Preschool Language Enrichment Ideas
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Jolly Phonics!
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The Jolly Phonics Program provides children the basics for reading and writing by using an understanding of what they know. Teaching the letters and sounds uses a multisensory and fun approach. There are stories, songs and actions for each letter sound, as well as hands-on activities and games to play.
Achievements and Research studies regarding the Jolly Phonics Program can be found at the website.
The Five Skills Taught In Jolly Phonics
Learning the letter sounds
Children are taught the 42 main letter sounds. This includes alphabet sounds as well as digraphs such as sh, th, ai and ue.
Learning letter formation
Using different multi-sensory methods, children learn how to form and write the letters.
Blending
Children are taught how to blend the sounds together to read and write new words.
Identifying the sounds in words (Segmenting)
Children are taught the 42 main letter sounds. This includes alphabet sounds as well as digraphs such as sh, th, ai and ue.
Tricky words
Tricky words have irregular spellings and children learn these separately.
The information on this page is from the Jolly Phonics website.