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Jolly Phonics
(Excerpt, pictures and
sounds from:
http://www.jollylearning.co.uk/)
Jolly Phonics is a thorough foundation
for reading and writing. It teaches the letter sounds in an enjoyable,
multisensory way, and enables children to use them to read and write words.
Parental support is important to all children
as they benefit from plenty of praise and encouragement whilst learning. You
should be guided by the pace at which your child wants to go. If interest is
being lost, leave the teaching for a while rather than using undue pressure. Not
all children find it easy to learn and blend sounds. It is important to remember
that this is not because they are unintelligent but because they have a poor
memory for symbols and words. Extra practice will lead to fluency in reading and
help your child manage at school.
The five basic skills for reading and writing
are:
1. Learning the letter sounds
2. Learning letter formation
3. Blending
4. Identifying sounds in words
5. Spelling the tricky words
Each
sound has an action which helps children remember the letter(s) that represent
it. As a child progresses you can point to the letters and see how quickly they
can do the action and say the sound. As a child becomes more confident,
the actions are no longer necessary.
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s
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Weave hand in an s shape, like a snake, and say
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a
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Wiggle fingers above elbow as if ants crawling on you and say a, a, a. |
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t
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Turn head from side to side as if watching tennis and say
t, t, t. |
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i
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Pretend to be a mouse by wriggling fingers at end of nose and squeak
i, i,
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p
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Pretend to puff out candles and say
p, p, p. |
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n
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Make a noise, as if you are a plane - hold arms out and say
nnnnnn. |
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c k
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Raise hands and snap fingers as if playing castanets and
say ck, ck, ck. |
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e
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Pretend to tap an egg on the side of a pan and crack it
into the pan, saying eh, eh, eh. |
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h
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Hold hand in front of mouth panting as if you are out of
breath and say h, h, h. |
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r
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Pretend to be a puppy holding a piece of rag, shaking head
from side to side, and say rrrrrr.
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m
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Rub tummy as if seeing tasty food and say
mmmmmm. |
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d
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Beat hands up and down as if playing a drum and say d,
d, d. |
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g
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Spiral hand down, as if water going down the drain, and say
g, g, g. |
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o
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Pretend to turn light switch on and off and say
o, o; o, o |
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u
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Pretend to be putting up an umbrella and say
u, u, u. |
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l
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Pretend to lick a lollipop and say l
l l l l l. |
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f
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Let hands gently come together as if toy fish deflating, and
say f f f f f f. |
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b
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Pretend to hit a ball with a bat and say
b, b, b. |
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ai
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Cup hand over ear and say ai, ai, ai. |
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j
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Pretend to wobble on a plate and say
j, j, j. |
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oa
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Bring hand over mouth as if you have done something wrong and
say oh! |
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ie
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Stand to attention and salute, saying
ie ie. |
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ee
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Put hands on head as if ears on a donkey and say
eeyore, eeyore. |
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Put hands on head as if ears on a donkey and say
eeyore, eeyore. |
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z
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Put arms out at sides and pretend to be a bee, saying
zzzzzz. |
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w
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Blow on to open hand, as if you are the wind, and say
wh, wh, wh. |
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ng
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Imagine you are a weightlifter, and pretend to lift a heavy
weight above your head, saying ng...
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v
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Pretend to be holding the steering wheel of a van and say
vvvvvv. |
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00
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Move head back and forth as if it is the cuckoo in a cuckoo
clock, saying u, oo; u, oo. (Little and long oo.) |
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y
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Pretend to be eating a yogurt and say
y, y, y. |
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x
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Pretend to take an x-ray of someone with an x-ray gun and say
ks, ks, ks. |
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ch
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Move arms at sides as if you are a train and say
ch, ch, ch. |
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sh
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Place index finger over lips and say
shshsh. |
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th
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Pretend to be naughty clowns and stick out tongue a little
for the th, |
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th
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and further for the th
sound (this and thumb).
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qu
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Make a duck's beak with your hands and say
qu, qu, qu. |
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ou
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Pretend your finger is a needle and prick thumb saying
ou, ou, ou. |
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oi
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Cup hands around mouth and shout to another boat saying
oi! ship ahoy! |
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ue
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Point to people around you and say
you, you, you. |
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er
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Roll hands over each other like a mixer and say
ererer. |
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ar
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Open mouth wide and say ah. |
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