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Re: Phonics - Letterland vs. Jolly Phonics
Hi! Heidibaba
I am impressed with your analysis. Actually, before I saw your essay, I could not decide which one to choose. But now, I choose Jolly Phonics.
Do you teach your daughter by yourself or join class?
Would you please tell me why you choose one to the other?
Do you know where I can find the class for Jolly Phonics?
Heidibaba 寫道:
My daughter is learning Jolly Phonics and I am delighted she can blend simple words (eg cat, jet) after 2 months study in Jolly Phonics.
Before I choose Jolly Phonics, I have made a very detail research between Jolly Phoincs & Letterland in the web. Personally, I do think both phonic systems are very good and difficult to choose between.
In BK, I do notice most moms prefer Letterland than Jolly Phonics. Therefore, I started to look and find more details about Letterland in the web first. I found Letterland is really an excellent phonic system with many many interested Letterland characters. I was almost decided to choose Letterland and I have got a teaching centre list in Hong Kong so that I can arrange my daugher to study in the centre nearby my home.
For my own interesting, I decided to know more between Jolly Phonics and the difference between Letterland. From the web information, I noted that Jolly Phonics is a very simple phonic system. They do not have many lovely characters like Letterland. They have only 4 (Inky mouse, Snake, Bee and "honic" the computer). Although Jolly Phonics has a few characters, they have many simple actions that can really arise the interest of the children and let them very easy to remember the sound. But in my opinion at that time, I think Letterland is more interesting to me than Jolly Phonics because of the attactive characters.
I decided to search more information in the web and from many forums I start to realise that many kindergartens in UK have turned to Jolly Phonics from Letterland. The reason, interestingly, was that Letterland has complicated character names that will confuse the children in blending. The kindergarten teachers in UK (switched from Letterland to Jolly Phonics) claimed that the kids are so fond of the Letterland characters that they remember clever cat, annie apple, ...(sorry that I forgot the character for letter T) and when they blend the words "CAT", they will blend Clever Cat Annie Apple ...T with six sounds instead of "C" "A" "T' three sounds. In Jolly Phonics, each letter has only one sound, therefore, the children will never mix up in these cases and this is the reason why they are going to change from Letterland to Jolly Phonics.
I then have a chance to attend a seminar conducted by Jolly Phonics trainers from Australia and I was really amazed by their teaching method. They use their hands, their bodies, their facial expression to teach the sound and the children (who come with their parents, I was regret that I did not take my girl to the seminar at the time) can learn and remember the sounds immediately without any difficulty and show great interest in the teaching method.
From then on, I had re-consider a lot between Jolly Phonics and Letterland. And I have finally made a perosnal conclusion:
Letterland is excellent for elderly child, I believe that any child older than six will not have the difficulties in mixing the characters in blending and then provide a wrong blending sound. Jolly phonics is more appropriate for the younger child aged between 3 to 4. I do not say that Letterland is not fit for the younger child but I do think Letterland can raise more interest to older child because they have many many funny characters and Jolly Phonics is not resticted to the age of 3 to 4 (I saw many 7-8 years old children in the seminar do show great interest in learning the Jolly Phonics). For my daughter's interest (she is 3 1/2 years old at that time), I have decided to choose Jolly Phonics for her and she learnt with great interest from that phonic system.
One point that I think we need to consider is that UK children is different from Asia. They have the problem in blending due to mixing the Letterland characters' names and this may not apply to our Hong Kong children. Actually, I cannot find any information in the web to support such cases in Hong Kong. May be there are not many kindergartens in Hong Kong that use a very systematic phonic system (what a pity!!!). And this is also why we are here to find out what a situable phonic system for our child by ourselves.
Do more research before you choose between both systems that fits your child. But I would say it would be no good to your children to switch from one phonic system to another unless he/she has problems in blending the words (but you really need to find the way to know the problem of your child why he/she has difficulties in blending instead of changing the phonic system). This is the attitude to help your child.
Heidibaba |
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