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Jolly Phonics 教學日記
Jolly Phonics vs. Letterland
Many parents recently called our Causeway Bay learning centre to inquire about different phonics programs. I believe it is good to share some of our teaching stories here so that more parents can expand their knowledge on early childhood bilingual education.
One of the most frequently asked questions is how to choose between the two main phonics programs, namely Jolly Phonics and Letterland. Actually, both phonics programs are very suitable for young children. However, they are designed for different learning purposes and we make adaptations accordingly.
Letterland is known for its colorful pictograms, or pictures-letters of personified animals, people, and objects. For example, the character for the letter "a" is called Annie Apple, which is a smiling apple. Children will learn to write the letter "a", which is very much like the letter "o" (Oscar Orange) but with a tail because it stops Annie Apple from rolling about. The program is into details and it helps kids to learn in a fun and easy way.
We find that the interesting characters of Letterland can prompt young kids to learn English letter names and their related sounds, and therefore we adopt this program for our 1.5-3 yrs old playgroup. However, Letterland is not as effective when it comes to phonics teaching, especially when blending (combining phonemes or sounds together) is concerned. For instance, children readily remember the character Annie Apple as the major reference for the letter "a", but they have difficulty in recalling Annie Apple as /a/, and many of them tend to say "Annie Apple" when asked to blend /a/. Therefore, to cater the needs of the little ones, we design our playgroup based on Letterland as well as Montessori methods.
When kids are about 3 to 4 years old and have already mastered some fundamental English skills, they are ready for more sophisticated and systematic phonics training. Jolly Phonics will best fit the purpose for it takes a phonics-centric approach – in another word, letter sounds and blending are the main focus of the program.
Jolly Phonics is a multi-sensory program that it has one specific "Jolly Action" for each phoneme to help kids to memorize letter sounds directly. For example, the Jolly Action of /s/ is weaving like a snake ("s" shape) while making the snake's hissing sound. As this program guides children to recall letter sounds as soon as they see the alphabets, students can eventually blend faster because they bypass the lengthy character names and story lines.
[ 本文章最後由 jollyking 於 07-12-5 16:05 編輯 ] |
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