Jolly Phonics

I came across Jolly Phonics about 2 years ago when trying to wade my way through a myriad of resources when I was contemplating how best to teach Mr Social how to read. It stood out for me as it appeared to suit my way of teaching. I didn't know what kind of learner my son would be at the time and as the programme was relatively inexpensive and was adaptable I decided to give it a go. I purchased workbooks 1-7 and a reading book to go along with it and that was all. 

Slowly, slowly we went through the first book looking at letters s, a, t, p, i and n. 

At the end of the book we looked at words purely made up from these letters and so our journey into reading began. 2 years in and Mr social has completed all 7 of the workbooks and is quite a fluent reader to the point I caught him reading out loud "Five little peppers and How They Grew" by Margaret Sidney on my Kindle yesterday. When I started home educating I always thought that I would feel more confident at being the teacher if we could succeed with reading and yes I know there will be challenges to come and lots to learn but it has given me affirmation that we can home educate. 

Now Mr Social has been working through the Jolly grammar series and is discovering how we create sentences.

The whole Jolly phonics series is a useful tool in helping your child learn to read. I'm not being paid to advertise it, honestly. I just wanted to share with you a great resource. A quick search on good old Google will show you that there are lots of resources on the internet to go along with the books and lots of practical ideas to use to reinforce the basic lessons.

Mr Cheeky has just started working through the first phonic book and is enjoying the colouring pages and has quickly picked up the sounds for the first 6 letters and I am excited to see him develop in this area.