Your post have caught my attention because I have not had the opportunity to work with synthetic phonics in my practicums yet. At the English lessons I assisted in the practical period they didn´t use it. Because of that I wanted to know how this material works in a real class.

While I was reading about your own esperience I realized that is a really good way of working in class. Whit this method children can focus better in the sounds of the words than in the words while they are reading. In my opinion is really important to work with phonems in this cycle, because they are learning to read. So, I think, this is the best moment for learn it correctly. In addiction the use of songs help them to remember each sound, and at the same time they enjoy singing and playing with this activities.

The only fault I find is that there are some words that doesn´t fit with a concret synthetic phonic. Maybe this could mistake children in the next grades of school.

Apart from that, I think your entrance is very useful for us to check if this material works well and in what situations or grades we can use it. Good job! =)

After practising with Jolly Phonics in class, I find jolly phonics a good material to work with children for learning the sounds. I hope we will practice again on the next ‘practicum’