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Jolly Phonics is a systematic synthetic phonics programme designed to teach children to read and write. Children learn the 42 letter sounds of the English language, rather than the alphabet. They are then taken through the stages of blending and segmenting words to develop reading and writing skills. There are two main approaches to teaching phonics: analytic and synthetic. Both approaches require the learner to develop the ability to hear and discriminate sounds in spoken words. Jolly Phonics is a scheme which comes under the Synthetic phonics method. The Jolly Phonics characters Inky Mouse, Snake and Bee are used throughout the materials. They often reflect the different speeds at which children learn to read and write. Inky Mouse and her friend Phonic the computer teach Snake and Bee the letter sounds and reading techniques. Snake picks up the literacy skills quickly, while Bee has more difficulty, but eventually understands. ==History == Jolly Phonics is a commercial programme developed by UK primary/elementary teachers Sue Lloyd and Sara Wernham, and published by Jolly Learning Ltd. Lloyd first developed the programme in order to support a small group of children in their school who were unable to progress in reading using the whole language ‘Look and Say’ approach popular in the 1970s. In 1977, as part of a research project 〔Johnston, Dr Rhona S. & Joyce Watson. Literacy & Learning Magazine, Autumn 1997〕 these children were taught to listen carefully to the sounds in the words and identify them, while being taught the letter sounds separately. As a result, these students who were previously demonstrating difficulty in reading and writing had significant improvements in abilities. By the end of the year, their teachers’ believed these children were now a year ahead of where they would have been without the change in methods. This was confirmed by a standardized reading test. After many years of teaching these methods, Sue Lloyd met Christopher Jolly (managing director of Jolly Learning Ltd.) at a conference in 1989. After a few years of research and trials, Chris encouraged Lloyd and Wernham to compile ''The Phonics Handbook'',〔Lloyd, Sue, 1992. The Jolly Phonics Handbook. Jolly Learning Ltd. Essex, United Kingdom〕 which was published in 1992. Since then, the range of products has been developed, and Jolly Phonics has now been used in over 100 countries, with some countries such as Trinidad, The Gambia and the Seychelles adopting it as government policy. Jolly Learning has also collaborated with NGOs and charities such as Absolute Return for Kids〔(ARK ASPIRE literacy programme 2009/10 )〕 to deliver Jolly Phonics resources for literacy programmes carried out in government schools in India 〔(Jolly Phonics literacy initiative in Hyderabad )〕 and Nigeria.〔(Stepping Stones Nigeria Read and Write Now pilot study )〕〔(Stepping Stones Nigeria literacy initiative in Akwa-Ibom )〕 When the TV Series was released on VHS, Episode 2: A Fright in the Woods had Bee temporarily change voices to a much lower-toned, understandably voice, similar to Inky's, however, it changed back after a few minutes. When the DVD was released, all the voices had been changed, for reasons unknown(why). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jolly Phonics」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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