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What is the order of letters in Jolly Phonics?

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Michael Henderson

Published Mar 16, 2026

What is the order of letters in Jolly Phonics?

The letter order is as follows:

  • s, a, t, i, p, n.
  • ck, e, h, r, m, d.
  • g, o, u, l, f, d.
  • ai, j, oa, ie, ee, or.
  • z, w, ng, v, oo, oo.
  • y, x, ch, sh, th, th.
  • qu, ou, oi, ue, er, ar.

What are the 8 steps of teaching Jolly Phonics?

The 8 Steps for Teaching a Letter Sound

  • Step 1 – Story. Introduce a new sound to your child by telling the Jolly Phonics story containing the sound.
  • Step 2 – Action.
  • Step 3 – Flashcard.
  • Step 4 – Formation.
  • Step 5 – Blending.
  • Step 6 – Sounding.
  • Step 7 – Dictation.
  • Step 8 – Song.

What are the Jolly Phonics?

Jolly Phonics© is a systematic, sequential, phonics program designed to teach children to read and write. It teaches the letter sounds in an enjoyable, multisensory way, and enables children to use them to read and write words.

How do you sound an R sound?

To produce the /r/ sound, curl your tongue near the roof of your mouth and voice out through your mouth. You’re aiming for the tip of your tongue to be right behind the little ridge behind your teeth but it does not touch any part of the mouth.

What letters should a child learn first?

First, start with s, a, t, p, i, n. This combination of letters is perfect for introducing letter names and sounds and then actually APPLYING what you are teaching. These letters also make up the most frequent words that are found in emerging readers.

Which letters should be taught first?

What sequence should be used to teach letter-sound correspondence?

  • Letters that occur frequently in simple words (e.g., a, m, t) are taught first.
  • Letters that look similar and have similar sounds (b and d) are separated in the instructional sequence to avoid confusion.
  • Short vowels are taught before long vowels.

What are the 5 skills of Jolly Phonics?

The findings showed that the teacher had successfully implement the 5 skills in Jolly Phonics, namely (1) learning the letter sounds, (2) learning letter formation, (3) blending- for reading, (4) identifying sounds in words-for writing and (5) tricky words, through variety of enjoyable techniques involving children’s …