The Pre Jolly Phonics Core Skills for Literacy Success

What Will You Learn?

• • Introduction to Phonological and Phonemic Awareness.
• • Understand the key components of phonological awareness and why they are crucial for successful literacy development.
• • Teach listening and sound discrimination skills through play-based methods. Training children’s ears to notice sounds around them.
• • Rhyming: Helping children hear and enjoy words that end with the same sound.
• • Alliteration: Focusing on words that begin with the same sound.
• • Sentence Segmentation: Breaking sentences into individual words.
• • Syllables: Breaking words into sound parts or beats.
• • Deliver fun, multisensory activities that build strong pre-reading foundations.
• • Assessment and Progress Monitoring: Observing how well children are developing these skills and using playful assessments to guide next steps.
• • Link to Phonics: Showing how each of these early sound skills prepares children for success in phonics and reading instruction.
• • Teaching Diverse Learners: Adapting strategies to support learners of different needs, backgrounds, and learning styles.
• • Final Reflections: Summarizing learning and celebrating growth.
• • Next Step: Guiding teachers to continue their learning and professional development toward Course 2 and then the full Jolly Phonics instruction.