The Jolly Phonics and Grammar programme is a systematic and progressive approach to teaching children essential literacy skills. It embeds phonics, spelling, punctuation and grammar from Reception/P1 to Year 6/P7 via teaching that is multi-sensory and active with fun actions, stories and songs.
You can find out more about the programme by clicking here https://jollylearning.com/resources/phonics-and-literacy-teaching-guides-and-assessments/what-is-jolly-phonics

Learning the letter sounds helps with blending (putting sounds together to make words, for reading) and segmenting (listening for the sounds in words, for spelling). The letter sounds can be identified in these words unlike the letter names.
(The letter names do still get taught relatively early on – we don’t ignore them completely – but initially the focus is on the sound, and not the name.)

The letters from the first group (s, a, t, i, p, n) make more simple three-letter words than any other six letters, allowing children far more opportunities to start developing their blending and segmenting knowledge and skills as early as possible.

Sometimes, two letters put together can create a different sound to each letter put individually. For example, the letter sounds /s/ and /h/ make a new sound when combined as the digraph /sh/.

We teach one way of spelling the letter sounds initially, before later introducing alternatives as the programme progresses in to the later Grammar years.
You can find out more about the progression of alternative spellings by viewing our Sample Lesson plan here.

  We include a selection of ‘Tricky Words’; words that cannot be decoded using regular blending and segmenting. These are taught specifically as sight words that children simply need to learn.
    You can find out more about Tricky Words with this video via our YouTube channel.

All of our Jolly Phonics Readers are decodable, meaning they match the skills and knowledge taught within the Jolly Phonics programme. This means that the text is constantly within reach of the children, who are able to apply their knowledge to practice reading skills.
Other readers may contain words or spelling patterns that have not yet been taught within Jolly Phonics, meaning not only that the children will be unable to read certain parts, but also may create a negative experience that puts them off reading altogether. If you plan on ‘mixing and matching’ books from different schemes, schools must be very careful and check that the books being given to children have letter sounds and tricky words that have already been taught.
You can find out more information on our full range of decodable readers by clicking here. You can also discover how Jolly Phonics aligns with Book Bands by clicking here.

Delivery fees are calculated on checkout, according to the size of the basket and the location of the delivery address.

The only resources we have available digitally – outside of our software and apps – are our decodable e-readers, which are available to download via the Jolly Learning website, or via Apple Books and Google Play Books. Unfortunately, we do not have digital versions of any of our other resources.
You can find the further information about our decodable e-readers by clicking here.

   If you have any questions about your order, or have any problems, please do not hesitate to email us on info@jollylearning.co.za or via the chat button below, and we will look in to this for you.

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We have three options: online training via CPD College; scheduled courses; and whole-school training. More information about all of these options can be found by clicking here.

No, they will not. At the end of any training session, you will receive a certificate of participation/attendance only. This certificate is to highlight that you have undertaken CPD training, but is not a formal qualification.

You can find the further information, including full criteria we require of our Official Jolly Phonics Trainers and instructions on how to apply, by clicking here.

No, we do not. At the end of any training session, you will receive a certificate of participation/attendance only. This certificate is to highlight that you have undertaken CPD training, but is not a formal qualification. We do not run any training sessions that enable you to become an Official Jolly Phonics Trainer: the only way to become a trainer is via an extensive application process.
You can find the further information, including full criteria we require of our Official Jolly Phonics Trainers and instructions on how to apply, by clicking here.