr Tina thank you.
DE
3 years ago
This video has brought me back to my school days and those lessons which I have found quite confusing and have completely forgotten. This lesson is very helpful and made everything much more simple and easy to understand. I look forward for more lessons to improve my English!
EA
3 years ago
Very good examples and clear explanation. I liked the concept of shot story and actions. My children love them!
FA
3 years ago
I enjoyed the method that is used in this course. The videos and presentations are professionally produced and that engaged me a lot to continue lesson after lesson.
ED
3 years ago
It is a very complete learning system, it helps me a lot to understand the phonics part of the English language
BD
3 years ago
Amazing, I\'ve learnt sooooo much!
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