Jolly Phonics Handbooks

Designed for use in schools, the best place to start with Jolly Phonics is The Phonics Handbook which provides a complete resource for teaching reading, writing and spelling.

With over 100 photocopiable pages, The Phonics Handbook introduces the 42 main letter sounds followed by activity sheets and games for reading and spelling. Children can be taken from recognising the sounds of English, to blending the sounds to read words, and to identifying the sounds in words so they can become good spellers.


This Handbook is included in the Jolly Phonics Starter Kit along with other resources for use in a classroom setting (see additional items for schools section).

Author:   Sue Lloyd
Publisher:   Jolly Learning
Number of Pages:   218
Age category:   
Size:   A4
Attributes:   Softback, spiral bound
ISBN nr.:   9781870946070

Ideal for use either at school or home, the Jolly phonics Teacher's Book is designed for use with Jolly Phonics Pupil Books 1, 2 & 3. Together these books provide a thorough programme for the first year of teaching reading.

The Teacher's Book provides a detailed introduction to the Jolly Phonics teaching method and offers a set of structured daily lesson plans, which correspond to the daily activities in the Pupil Books.



Ideal for those who do not need the photocopiable resource of The Phonics Handbook.

Author:   Sue Lloyd and Sara Wernham
Publisher:   Jolly Learning
Number of Pages:   184
Age category:   
Size:   A4
Attributes:   Softback
ISBN nr.:   9781844141661\n

Children are able to work though each Pupil Book and complete a wide variety of engaging activities which develop key literacy skills. helping them gain confidence and become fluent readers.

Jolly phonics Pupil Book 1 covers all the 42 letter sounds, with the Jolly Phonics action, letter formation, listening for letter sounds in words, blending activities and the first set of tricky words.





Author:   Sue Lloyd and sara Wernham
Publisher:   Jolly Learning
Number of Pages:   48
Age category:   4+
Size:   A4
Attributes:   Softback
ISBN nr.:   9781844141678

Jolly phonics Pupil Book 2 continues to build on the skills that the children have been taught in Book 1.

Engaging activities help to develop the children's letter-sound knowledge and a number of alternative letter-sound spellings are introduced. More tricky words are taught and basic sentence structure is introduced in the form of guided writing exercises.





Author:   Sue Lloyd and Sara Wernham
Publisher:   Jolly Learning
Number of Pages:   48
Age category:   4+
Size:   A4
Attributes:   Softback
ISBN nr.:   9781844141685

With Jolly Phonics Pupil Book 3, children can build upon the reading and writing skills they learnt in Pupil Books 1 and 2.

In Pupil Book 3, the children learn how to use their knowledge of the alternative letter-sound spellings for writing, as well as for reading. The remaining tricky words are introduced, and a number of independent writing exercises encourage the children to write freely.




Author:   Sue Lloyd and Sara Wernham
Publisher:   Jolly Learning
Number of Pages:   48
Age category:   4+
Size:   A4
Attributes:   Softback
ISBN nr.:   9781844141692

Set of 4 books includes:

Jolly Phonics Teacher's Book (colour) Ref. JL667
Jolly Phonics Pupil Book 1 (colour) Ref. JL675
Jolly Phonics Pupil Book 2 (colour) Ref. JL683
Jolly Phonics Pupil Book 3 (colour) Ref. JL691

These books are also included in our Jolly Phonics Home Teaching Pack (Pack 1) - see the Jolly Phonics resources section.

Author:   Sue Lloyd and sara Wernham
Publisher:   Jolly Learning
Number of Pages:   Various
Age category:   4+
Size:   A4
Attributes:   Softback
ISBN nr.:   Various

Jolly Grammar is the next stage after Jolly Phonics . The Grammar Handbook 1 is designed to follow The Phonics Handbook (or the Teacher and Pupil Books).

Jolly Grammar provides a systematic approach to the teaching of grammar and is filled with great ideas and fun ways to remember some of the rules. The books introduce grammar, spelling and punctuation for the two years after Jolly Phonics. There are 36 lessons in each book and lots of photocopiable games and activities. They include actions for each area of grammar.

In their first year of Jolly Grammar, children begin to develop an understanding that we speak and write in sentences, and the words we use fall into categories (parts of speech) - nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs.

Author:   Sara Wernham & Sue Lloyd
Publisher:   Jolly Learning
Number of Pages:   200
Age category:   6+
Size:   A4
Attributes:   Softback, spiral bound
ISBN nr.:   9781870946858

Jolly Grammar provides a systematic approach to the teaching of grammar and is filled with great ideas and fun ways to remember some of the rules. The books introduce grammar, spelling and punctuation for the two years after Jolly Phonics.

There are 36 lessons in each book and lots of photocopiable games and activities. They include actions for each area of grammar.

The Grammar Handbook 2 aims to both extend children's knowledge and to deepen their understanding. Their knowledge of sentences is refined, and they learn to punctuate with greater variety and precision. They are introduced to new concepts, such as irregular verbs, and to new parts of speech. The Grammar Handbook 2 also develops dictionary and thesaurus skills, and improves vocabulary and comprehension.

Author:   Sara Wernham & Sue Lloyd
Publisher:   Jolly Learning
Number of Pages:   218
Age category:   7+
Size:   A4
Attributes:   Softback, spiral bound
ISBN nr.:   9781870946964

Designed for use in school, this economical Jolly Phonics Teacher's Book accompanies Jolly Phonics Pupil Books 1 and 2.

It offers an introduction to learning to read with Jolly Phonics, structured daily guidance for teaching letter sounds, plus a wealth of practical tips including tried and tested ways of teaching the tricky words.




Detailed instructions include:
* How to introduce each of the letter sounds , with an example story to use for each sound.
* How to revise sounds already learnt.
* A word bank of words that can be read as each new sound is learnt.

Author:   Sue Lloyd and Sara Wernham
Publisher:   Jolly Learning
Number of Pages:   68
Age category:   
Size:   A4
Attributes:   Paperback - b&w
ISBN nr.:   9781844141616

Jolly Phonics Pupil Book 1 covers all the 42 letter sounds of the English language.

One page is devoted to each letter sound, with activities designed to teach the basic skills. Each letter sound is introduced through a story, which is provided in the Teacher's Book. Pictures, linked to the story and the action, are provided for the children to colour. In Pupil Book 1, emphasis is on lower case letters.



Fun activities show the children how to use their letter-sound knowledge for reading and spelling. Innovative ways of learning tricky words are taught, and the correct way of forming each letter is shown.

Ideal for recording progress with learning letter sounds.

Author:   Sue Lloyd and Sara Wernham
Publisher:   Jolly Learning
Number of Pages:   48
Age category:   4+
Size:   A4
Attributes:   Paperback - b&w
ISBN nr.:   9781844141623

With Jolly Phonics Pupil Book 2, children can build upon the reading and writing skills they learnt in Pupil Book 1.
Engaging activities help to develop the children's letter-sound knowledge by introducing alternative letter-sound spellings. Capital letters are covered in more depth.


More tricky words are taught, and basic sentence structure is introduced.


Author:   Sue Lloyd and sara Wernham
Publisher:   Jolly Learning
Number of Pages:   48
Age category:   4+
Size:   A4
Attributes:   Paperback - b&w
ISBN nr.:   9781844141630