Jolly Phonics

Date: 28th Sep 2017 @ 1:01pm

What are the Jolly Phonics Actions?

Each new letter sound in the Jolly Phonics reading scheme has a new action. These actions were developed to help your child remember the letter sounds. There are 42 Jolly Phonics letter sounds, which are split into seven sets and taught in this specific order. Each letter sound also has its own song Jolly Song.

At Willow Wood we introduce phonics and reading through the Jolly Phonics scheme, it will really help support your child if you practise the sounds and actions at home so you can reinforce what your child is learning at school.

Below are a description of the actions for each letter sound in the Jolly Phonics scheme, these are great for visual and kinaesthetic learners.

Jolly Phonics Actions

s	Weave hand in an s shape, like a snake, and say ssssss
a	Wiggle fingers 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.
i	Pretend to be a mouse by wriggling fingers at end of nose and squeak i, i, i.
p	Pretend to puff out candles and say p, p, p.
n	Make a noise, as if you are a plane - hold arms out and say nnnnnn.

c k	Raise hands and snap fingers as if playing castanets and say ck, ck, ck.
e	Pretend to tap an egg on the side of a pan and crack it into the pan, saying eh, eh, eh.
h	Hold hand in front of mouth panting as if you are out of breath and say h, h, h.
r	Pretend to be a puppy holding a piece of rag, shaking head from side to side, and say rrrrrr.
m	Rub tummy as if seeing tasty food and say mmmmmm.
d	Beat hands up and down as if playing a drum and say d, d, d.

g	Spiral hand down, as if water going down the drain, and say g, g, g.
o	Pretend to turn light switch on and off and say o, o; o, o
u	Pretend to be putting up an umbrella and say u, u, u.
l	Pretend to lick a lollipop and say l l l l l l.
f	Let hands gently come together as if toy fish deflating, and say f f f f f f.
b	Pretend to hit a ball with a bat and say b, b, b.