according to Chris Jolly of Jolly Phonics, but literacy has stalled because of the lack of resources provided to go alongside it. “Letters and Sounds has no classroom resources, just a manual ...

He travels all over the world with "Jolly Phonics", a system for teaching literacy through synthetic phonics, using the 42-letter sounds of the English language rather than the alphabet.

I use Jolly Phonics actions and sounds. For each sound there is an art piece, for instance 'p' equals pasta necklaces. We use fine sand on a tray to practise writing the letter, linking patterns and ...