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We tried them but didn't like them - Rated
I have used the jolly phonics workbooks, and my son knows well most of the phonics sounds presented in them. Since we liked the workbooks we decided to try the reading books.
He stared with the red level and although he can read them (at least the first three of each of the subjects) with some help, we have found many cons for a child just starting to read: (1) The size of the words is too small. He would be more comfortable with a bigger size. (2) Most of the stories are dry. (3) The complexity in the sounds used per book doesn't build up gradually. (4) The books don't focus in a few particular sounds at a time.
Given all this, I decided to try the Songbirds series from the Oxford Reading Tree by Julia Donaldson, and it is much better. He feels a lot more confident when reading and doesn't find it -and I quote-, `boring'. He even wants to read them again and again, which is great for practice. The illustrations are very lively and we can talk a lot about them as well.
Also the teaching notes included in the Songbird series give a few good ideas to keep practising the sounds.
To summarise, I'll only use the Jolly Phonics level 1 set for children who already reading but need more practice.
Jolly Readers: Complete Set Level 1 (Jolly Readers) Red - Rated
I think this set is well worth it. My 5 year old daughter has started learning the key words such as 'I, the, she, he...' and the first book to this collection deals with them by using the familiar Jolly Phonics character. She is new to this and I hope she does well.
