Jolly Phonics Course -The Complete Course

About This Course

Learn how to teach children to read, spell, and write with confidence using the joyful, powerful, and research-backed Jolly Phonics method. This course is a child-centred, multisensory program designed for teachers, school leaders, and parents to help children master the English alphabetic code quickly and effectively.

What You’ll Learn

• The Jolly Phonics Framework: Understand exactly why this synthetic phonics method is the global gold standard.

• The 42 Letter Sounds: Master stories, actions, and proper pronunciation for every sound.

• Letter Formation: Guide students through correct pencil grip and stroke direction.

• The Art of Blending: Learn the specific techniques to build early reading fluency.

• Tricky Words & Alternatives: Strategies for teaching words that don't follow regular patterns and complex alternative spellings.

The Five Core Skills

1. Learning Letter Sounds: 42 sounds in 7 groups, including digraphs like sh, ch, and th.

2. Learning Letter Formation: Building from the "c" shape foundation to master handwriting.

3. Blending: Decoding sounds (c-a-t) to build comprehension and reading confidence.

4. Segmenting: Hearing individual sounds in words to unlock spelling and writing.

5. Tricky Words: Mastering high-frequency words through engaging memorization techniques.

Detailed Course Breakdown

As you can see, this course is updated frequently with new lessons, projects and resources!

Introduction & Foundations

• Lesson 1: Introduction to Phonics for Teaching Children to Read and Write

• Lesson 2: Introduction to the Jolly Phonics Methodology

• Lesson 3: The Proven Teaching Method: How to Structure Your Lessons
  

  FROM SOUNDS TO LETTERS: READING AND WRITING IN ACTION

  NEW! April 2026 Update

  • NEW! Lesson 1: Listening for Sounds in Words (with letters): Connecting auditory phonemes directly to their visual graphemes for faster recognition.

  • NEW! Lesson 2: Rhyming with Letters: Mastering word families and identifying visual patterns in rhyming pairs.

  • NEW! Lesson 3: Alliteration with Letters: Using initial letter sounds to build phonetic awareness and playful language skills.

  • NEW! Lesson 4: Sentence Building with Letters: Moving from isolated sounds to constructing complete, meaningful thoughts.

  • NEW! Lesson 5: Reading and Writing Two-Syllable Words: Techniques for "chunking" longer words to maintain reading momentum.

  • NEW! Lesson 6: Blending Onsets and Rimes with Letters: Breaking words into their starting sounds and ending patterns (e.g., st-op) for smoother decoding.

  • NEW! Lesson 7: Identifying and Writing Beginning, Middle, and End Sounds: Mastering full-word analysis to ensure no sound is "skipped" during writing.

  • NEW! Lesson 8: Reading Short Words (Blending for Reading): The mechanical process of "pushing" sounds together to reveal the word.

  • NEW! Lesson 9: Spelling Short Words (Segmenting for Writing): Learning to pull words apart sound-by-sound to encode them onto paper.

  • NEW! Lesson 10: Word Building with Letter Changes (Manipulation): Developing "phonetic flexibility" by swapping single letters to create entirely new words (e.g., cat to cap to cup).

    
    
    

Phase 1: The Primary Letter Sounds

• Lesson 4: Week One: Mastering letter sounds s, a, t, and i

• Lesson 5: Week Two: Mastering letter sounds p, n, c, k, and e

• NEW! How to Differentiate Between C and K (Updated June 2025)

• Lesson 6: Week Three: Mastering letter sounds h, r, m, and d

• Lesson 7: Week Four: Mastering letter sounds g, o, u, and l

• Lesson 8: Week Five: Mastering letter sounds f, b, ai, and j

Phase 2: Complex Sounds & Vowel Digraphs

• Lesson 9: Week Six: Mastering letter sounds oa, ie, ee, and or

• NEW! Mastering the Alternatives of ie

• NEW! Teaching the Alternatives of oa

• NEW! Teaching the Difference Between ee and ea

• Lesson 10: Week Seven: Mastering letter sounds z, w, ng, and v

• NEW! How to Teach the Difference Between V and W

• Lesson 11: Week Eight: Mastering letter sounds oo, OO, y, and x

• NEW! The Double OO: How to Differentiate Between the Short and Long Sounds

Phase 3: Consonant Digraphs & Advanced Blending

• Lesson 12: Week Nine: Mastering letter sounds ch, sh, th, and th

• NEW! The Voiced vs. Unvoiced TH: Mastering the Two Sounds

• Lesson 13: Week Ten: Mastering letter sounds qu, ou, oi, and ue

• NEW! Mastering the Unique Sound of qu

• NEW! Teaching Advanced Alternatives: ue, u-e, and ew

• Lesson 14: Week Eleven: Mastering letter sounds er and ar
  

  
  

  
  

Conclusion & Mastery

• Lesson 15: Comprehensive Guide to Teaching All Alternative Sounds

• Lesson 16: The Master Recap: Reviewing All Lessons and Implementing Success Plans