Jolly Phonics
Jolly Phonics is a comprehensive programme, based on the proven, fun and multi-sensory synthetic phonics method that gets children reading and writing from an early age. This means that we teach letter sounds as opposed to just only the alphabet.
Alphabets are taught with letter sounds and are world widely recognized as phonic building blocks that children, with the right tools, use to decode the English language. When reading a word, they recognise the letters and blend together with the respective sounds; when writing a word they identify the sounds and write down the corresponding letters.
Our programs are designed to encourage and allow students to master Jolly Phonics in the following ways:
Learning letter sounds:
Children are taught 42 letter sounds, which is a mix of alphabet sounds (1 sound – 1 letter) and digraphs (1 sound – 2 letters) such as sh, th, ai and ue. Using a multi-sensory approach, each letter sound is introduced with fun actions, stories and songs.
Learning letter formations:
This is taught alongside the introduction of each letter sound. Typically, children will learn how to form and write the letters during the course of the lesson.
Blending:
Once the first few letter sounds are learnt, children begin blending the sounds together to help them read and write new words.
Segmenting:
When children start reading words, they also need to start identifying the phonic components that make the word sound the way it does. By teaching blending and segmenting at the same time, children become familiar with assembling and breaking down the sounds within words.
Tricky words:
These are words with irregular parts, Children learn these as exceptions to the rules of phonics. Introducing the common tricky words early in the year increases reading fluency (as they frequently occur in those first simple sentences you might expect them to read)
CONTACT US
KiddyKare International Kindergarten
59/34 Soi Sukhumvit 26 Khwang Khlong Ton, Khet Khlong Toei, Bangkok 10110
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☎ 026-656-777 (School Office)
089-200-8896 (School Tour)
✉ kkare@kiddykare.ac.th
