Jolly Songs (Jolly Phonics)

The songs are great but with the British pronunciations, the CD is not totally usable as a phoneme teaching tool for my preschool classroom here in the US

This jolly phonics book did not come with a CD. I was counting on it so that we could begin our program. I am very disappointed and frustrated. I will never order from this person again!

I have been using the Jolly Songs CD for years. My kindergartners love the songs and they memorize letter sounds very quickly with them. We do one new letter sound each day starting on the second day of school. The only reason I did not give the review 5 stars is because the book is small,not a big book. Jolly Jingles is in big book form but I don't like the songs on that CD. My compromise was to write out the words of the Jolly Songs and glue them into the Jolly Jingles big book. The other kindergarten teacher at my school has the Finger Phonics big books and uses those with the Jolly Songs CD. The other essential jolly phonics items are the Jolly Phonics Wall Frieze, Jolly Phonics DVD, and The Phonics Handbook.

Received the book without the CD attached. E-mailed the supplier but have not gotten a reply as yet. Utterly frustrating.

I know the "Jolly Phonics" materials from my work as a primary school teacher and regard the programme very highly. I bought this to use with my 2+ yr granddaughter as her mum was teaching her her "phonics". The songs, which are set to well known children's songs and nursery rhymes are easily learnt and fun to sing. My granddaughter loves the songs and actions and joins in with the CD singing and doing the actions with great enthusiasm. The book is very helpful showing the words and actions.The CD is extremely popular with my granddaughter and me both at home and when in the car.HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.

My daughter is 3 1/2 years old and she absolutely loves this CD. Everytime she gets in the car she wants to hear the songs and at the same time she reads through the Finger Phonics: Books 1-7 (Jolly Phonics), she has picked up pretty fast. I started with book 1 and repeated only the songs that match with book1 and then continue as she got more comfortable and got confidence. Now she sings before the song and got a hang of phonics. I am very satisfied with the purchase, its entertaining and educational. The songs are short though, wish they were a bit longer or repeated 2-3 times so the kids can catch up with the book. Overall its a great buy specially if you buy the finger books.

I bought this for my 3 yr old ) to do at home as this programme was being followed by the Foundation Unit in school. My daughter loved the songs and happily listened to them in the car, on her MP3 player etc.She picked up the phonics very quickly. I decided to buy the sets of books/workbooks/dictionary to go with this as the characters from the songs became familiar to her.We also got the posters to stick up on the wall. Now aged 5, we have been informed by school that she has a significantly higher then average reading level and can read most text presented to her( she is currently reading age 7+ literature with ease). I can wholeheartedly recommend this book, we found it began a simple, hassle free journey of learning to read.

My 3½ year old son is using this book and CD at nursery school and was coming home singing the songs and seemed to be learning letters and sounds. I sought it out on Amazon and promptly bought it. My son adores it - every day we hear the announcement "Phonics time!" as the CD plays and he turns the pages of the book. Over the course of a couple of weeks max, he now knows every letter and sound and recognises them when written. He has even learnt to spell and write his own name. I cannot recommend this more highly! Only downside is you find yourself singing the songs all day long!

We love jolly phonics.I take my daughter to phonics with robot reg so this book and cd reinforces the class beautifully