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

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.

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!

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

CD doesnt work in car which is what I was buying for as it says its a CDrom?

We bought this to introduce the phonics sounds to my little girl. She is only 18m so didn't want to actively teach her, but we play this in the car. Firstly (and most importantly) she really enjoys the songs. She asks for it if the radio is on! Secondly, she joins in with odd words she knows or has picked up from the cd or with sounds. The tunes are catchy so will stick in yours and their heads for reference when they get stuck on a sound. There is a section at the end which says each sound clearly alongside a word including that sound. This is invaluable to parents who were not taught using this method and can be applied when your child starts reading and gets stuck to help them 'sound out' the letters. There is an accompanying book with lyrics to each song and lovely illustrations. It is quite flimsy,which will be fine for slightly older children. For now this is stored away for when she is older. I anticipate using this more in the run up to starting primary when we will make use of the book. There are flash cards available too which can be used alongside this to teach letter recognition and formation. A fun and engaging way to learn those all important sounds that unlock reading.

It is a very i formative cd and my son enjoys listening to jolly phonics as he is taught the same way in school as well.

Es el segundo ejemplar que compro de este mismo libro.Además de haber encontrado el producto a un precio muy acertado ,la recepcion fue en poco tiempo.La experiencia de mis hijos ha sido muy satisfactoria ya que tambien se combinaba con tenerlo en el colegio. Poco a poco les hace memorizar a través de las canciones las vocales y la pronunciación en ingles de forma identica al disco. Además de tener ilustraciones descriptivas y adecuadas a su edad potenciando la visualización y el recuerdo del mensaje , el tamaño de las letras es adecuado para niños de esa edad(3-4) que están empezando a reconocer las letras y aprendiendo a leer. Todo positivo y recomiendo a los padres que lo compren si quieren escuchar a sus hijos cantar en ingles de forma lúdica y divertida.

My kids love this CD and its educational... win-win!