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The rocket

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Example: the Letter 'S'

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Pictured above is the standard classroom kit. There are packages available for at home and in the classroom use for the children in the early stages of reading and writing. There are two classroom kits available for teachers; the standard edition starter kit and the other is an extended version (Jolly Phonics, 2015).

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                             Does Jolly Phonics work?

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                             Does Jolly Phonics work?

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Inky Mouse, Snake and Bee are characters used to encourage children's learning. Each character reflects a different speed of learning. Inky Mouse helps Snake and Bee learn their phonics, however Snake learns quickly but Bee finds it more difficult but eventually gets it (Wikipedia, 2015).

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Jolly Phonics is used in over 100 countries across the world. Some of these countries include Trinidad, The Gambia and the Seychelles, who have adopted this program into their government policy. Jolly Learning collaborates with charities such as Absolute Return for Kids, to provide schools in India and Nigeria with Jolly Phonics resources (Wikipedia, 2015).

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Weaknesses

Can not be used for those with auditory disability

"Research tells us it's the teacher, not the method, that makes the difference" (Fox, 2008)

"Children taught through phonics read at a much slower speed" (Chung, 2011)

"A capability in phonics doesn't mean competence in reading" (Fox, 2008)

Disadvantage to those who do not have internet access

Trainers only situated in certain countries

Only 50% of English words are phonically decodable (Fox, 2008)

Some languages are not phonically decodable (Fox, 2008)

Great exposure to story books to get best results

Does not state cost of resource kits

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Online training courses:
Educators are able to access an online training course. Trainees are required to participate in audio, written text and digital footage testing and once completed, are given a digital certificate (Jolly Learning, 2015).
In school training:
Experienced trainers visit schools and provide teachers with either an individual or whole-school training experience. Whole-school training is the preferred option as it ensures consistency across the school. This training is also available for parents, so they are able to assist their children at home (Jolly Learning, 2015).
Course available around the world:
Currently, there are trainers located in these countries: Africa, Australia, East Asia, Europe, Indian Subcontinent, Middle East, South-east Asia and UK (Jolly Learning, 2015).

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Developed in 1977 by two UK primary school teachers, Sue Lloyd and Sara Wernham, Jolly Phonics' establishment was initially intended as an intervention for a small group of children, who the teachers found were struggling to progress in the traditional learning of the letters of the alphabet (Wikipedia, 2015). As part of an experimental research project, these children were instead taught to hear and identify sounds. This was found to lead to a great improvement in the children's reading and writing, demonstrating the effectiveness of the phonics program (Wikipedia, 2015).

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Strengths

Child-centred approach

Uses kinaesthetic, auditory, visual and speech methods

Multi-sensory method which encourages participation

Continues throughout schooling

Teaches tricky, irregular spelling

Characters reflect varying learning abilities

Five basic skills: learning letter sounds, learning letter formation, blending, identifying sounds, spelling tricky words

Pace of learning guided by child

Characters that learn at different speeds to support children

Proven in US to be best method to teach reading (Fox, 2008)

Provides explicit training to teachers

Buy resource kits available for both home and classroom

There are also some free resources

Songs for children to learn phonics

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Jolly Phonics is an educational program that takes an analytic and synthetic approach to learning reading and writing (Wikipedia, 2015). Within this literacy program, children learn the 42 sounds of the English language, along with their respective actions, rather than learning the letters of the alphabet (Jolly Learning, 2015). By teaching children phonics, they will begin to build words which helps them with their spelling (Wikipedia, 2015). Once children have learnt the sounds of the letters, they can move onto learning the letters' names (Wikipedia, 2015).