Program Description

"Jolly Phonics is a comprehensive programme, based on the proven, fun and muliti-sensory synthetic phonics method that gets children reading and writing from an early age. This means that we teach letter sounds as opposed to the alphabet. These 42 letter sounds are phonic building blocks that children, with the right tools, use to decode the English language." According to EdReport’s Science of Reading Snapshot, this program addresses 3/5 foundational literacy components for grades K-1, and 1/5 for grade 2.

Cost

Prices vary by program components and kits.

Intended Population

• Core
• Intervention
• Intensified intervention

Grade

• Pre-K
• Elementary School
• Middle School

Intended Group Size

• Classroom

ELL/DLL

• Unspecified

Multisensory Applications

• Yes

Computer-Based Delivery

• Partial

Scripted

• Instructor Scripted

Comprehensive or Skill Specific

• Skill Specific

Placement Tests

• Unspecified

Accelerated Learning

• Unspecified

Assessment to Monitor Skills Mastery

• No

Error Correction Built In

• No

Fidelity Measures Provided by Publisher

• Unspecified

Research Summary

There is limited peer reviewed research on the Jolly Phonics program. The two available studies reported that Jolly Phonics had positive outcomes on children's phonemic awareness and literacy skills.

Study Citations

Bowyer-Crane, C., Snowling, M. J., Duff, F. J., Fieldsend, E., Carroll, J. M., Miles, J., Gotz, K., & Hume, C. (2008). Improving early language and literacy skills: Differential effects of an oral language versus a phonology with reading intervention. The Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 49(4), 422-432.

Stuart, M. (1999). Getting ready for reading: Early phoneme and phonics teaching improves reading and spelling in inner-city second language learners. British Journal of Educational Psychology, 69, 587-605.

Evidence-Based Practice (EBP)

• Promising practice

Additional Reviews

• https://www.edreports.org/reports/overview/jolly-phonics