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Wednesday I shared my review of Jolly Phonics and Grammar, the phonics set that I have been using with Quinton. Today, I get to share my review of the corresponding Can Do Cubes that we have had the opportunity to review along with the Jolly Phonics. For this review, I received a set of these multi-sensory blocks from jollyliteracy.com (parent company is just2ducks  LLC).

This is a physical set that included:

• 1 Tray of 27 Cubes in Stage 1 which present the simple alphabetic code
• 1 Tray of 30 Cubes plus 2 cubes connected with a string to represent split digraph sounds in Stage 2 Cubes which present the more complex alphabetic code
• Stage 1 and 2 Can Do Cubes Handbooks
• Teacher’s Guide and Template Book on CD
• Teaching, learning and ‘sounding out’ with Debbie Hepplewhite on DVD
• Two At-a-glance Word Charts for the Stage One Can Do Cubes
• Debbie Hepplewhite’s simple and complex alphabetic codes overview for phonics chart

Quinton has been excited to start school with his new phonics books from jollyliteracy.com. Jollyliteracy.com’s parent company is just2ducks LLC. For this review, we received the Jolly Phonics Phonics Student Books 1, 2, and 3 as well as the corresponding Teacher’s Book. We also received Jolly Grammar 1 Pupil Book, Teacher’s Book and the Jolly Song book and CD.

Jolly Phonics Student Books 1-3

Jolly Phonics Book 1 is devoted to introducing the 42 most common sounds in the English language. The student learns one way to write each sound and how to recognize each letter. There is a story for each sound introduced to help the student listen for that sound. Also a letter sound action is introduced which helps the student to remember the sound. In the daily word bank, the student also has practice blending words from the sounds they are learning. Continue reading →