Jolly Learning

Wisconsin
Bee Reading is an independent Jolly Phonics training provider in the United States. They run regular conferences, presentations and workshops. They also offer tailor-made training opportunities to suit all needs. All the Bee Reading presenters are experienced teachers and have gained excellent results with Jolly Phonics.

Based in southeastern Wisconsin, they offer customized trainings and workshops in Wisconsin, Illinois and Iowa. But they are free to travel anywhere !

email:

beereading@charter.net

tel:

608 364 0542

website:

www.beereading.com

travel:

Wisconsin, Illinois and Iowa, in fact anywhere !

Hyde Park, Vermont
Diane Marcoux-LaClair and Melissa Ramsey have 30 years of experience teaching Kindergarten. They have become an influential kindergarten team at Hyde Park Elementary school in rural VT and their kindergarten program has much respect from parents and colleagues. They have a passion for developmentally appropriate early education; enthusiasm for opening young minds to the thrill of learning and dedication to teach ALL children regardless of learning styles or difficulties.

email:

dmarcoux@hpes.org

email2:

mramsey@hpes.org

Atlanta, Georgia
Ashley Cone has been teaching for 10 years in the Atlanta area. Currently she teaches kindergarten and 1st grade. She has her bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood and master’s degree in Reading. She uses Jolly Phonics in her classroom religiously and sees incredible results. Parents and administrators alike are impressed with the growth and abilities of her students. “I want everyone to know about all the Jolly Learning programs. I can’t spread the word fast enough.”

email:

ashley_cone@gwinnett.k12.ga.us

tel:

770 366 6802 (during School Year)

Palatine, Illinois
Patty Clark has been enthusing colleagues, giving training presentations and speaking at conferences about Jolly Phonics for several years. Patty has also been host to many visitors to her classroom. Kindergarten teachers in her district, including the Bilingual, say, “I won’t let anyone take this program away from my students and me!” Patty is a National Board Certified Teacher in Early Childhood.

email:

ionamacs@comcast.net

tel:

847 776 1842

website:

www.pattyclark.edublogs.org/

Palatine, Illinois
Terry Clark is a certified reading specialist who has used Jolly Phonics with Title 1 students. He presents workshops and inservices with his wife, Patty. Terry’s enthusiasm and knowledge of how Jolly Phonics works is an eye-opening experience!

email:

ionamacs@comcast.net

tel:

847 776 1842

Chicago Metro Area, Illinois
Barb Malinger is a reading specialist with ESL certification who has used Jolly Phonics with her K-2 students with great success. Barb enjoys travelling to conduct workshops and presentations in Jolly Phonics and Jolly Grammar. She has over 20 years experience in pre-school, primary classrooms, and literacy teaching. Currently she teaches struggling readers in grades K-2 and coach’s primary classroom teachers.

email:

bmalinger1@yahoo.com

tel:

847 428 9193

Chicago Metro Area, Illinois
Deb Bible enjoys travelling to inform and inspire those interested in Jolly Phonics and Jolly Grammar. She is a literacy teacher/trainer who has used Jolly Phonics and Jolly Grammar successfully with her struggling readers and ESL learners in grades K-2. She is a nationally certified teacher who has over 20 years combined experience teaching special ed., preschool, and primary students.

email:

rainydaytrainer@gmail.com

tel:

630 270 5042

Janesville, Wisconsin
Dawn Farmer has been teaching kindergarten for 8 years, taught pre-kindergarten for 2 years and has been using Jolly Phonics since 2002. Dawn has a Masters Degree in Reading and gives presentations on Jolly Phonics at conferences and school districts. Dawn also has many visitors to her classroom to learn more about Jolly Phonics, “I see the wonderful success my students are having with Jolly Phonics and I love to share my thoughts and ideas with other teachers. In my classroom I have many learning styles and Jolly Phonics works with all types of students.”

email:

dfarmer@janesville.k12.wi.us

tel:

608 743 7372

Janesville, Wisconsin
Mary has been a first grade teacher since 1996. Before that she taught pre-kindergarten, kindergarten and Title I, “In my 30 years of teaching I have not used a phonics program that is as motivating, fun and exciting for students and teachers as Jolly Phonics. Jolly Phonics gives both phonetic readers and sight readers the tools they need to be successful readers and writers.” Mary uses Jolly Grammar in a variety of ways to introduce and reinforce grammar and also to develop spelling skills. Teachers from a variety of states visit her first grade class and are amazed at the reading and writing skills her students’ possess and use.

email:

m_adams@charter.net

tel:

608 743 7392

Elgin, Iowa
Jolly Phonics has been the program that has worked for ALL of Angie’s students, including Title 1 Reading. The parents have also been very impressed by their children’s reading and writing. After completing her English as a Second Language endorsement, Angie has seen how Jolly Phonics can be implemented in an ESL classroom. “I am very motivated to share the remarkable results we have gotten from implementing Jolly Phonics in our school.”

email:

jollyangela@hotmail.com

tel:

563 426 5806

Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Laura has been teaching kindergarten for 13 years and has been using Jolly Phonics for the past 5 years. Laura has an MA in Teaching and she has given presentations on Jolly Phonics at conferences and for teachers and school officials in Cedar Rapids. Since starting using Jolly Phonics Laura has seen the children learn faster, have more fun learning and adapt quickly to the program. “It has been very worthwhile training others about Jolly Phonics as teachers enjoy it, students learn faster, and parents can understand it.”

email:

laernzen@cr.k12.ia.us

tel:

319 361 1053

Flagstaff, Arizona
Jan has been a Kindergarten and Special Education teacher for 20 years. Jan always looks for new programs and ideas, and has been very impressed with the outstanding results she’s had with Jolly Phonics. Jan loves the multi-sensory approach and the enthusiasm the program generates with the students. Jan has taught pre-service classes for those considering an Education degree at Northern Arizona University and Coconino Community College. Jan now also enjoys providing training for those interested in starting with Jolly Phonics.

email:

kinderhaze@aol.com

tel:

928 526 1629

Central Illinois
Kris Casillas has taught with Jolly Phonics and Jolly Grammar for many years.  Kris has seen amazing transformations every year in her students reading and writing abilities.  She provides training throughout the Midwest.

email:

kmcasillas@gmail.com

California

With an MA in Education from California, Katie Kohn has taught in Los Angeles, at an International School in Helsinki, Finland, and in Ostrava, Czech Republic. She sees how Jolly Phonics reaches different modalities (visual, auditory, kinesthetic) with stories and songs that are fun and easy for children to learn and recall.  She is enthusiastic and passionate about this teaching and she wants to enable other teachers, and children, to achieve with it.

email:

jollyphonics.katie@gmail.com

tel:

949 545 8345

Wheaton, Illinois

Susan Whittaker has taught Kindergarten and early childhood special education in the Chicagoland area for many years, where she has used Jolly Phonics as her foundation phonics program.  As part of an EdD at Aurora University, she has also researched the use of Jolly Phonics as a whole-group curriculum as well as its use in small group reading intervention, with remarkable results.  She is eager to support school districts and teachers in the use of the program.

email:

hockeymom73@comcast.net

Rockford, Illinois

Callie Dixon is a licensed school psychologist.  She has given training in Jolly Phonics to teachers in her role as both a psychologist and coach, and has delivered literacy interventions herself using Jolly Phonics.  As a trained researcher, she sees the effectiveness of Jolly Phonics in research. She would be pleased to give training in the program, and separately in the collection and evaluation of data in literacy interventions.

email:

calliedixon@gmail.com

Georgia
Laura is an experienced teacher of Kindergarten and Grade 1, with a Masters in Early Childhood Education. She has achieved outstanding results working with children of all abilities and has most recently been working as a Reading Intervention Teacher, helping those children who find reading hardest. She is eager to provide training in Jolly Phonics to teachers and schools in order to raise standards across the board.

email:

jollyphonics22@gmail.com

travel:

Willing to Travel

Southern California

Joy gained her degree in Early Childhood Education and has been teaching for 13 years in Hong Kong, China, the Philippines before settling in her current location in Los Angeles. She has been teaching with Jolly Phonics for the last 10 years. Joy currently works as the assistant director of a Preschool and Kindergarten in L.A, as well as running her own tutoring company, Agape Learning Institute. She is eager to introduce other teachers to Jolly Phonics because of the confidence it gives children when they unlock their reading skills and how effective it is with children of all ethnic backgrounds.

email:

Joyallado@gmail.com

tel:

626 227 6897

website:

http://agapelearninginstitute.com

travel:

Southern California

Together with Deb Bible, Jolly Phonics Professional Trainer in the USA, we have created this handy document which shows how Jolly Phonics and Jolly Grammar align with the Common Core State Standards.

To download this document, please click here.