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[Tol eressea]

Hi there! So Im teaching kindergarten in Thailand, and Ive been using jolly phonics (with the song) for letters A-D. I actually changed letter C cause there is no way the kids understand/relate to a castagnet...

They absolutely love the song for A and B and you can tell the reason. Its amazing.

Now when it comes to letter E-G... specially G, has anyone came up with sth else? There is no way a 4 year old Thai kid with almost no English comprehension can understand what happens to the floating fish in the song for F, they don't get too interested in an egg and a pan, not to mention letter G...

I love the idea of the little songs and the phoneme practice, so anyone has taken songs from another source? I've been looking in youtube, Im not looking for those songs that say "F is for.. fish! it makes the F sound" but sth like the jolly phonics.

Any suggestion highly welcomed!

This is my song for letter C (it doesnt work as good ad letters A and B but they do move their hands and repeat the sound)

"It's a crab cutting cookies, C C C"

(hell yeah, its a crab cutting cookies!! I thought they would relate more with it than the castagnets)

Thanks a lot!

[santi84]

Go with Animated Literacy instead.

It's a lot less complicated but still just as fun for the kids. We use it in Canada. I wouldn't even use Jolly Phonics with English-speaking children.

http://www.animated-literacy.com/Order_Form_&_Samples_files/*Animated-Literacy%20Samples.pdf

[Tol eressea]

Santi, you have no idea how helpful your advice is. I'm not sure if I'll able to get the animations but even without them I've already got some much needed ideas for some chants. Thanks a lot!!!!