Jolly Phonics: The world's leading phonics programme
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What is Jolly Phonics?
Phonics is a method of teaching reading and writing. It starts with learning the letter sounds of English. Children then learn how to ‘blend’ these letter sounds together to read a word, so that d-o-g becomes the spoken ‘dog’. They then learn how to ’segment’ a word into its sounds, so that the spoken ‘dog’ is heard as d-o-g. This is necessary for writing. To put the learning into practice, suitable ‘decodable’ reading books are used.
MultiSensory, Fun and Engaging
Jolly Phonics programmes incorporate stories, songs, actions, and games – appealing to a variety of learning styles and needs. Involving multiple senses also helps reinforce children’s learning – making it easier for them to remember and apply new skills.
Our Jolly Phonics resources include a variety of fun and engaging activities such as:
- multi-sensory animations for formation, blending and segmenting
- stories, songs, games and flashcards to support learning
- playful but purposeful whole-class activities to keep children engaged
- audio and worksheets
A Comprehensive Programme
We recognise that choosing a Phonics programme is an investment and a decision with long-term impact for your school.
Our Phonics programme:
- extends from Reception to Year 6
- is fully aligned with the curriculum and Ofsted requirements
- is aligned with the Science of Reading (a body of research into how children learn to read and write, and the most effective ways to teach them)
And our programmes don’t stop at Phonics! We continue supporting your pupils all the way through to Year 6 with our Jolly Literacy resources.
Adaptable
We don’t believe in a one-size-fits-all approach and recognise the expertise of teachers to deliver lessons to suit the specific needs of their pupils. Our range of resources give teachers the freedom to do so, whilst providing the extra support, where needed.
You can also choose the teaching methods that work best for your school – print, digital (Jolly Classroom) or a combination!
The 5 Key Skills
The Letter Sounds
Letter Formation
Identifying the Sounds in Words
Tricky words
Trusted by Teachers Around the World
We have championed phonics teaching since 1992. Our programme has been influential in the development and popularisation of phonics – impacting the approach to literacy teaching around the world.
Ways to Teach Jolly Phonics
Pupil and Teacher’s Books
Our set of three write-in Pupil Books contains a year’s worth of fun and engaging lesson activities. The corresponding Teacher’s Book provides structured lesson plans and comprehensive support.
- Multi-sensory, with actions, stories and songs for each letter sound
- Step-by-step lesson plans provided
- Continuous revision and consolidation of previous topics
- Playful but purposeful activities to keep kids engaged
- Detailed insights on teaching approach provided
- Preparation for the Phonics Screening Check
Jolly Classroom
Jolly Classroom has all the tools you need at your fingertips – making lesson planning and teaching a breeze!
- Aligns with the Science of Reading
- Simple to set up and easy to use
- 150+ lessons with fun activities, audio and worksheets
- Stories, songs, games and flashcards
- Multi-sensory animations
- Lesson plans and teaching notes for every lesson
- Toggle between print or precursive fonts and British or American English
Combining Digital and Print
Get the best of both worlds by combining digital and print! Same great content, your choice how to teach it.
- Interactive, engaging activities for whole-class teaching
- Lesson plans and teaching notes for every lesson
- Write-in Pupil Books
- Multi-sensory animations for formation, blending, and segmenting
- Games and songs to support learning
Our Best-Selling Jolly Phonics Resources
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Jolly Phonics Picture Flashcards
This box of 60 colourful flashcards is suitable for school or home use. The cards include 17 alternative letter sound spellings, as well as helpful tips and guidance!
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Decodable Readers
Our Decodable Readers offer a range of interesting titles for children learning to read and write with Jolly Phonics. We have recently added Folktales Readers to this range, retelling traditional folktales from around the world!
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Activity Books
This set of 36-page colour books include fun activities to help nurture key phonics skills. They feature the popular character Inky Mouse and her friends and come complete with clear instructions to guide children through the activities.
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Handwriting Books
These books are engaging resources for extra handwriting practice! Our set of 7 books cover the lower-case letters and digraphs taught in Step 1 of Jolly Phonics. A larger A4 book focuses on the capital letters taught in Step 2 and includes upper-and lower-case matching activities.
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Pupil & Teacher's Books
Pupil Book 1 introduces the main letter sounds and the first set of tricky words. Books 2 and 3 build on this, covering alternative spellings, handwriting, tricky words, words and sentences, capital letters and alphabet, and guided writing and reading comprehension activities. The Teacher’s Book provides detailed guidance for every lesson and answer keys.
Our Expanding Range of Over 200 Decodable Readers
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Inky Mouse & Friends, General Fiction and Nonfiction
This series of stories explores the lives of the popular characters Inky Mouse, Snake and Bee, Mrs Beech’s class, Monsters and some traditional tales. Each level focuses on specific topics including animals and sport.
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Our World Readers
These high-impact nonfiction readers offer a range of texts on a variety of real-life topics such as music, the weather and transport.
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Folktales Readers
This new collection of beautifully-illustrated books retell traditional folktales from around the world, giving them a new lease of life for the modern reader. They have a carefully controlled vocabulary and are specifically designed for children who are learning to read and write with Jolly Phonics.
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Read and See Books
These books are ideal for blending, segmenting and vocab building. Children read the word and then turn the page to see the picture and find out if they’re correct. They can use the sound dots under the picture to help them segment the word.
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Little Word Books
These books are perfect for developing blending fluency for children just beginning to read. The words for blending cover the 42 letter sounds across fourteen books. There are two books with decodable words for each letter-sound group.
Keen to Find Out More about Jolly Phonics?
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We've also included the full Jolly Phonics scope and sequence below to help you follow the suggested approach.