After 1 year of learning the 42 Letters Sounds plus Alternatives, watching 8 Jolly Phonics videos, decoding 12 Read & See booklets and seriously reading 72 books (Level 1 ~ 4) plus various activities to memorize Jolly Phonics songs, system, and resources, we start making our videos with different classes. For the first month of 2019, the Mom & Child Class on Saturdays practiced & videotaped Jolly Phonics Group 1. The video will be used to teach the new students and for others to know the new curriculum of Olives Language School, FCMN English School, Olives Kids English Club, and Olives International Gakudo.

Jolly Phonics Songs Group 1 (s, a, t, i, p, n)

(1) /s/ sound (to the tune of A Hunting We Will Go)

The snake is in the grass.
The snake is in the grass.
/sss/! /sss/! The snake is in the grass.

Action: Move hands like a snake in a back and forth motion.

(2) /a/ sound (to the tune of Skip to My Lou)
/a/ – /a/! Ants on my arm.
/a/ – /a/! Ants on my arm.
/a/ – /a/! Ants on my arm.
They’re causing me alarm.

Action: Make a motion like an ant crawling up your arm.

(3) /t/ sound (to the tune of Do You Know the Muffin Man?)
When I watch the tennis game,
/t/ – /t/ – /t/,
/t/ – /t/ – /t/,
When I watch the tennis game
My head goes back and forth.

Action: Turn your head from side to side as if you are watching a tennis match.

(4) /i/ sound (to the tune of Hickory Dickory Dock)
Inky the mouse is my pet.
She spilled the ink and got wet.
The ink it spread
All over the desk.
/i/-/i/-/i/-/i/-/i/-/i/-/i/

Action: Wiggle your fingers near your nose because the ink was icky.

(5) /p/ sound (Song – to the tune of Wheels on the Bus)
Puff out the candles on the pink pig cake.
/p/-/p/-/p/-,
/p/-/p/-/p/-.
Puff out the candles on the pink pig cake.
Puff! Puff! Puff!

Action: Hold up your index finger and blow it like you are blowing out a candle.

(6) /n/ sound (Song – to the tune of Skip to My Lou)
Hear the airplane
/nnn/!
Hear the airplane
/nnn/!
Hear the airplane
/nnn/!
Making lots of noise.
/nnn/!

Action: Hold hands out to your sides at your shoulders like an airplane.