To those who aren’t aware of it, jolly phonics is a fun way of teaching children through synthetic phonics. It is the most effective way to teach children how to read and write in English. Jolly phonics constitutes the following steps:
- Learning all the letter sounds
- Learning the formation of letters
- Blending and segmenting
- Tricky words
Tricky words are the last part of this approach. It is specially made for the words with irregular parts, for example, ‘who’. So, let us take a look at a word list consisting of some tricky words.
Tricky Jolly Phonics Words for Kids
| I | You | The | Your |
| He | Come | She | Some |
| Me | Said | Be | Here |
| We | There | Was | They |
| To | Do | Are | All |
| Go | No | So | My |
| Why | Where | Who | Which |
| Saw | Put | Could | Should |
| Would | Right | Two | Four |
| Goes | Does | Made | Their |
| Any | Many | More | Before |
| Other | Were | Because | Want |
| One | By | Only | Old |
| Like | Have | Live | Give |
| Little | Down | When | What |
| Once | Upon | Always | Also |
| Of | Father | Mother | Eight |
| Love | Cover | Every | After |
| Push | Pull | Full | House |
| Friend | School | Ask | Then |
| Them | Three | Five | Six |
| Seven | Nine | Ten | Brother |
| Sister | Into | Oh | Cry |
| Sky | Out | About | Again |
| Off | Ball | Small | Call |
| Look | Called | Asked | Looked |
| Liked | Shoes | People | Mr |
| Miss | Ms | Too |
Conclusion
These were a few words from the tricky words list. In the jolly phonics approach, there are four levels for jolly readers. The levels are red, yellow, green, and blue.
The red level includes words like ‘I’, ‘he’, ‘she’, ‘me’, ‘we’, etc. The yellow level includes words like ‘are’, ‘all’, ‘you’, ‘come’, etc. Furthermore, the green level includes words like ‘go’, ‘no’, ‘so’, ‘by’, ‘only’, etc. Finally, the blue level includes words like ‘any’, ‘many’ ‘more’, ‘before’, ‘other’, etc.
Teaching children level by level will make it easier for them to understand phonics and be better English speakers in the future.
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