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The Jolly Phonics and Grammar programme is a systematic and progressive approach to teaching children essential literacy skills. It embeds phonics, spelling, punctuation and grammar from Reception/P1 to Year 6/P7 via teaching that is multi-sensory and active with fun actions, stories and songs.

You can find out more about the programme by clicking here

Learning the letter sounds helps with blending (putting sounds together to make words, for reading) and segmenting (listening for the sounds in words, for spelling). The letter sounds can be identified in these words unlike the letter names.

(The letter names do still get taught relatively early on – we don’t ignore them completely – but initially the focus is on the sound, and not the name.)

The letters from the first group (s, a, t, i, p, n) make more simple three-letter words than any other six letters, allowing children far more opportunities to start developing their blending and segmenting knowledge and skills as early as possible.

Sometimes, two letters put together can create a different sound to each letter put individually. For example, the letter sounds /s/ and /h/ make a new sound when combined as the digraph /sh/.

We teach one way of spelling the letter sounds initially, before later introducing alternatives as the programme progresses in to the later Grammar years.

You can find out more about the progression of alternative spellings by
viewing our Sample Lesson plan here.

We include a selection of ‘Tricky Words’; words that cannot be decoded using regular blending and segmenting. These are taught specifically as sight words that children simply need to learn.

You can find out more about Tricky Words with this video via our YouTube channel.

Precursive letters have exit tails – ‘little flicks’ – at the end that encourage joined-up handwriting. Print letters, meanwhile, do not have these. Many of the Jolly Phonics resources are available in both precursive and print letters, so it is important to check what your school policy is to ensure you purchase the correct versions.

Although this is not always the case, generally speaking those following a British English curriculum will use precursive letters, whilst those following an American English curriculum will use print letters.

Unfortunately, we do not have any resources that are available in fully cursive letters (with entry strokes).

All of our Jolly Phonics Readers are decodable, meaning they match the skills and knowledge taught within the Jolly Phonics programme. This means that the text is constantly within reach of the children, who are able to apply their knowledge to practice reading skills.

Other readers may contain words or spelling patterns that have not yet been taught within Jolly Phonics, meaning not only that the children will be unable to read certain parts, but also may create a negative experience that puts them off reading altogether. If you plan on ‘mixing and matching’ books from different schemes, schools must be very careful and check that the books being given to children have letter sounds and tricky words that have already been taught.

You can find out more information on our full range of decodable readers by clicking here. You can also discover how Jolly Phonics aligns with Book Bands by clicking here.

You can return unused items in their original condition within 14 days of delivery for a refund or exchange.

Contact our customer service team for return instructions and a return authorization.