Jolly Phonics

Jolly Phonics in Playgroup

The children will start to learn their letter sounds by using Jolly Phonics.
Each letter has an action which helps them remember the letter. We start with the group of letters s.a.t.p.i.n. These letters make more simple three letter words than any other six letters.

The rhymes and actions we use
are as follows:-

s – Weave hand in an s shape,
  and say sssss.

a – Wiggle finger above elbow
  as if ants crawling on you
  and say a, a, a.

t. – Turn head from side to side
  as if watching tennis and
  say t, t, t.

p – Pretend to puff out candles
  and say p, p, p.

i - Pretend to be a mouse by wriggling fingers at the end of nose and squeak i, i,

n – Make a noise, as if you are a plane – hold arms out and say nnnnn.

Holding a Pencil

When the children start to use a pencil it is very important that they hold it in the correct way.

The pencil should be held in the ‘tripod’ grip between the thumb and first two fingers. The grip is the same for both left and right handed children. If a child’s hold starts incorrectly, it is very difficult to correct later on .

Teaching Children to Write

When teaching writing except for the initial of their name, all other letters are lower case.

More information can be found on the website www.jollylearning.co.uk