Jolly Phonics is so successful as a teaching programme for young children, because it has a very structured systematic approach, which guarantees results in a short time. Step by step, children learn the sounds and how to blend and write them, which leads on to reading books and independent writing. The multi-sensory learning makes it a lot of fun for teachers to teach it and for young children to
learn the 5 basic skills of the programme. Jolly Phonics has plenty of resource material available to make teaching and learning both fun and easy. Research has shown Jolly Phonics to be a highly effective and efficient programme. According to various studies conducted:
-Children's reading age is usually 12 months ahead of their chronological age,
- No prior knowledge of phonics is needed,
- Social background has no correlation with success,
- The programme works well with children who have a poor memory,
- Learning ability is not gender-dependent,
- Not having English as a first language is not a handicap,
- Teaching is not short lived; it continues to produce better results later on! I have been teaching Jolly Phonics/Grammar to individual children as well as schools for more than 10 years with exceptional results. During that time, I have been referred many children thought to be very weak or suffering from a learning disability. However, they started doing remarkably well in a short time with the help of this programme. I am available in both Pakistan and the United Kingdom for imparting Jolly Phonics training, monitoring and enhancement programmes to schools. My services are also available for private tuition in Jolly Phonics/Grammar to learn and improve literacy skills. Keeping in mind my own experience which literally also mirrors results of different studies and researches, I am very confident of Jolly Phonics' success and I shall continue to promote the programme to parents and schools everywhere! It’s a different thing to read about how a programme works, but to actually experience the results practically is exhilarating!
