Letter Names and Sounds

Students are introduced to the sounds of letters, and encouraged to make the distinction between the name and sound.

Hidden Letters, Stepping Stones, and Team Based Activities

Through practical activities students will have continuous exposure to the letter sounds. In order to participate in the games, they will continuously use the sounds without even being aware of it. They are therefore learning phonics in a non-forceful, wholly beneficial way.

Multi Sensory Learning

Through Le Beaumont's method, our students learn phonics using all of the senses, in a 3-D environment. Games such as Blind Man's Alphabet introduce the students to letters in a non-conventional way; in the game students have to close their eyes, feel the letters and listen to sounds in order to guess the letter and progress through the game.

In order to consolidate the practical work, handwriting and reading take up the remainder of the lesson.

Forming Words Straight Away

Due to the structure of Jolly Phonics, simple words can be formed after just two lessons. From Lesson 1's s a t and Lesson 2's i p n, words such as sit, pat and pin can be formed. This rewards children early on; they start to see the value and worth of phonics.

Fun With Books

We aim to ignite the children's interests in books, and introduce reading as early as possible.
For older students we tackle reading problems by referring them to the sounds they have learnt; they then have the confidence to break down problematic words into sounds, and then put the sounds together. Having the will to try and attempt difficult words is one of the best skills a student can possess.