Jolly Phonics

Track 1: S
The snake is in the grass
The snake is in the grass
/sss/! /sss/!
The snake is in the grass
Action: weave your hand in an s shape, like a snake and say ssssss
Track 2: a
/a/-/a/! ants on my arm
/a/-/a/! ants on my arm
/a/-/a/! ants on my arm
Theyre causing me alarm
Action: wiggle your fingers above the elbow, as if ants are crawling on
you and say a,a,a,a!
Track 3: t
When I watch the tennis game
/t/-/t/-/t/,
/t/-/t/-/t/
when I watch the tennis,
My head goes back and forth
Action: turn your head from side to side, as if you are watching tennis
and say t,t,t,t
Track 4: i
Inky the mouse is my pet
She spilled the ink and got wet
The ink it spread
All over the desk
/i/-/i/-/i/
Inkys wet!
Action: pretend to be a mouse by wiggling your fingers at the end of
your nose, like whiskers and squeak i,i,i,i
Track 5: p

Puff out the candles

On a 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 finger, as if it is a candle and pretend to puuf it
out saying p,p,p,p
Track 6: n
Hear the aeroplane
/nnn/!
Hear the aeroplane
/nnn/!
Hear the aeroplane
/nnn/!...
Making lots of noise
Action: pretend to be a plane with your arms out like wings and say
nnnnnnnn
Track 7: c/k
We are clicking castanets
/c/-/c/-/c/
We are clicking castanets
/c/-/c/-/c/
We are clicking castanets
Clicking castanets
We are clicking castanets
/c/-/c/-/c/
Kites are flying in the
/k/-/k/-/k/
Kites are flying in the
/k/-/k/-/k/
Kites are flying in the
Flying in the sky
Kites are flying in the
/k/-/k/-/k/

sky
sky
sky
sky

Action: raise your hand and snap your fingers together as if you are
playing castanets and say ck,ck,ck
Track 8: e
Eggs in the pan, /e/-/e/-/e/
Eggs in the pan, /e/-/e/-/e/
Eggs in the pan, /e/-/e/-/e/
Crack the egg like this/e/!
Action: pretend to crack an egg against the side of a pan with one
hand. Use both hand to open the shell, saying eh,eh,eh
Track 9: h
I like to hop,hop,hop
Up and down
I like to hop,hop,hop
All around
I like to hop,hop.hop
Up and down
/h/-/h/-/h/-/h/-/h/!
Action: hold a hand up to your mouth, panting as if you are out of
breath, and say h,h,h,h
Track 10: r
See my puppy rip the rag
/rrr/! /rrr/!
See my puppy rip the rag
When he pulls so hard
Action: pretend to be a puppy pulling a rag,and shake your head from
side to side, saying rrrrrrrrrrrr
Track 11: m
The mum and the dad
Make many meals
/mmm/! /mmm/!
The mum and the dad
make many meals
for their hungry children

action: rub your tummy as if you are seeing tasty food and say
mmmmm
Track 12: d
See me play on my drum
Playing drum is lots of fun
With a /d/-/d/-/d/-/d/
/d/-/d/-/d/-/d/-/d/
See me play upon my drum
Action: beat your hands up and down as if you are playing a drum and
say d,d,d,d
Track 13: g
The water gurgles down the drain
The water gurgles down the drain
The water gurgles down the drain
With a /g/-/g/-/g/-/g/-/g/
Action: spiral your hand down as if water is gurgling down a drain and
say g,g,g,g
Track 14: o
Now its dark
The lights go on
/o/-/o/-/o/-/o/-/o/
Time for bed
The lights go off
/o/-/o/-/o/-/o/-/o/
Action: pretend to turn a light switch on and off and say o,o,o,o
Track 15: u
/u/-/u/ up go umbrellas
/u/-/u/ up go umbrellas
/u/-/u/ up go umbrellas
When it starts to rain!
Action: keep one hand steady and raise the other as if raising an
umbrella and say u,u,u,u
Track 16: l

We lick our lollipops

We lick our lollipops
/l/-/l/-/l/-/l/
We lick our lollipops
Action: pretend to lick a lollipop and say llllll
Track 17: f
My friends and I
Went to the beach
With my floating fish
It got a hole
The air came out /ffffff/!
Action: let your hand come together gently as if inflatable fish is
deflating and say fffffff
Track 18: b
Bring your bat and
Bring your ball /b/! /b/!
Bring your bat and
Bring your ball /b/! /b/!
To the park to play!
Action: pretend to hit a ball with a bat and say b,b,b,b
Track 19: ai
My ear hurt
I was in pain
/ai/? /ai/?
My ear hurt
I was in pain
What did you try to say?
Action: cup your hand over your ear, as if you are hard of hearing and
say ai,ai,ai?
Track 20: j
Jelly and jam
Jelly and jam
Jiggling on the plate
Oh, what will I eat with it?
/j/-/j/-/j/-/j/-/j/

Action: pretend to wobble on a plate and say j,j,j,j

Track 21: oa
Oh, did you see the billy goa?
/oa/-/oa/-/oa/
/oa/-/oa/-/oa/
Oh, did you see a billy goat
Under the old oak tree?
Action: bring a hand over your mouth as if something has gone wrong
and say oh!
Track 22: ie
The captain said /ie/-/ie/!
The captain said /ie/-/ie/!
Stand up straight
Dont be late!
The captain said /ie/-/ie/!
Action: stand to attention and salute, saying ie ie!
Track 23: ee or
See the donkey in its stall
Eeyore!
/ee/-/or/!
Is its call
Action: put your hand on your head and flap them up and down like the
ears of a donkey saying eeyore,eeyore
Track 24: z
Did you ever hear
A bee buzz, a bee buzz, a bee buzz?
Did you ever hear a bee buzz
/zzz/! Like this?
Action: put your arms out at your side and flap them like a bee saying
zzzz
Track 25: w

I see the cloud moving

/w/-/w/-/w/
I see the kites flying
/w/-/w/-/w/
I see the trees bending
/w/-/w/-/w/
The wind is blowing strong
Action: blow onto your open hand as if you are the wind and saying
wh,wh,wh
Track 26: ng
If youre strong and you know it
Say /ng/!
If youre strong and you know it
Say /ng/!
If youre strong and you know it
And you really want to show it
If youre strong and you know it
Say /ng/!
Action: imagine you are weighlifter and pretend to lift a heavy weight
above your feet, saying ng
Track 27: v
Drive vics van
Round the village
Drive vics van round the village
Drive vics van
Round the village
/v/-/v/-/v/-/v/-/v/!
Action: pretend to be driving along in a van,saying vvvvvv
Track 28: oo
Who wants to be a cuckoo?
Who wants to be a cuckoo?
who wants to be a cuckoo?
/oo/-/oo/, /oo/-/oo/, /oo/-/oo/!
Action: move your head back and forth, like acuckoo in the cuckoo
clock calling u,oo,u,oo

Track 29: y
I like to eat, eat, eat
Yogurt and bananas
I like to eat, eat, eat
Yogurt and bananas
I like to eat, eat, eat
Yogurt and bananas
/y/-/y/-/y/-/y/-/y//!
Action: pretend to eat yogurt from a spoon saying y,y,y,y
Track 30: x
/ks/-/ks/! Take an x-ray
/ks/-/ks/! Take an x-ray
/ks/-/ks/! Take an x-ray
x-ray of my hand
Action: pretend to take an x-ray with an x-ray camera, saying ks,ks,ks
Track 31: ch
Trains are chugging
Up the hill
/ch/-/ch/-/ch/
/ch/-/ch/-/ch/
Trains are chugging up the hill
/ch/-/ch/-/ch/ choo.choo!
Action: Move your arms at your side as if you are in train and say ch,
ch, ch
Track 32: sh
Hush! Hush! Hush!
Dont make a sound
Be as quiet
As you can be
The babys sleeping
And Im tired out
Sh! /sh/-/sh/-/sh/-/sh/
Action: place your index finger over your lips and say shshshshsh

Track 33: th
Did you ever hear
A rude clown
Make this sound
And that sound?
Did you ever hear
A rude clown
Say /th/-/th/, /th/-/th/?
Action: pretend to be a rude clown and stick out your tongue a little for
th (as in this) and further for th ( as in thumb)
Track 34: qu
The duck in the pond quacks
/qu/-/qu/-/qu/ /qu/-/qu/-/qu/
The duck in the pond quacks
/qu/-/qu/-/qu/
All around the pond
Action: make a duck beak with your hands and say qu, qu, qu
Track 35: ou
I pricked my thumb with a needle
/ou/-/ou/-/ou/!
/ou/-/ou/-/ou/!
I pricked my thumb with a needle
/ou/-/ou/, ouch!
Action: pretend your finger is a needle and prick your thumb saying ou,
ou, ou!
Track 36: oi
The sailors met upon the sea
/oi/-/oi/, /oi/-/oi/, /oi/!
They found some oil
Way down deep
/oi/-/oi/, ship ahoy!
Action: cup your hand around ypur mouth and pretend to shout at a
passing boat, saying oil ship ahoy!
Track 37: ue

I like to have a barbecue

/ue/-/ue/-/ue/
/ue/-/ue/-/ue/!
Id like to have a barbecue
With you, and you, and you!
Action: point to people around you and say you, you, you
Track 38: er
The mixer in the bowl goes
/er/-/er/-/er/
/er/-/er/-/er/
The mixer in the bowl goes
/er/-/er/-/er/
Mixing the food together
Action: roll your hands over each other like a mixer and say er-er-er-er
Track 39: ar
Open wide
The doctor said
/ar/-/ar/!
Let me look at your sore throat
Please say /ar/!
Action: open your mouth wide and say ah
Track 40: vowels
/a/, /e/, /i/, /o/, /u/
/a/, /e/, /i/,/o/, /u/
/a/, /e/, /i/, /o/, /u/
Are short vowels that we use!
A vowels is in every word
Every word, every word
A vowel is in every word
That we read and write
/ai/, /ee/, /ie/, /oa/, /ue/
/ai/, /ee/, /ie/, /oa/, /ue/
/ai/, /ee/, /ie/, /oa/, /ue/
A long vowels that we use