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 Hello friends, Yes, it took longer than expected to make my Jolly Phonics Group 5 worksheets. I was busy with some personal issues and lost track of time. I have promised myself to manage my time more efficiently from now onwards and I will be more diligent in making my worksheets. So, this is group 5 which covers 3 letter sounds and the two forms of /oo/ sounds i.e. short and long. The short sound is how /oo/ sounds in the word 'book' and the long /oo/ sound is how it sounds in words like ' moon ' . We also have our first digraph i.e. /ng/  (a digraph is a combination of two letters representing one sound). There is only one sound made by ng when we say the word 'long' . Actually, /wh/ is also a digraph as it makes the same sound as /w/. The following image shows the seven groups of Jolly Phonics along with an extra group (alternate spellings) taught by my Phonics app on Google Play Store. Phonics Fun is my android app available for free on Google Play Store...

Hello friends, As most of you know by now I am a great fan of the synthetic phonics system of Jolly Phonics. When my elder son was 3 years old, he was introduced to Jolly Phonics. It was a completely new thing for me as I belong to the generation that learned to read by memorizing that A is for apple and B is for B. We were never taught the sounds of the alphabet. We learned their names. I guess our brains just added the missing link of sounds on their own. A huge thanks to the people behind the Jolly Phonics and other synthetic phonics systems. Instead of second-guessing the sounds of the alphabet on their own, children now learn the sounds first and then, the names of the alphabet. I got inspiration from my son's education to develop my first mobile app.  Check out  my free Jolly Phonics Mobile App . It is an all-in-one solution to everything related to phonics. The complete version is 100% FREE. Phonics has become the starting point of learning to read in almost all countr...

Hello, Phonics is the starting point of learning to read. Children learn the sounds of letters and can recognize that the letter 'a' makes the sound /a/ - the beginning sound that our mouth makes when we say the word  apple .  I personally really like the Jolly Phonics system of synthetic phonics as it has divided the English alphabets into groups in order of difficulty. For example, group 1 has the letters s, a, t, i, p, n. These letters are not just easy to learn but they also make the most 3-lettered words so that children can start to blend sounds and read 3-lettered words as soon as they know the group 1 sounds. However, any kind of learning requires patience. I recommend that children spend at least a week on one letter before moving on to another letter. Moreover, make the learning of phonics fun using my Jolly Phonics Fun app . Children can not only learn phonics sounds but test their learning using multiple matching activities. You can download my app from here: I ...

Hello friends, Today is a very big day for all the children who have been using my worksheets to practice their phonics. I am finally finished with making my group 4. Yes, it took longer than expected. My son is in grade 9 and he was having trouble with some new maths concepts so I got busy with that along with my new online coding classes.  Group 4 in Jolly Phonics is the first group with long vowel sounds.  So, what are long vowel sounds?  Long vowel sounds are the sounds that say the name of the vowel. For example, both " ai"  and " ay " say the name of the letter  " a " . Remember that in group 1 we learned that  " a "  has the  /a/  sound that comes  from our mouth when we say  "ant"     🐜  and " apple"   🍎 .   This was the short vowel sound of  " a " .   Now, children are being taught that  " a "  in combination with some other letter will make a long sound that is exac...

Hello friends, I am back with Group 3 Jolly Phonics worksheets. Jolly Phonics is one of the most popular systems of synthetic phonics. Gone are the days when children were taught to read by just going directly from letter names to words. For example, A is for apple, B is for ball, and so on. Now, children are taught the sounds of the alphabet first. They are taught that the letter A makes the sound /a/. This is the first sound that comes from our mouth when we say "ant". Jolly Phonics has divided the English alphabet into seven groups and these groups don't follow the traditional order of A, B, C. The following image shows the seven groups of Jolly Phonics along with an extra group taught by my Phonics app on the Google Play Store. My app called Phonics Fun is 100% Free so you can download it and use it on all your Android devices. It is the perfect way to master phonics as you can hear phonics sounds and also test learning by playing many matching games. So, coming ba...