Jolly Phonics – Learn to Read

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About this app

Unlock reading and writing potential with the literacy programme designed for kids and trusted by teachers worldwide. Aligned with the Science of Reading, this interactive app makes learning to read and write and building phonemic awareness fun and engaging!

What is Jolly Phonics?
Jolly Phonics is a programme for teaching reading and writing. It is based on a systematic synthetic phonics approach, and was developed by teachers Sue Lloyd and Sara Wernham. It is the first stage in teaching children to read and write using the 5 key skills. It focuses on direct, explicit instruction of phonemic awareness and phonics for both reading (decoding) and writing (encoding). Scientific research has consistently shown phonemic awareness to be essential for building strong reading, spelling and writing skills.

Why Choose Jolly Phonics?
1. Proven Success: Used in schools globally for over 30 years with proven literacy outcomes.
2. Science-Based Approach: Aligned with the Science of Reading to ensure kids build effective foundational reading and spelling skills.
3. Engaging and Multi-Sensory: Songs, actions and interactive learning games bring phonics learning to life!

Key Features That Make Learning Easy and Fun:
1. Explore All 42 Letter Sounds: Go beyond ABC with free songs and audio to help kids learn every sound.
2. Learn to Read: Build phonemic awareness with our interactive learning tools such as flashcards, wordbank and action images to enhance and support every lesson.
3. Learn to Write: Develop strong handwriting skills with step-by-step visual animations.
4. Learning Games: Learn to read and write with fun phonics learning games that reinforce kids' learning.
5. Progress Tracking: Built-in assessments to monitor children's progress and celebrate achievements.

Who Is Jolly Phonics For?
1. Kids: From preschoolers learning their first words and ABC, to confident young readers building their phonics skills.
2. Parents: Support your children's early reading, writing, and spelling journey at home with our guided lessons.
3. Teachers: A valuable classroom resource for phonics instruction.

Start Your Kids' Phonics Journey Today!
Join the millions of families and educators who have embraced the Jolly Phonics programme of learning for confident readers and writers. Whether at home or in the classroom, this app makes literacy learning simple, effective and enjoyable!

Why Phonics Instead of ABC?
1. Phonics focuses on letter-sound relationships and how sounds (phonemes) make up words. It teaches kids the valuable skill of decoding, which is essential for reading and spelling fluency.
2. ABC refers to learning letters and their names rather than their sounds. Knowing the alphabet may be a precursor to phonics but doesn't directly teach reading skills.

Learning Beyond ABC!
Jolly Phonics doesn't stop at just ABC or phonemic awareness. The app offers:
1. Advanced learning strategies
2. Comprehensive handwriting exercises
3. Fun learning games designed for children to reinforce spelling and letter sounds knowledge

Start Your Kids' Phonics Journey Today!
Join the millions of families and educators who have embraced the Jolly Phonics programme of learning for confident readers and writers. Whether at home or in the classroom, with our structured lessons, interactive tools, and a focus on foundational phonemic awareness, your kids will learn to read, write and spell confidently.

Download now and see how Jolly Phonics can transform your children's literacy learning!
Teach Your Children to Read and Write with Jolly Phonics!
Updated on
Nov 10, 2026

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  • Data is encrypted in transit
  • Data can’t be deleted
  • Committed to follow the Play Families Policy

Ratings and reviews

101K reviews
Jamie Usman
September 20, 2026
This is an excellent and engaging learning app for children. I love how it combines sounds, songs, actions, stories, games and letter formation to make phonics fun and easy to understand. It is a very useful tool for both teachers and parents, especially when helping children build strong reading and spelling foundations. I highly recommends this to parents and school owners.
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Exannadu Dovey
October 28, 2026
Useful, effective and highly recommended for homeschooling, tutoring and more. I help, teach and assist young and old with this program immediately after I attended the workshop on this, "The Jolly Phonics" workshop.
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Kele Chiad
October 7, 2022
I've been a fan of this app for long, and I really like it. It's been of great help to my kids. I especially like the new features in this revised edition, especially the tracing feature. However, the sound quality has become bad, particularly when sounding the tricky words. I wish you would improve that so kids can hear what the words say. I'm disappointed with this edition. I guess you want us to buy the order version. I regret uninstalling it to install the this one thinking it's better.
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What’s new

- [Improvement] New, improved lessons content
- [New feature] Home Practice support