Read the story aloud. Every time you say a word starting with J (Jamie, jelly, jiggles), emphasize the /j/ sound heavily. Ask the children to do the "jiggle" action whenever they hear the sound.
When teaching children to read and write, the journey from random scribbles to fluent sentences is monumental. Among the 42 letter sounds taught in the Jolly Phonics program, the sound for the letter holds a special place. It is a consonant that appears frequently in early vocabulary (jump, jam, jelly) and is often one of the first sounds a child masters due to its physical "action" nature. Jolly Phonics J
: Use "J" with previously learned sounds (s, a, t, i, p, n) to make words like "jet" or "jam". Read the story aloud
: A child and their mother are making a red jelly. When they tip it onto a plate, the jelly is tall and wobbly. As it is carried to the table, it wobbles and wobbles, and the child laughs and pretends to wobble just like the jelly. The Action When teaching children to read and write, the
Blending is the process of pushing sounds together to read a word. After teaching the /j/ sound, introduce simple CVC (Consonant-Vowel-Consonant) words.
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