The Phonics Idea Book: Group 2

Creative Activities for c / k / e / h / r / m / d
Bring the next seven Jolly Phonics sounds to life with this collection of creative, practical and playful phonics ideas for young learners!
The Phonics Idea Book: Group 2 focuses exclusively on the second Jolly Phonics sound group:
c / k / e / h / r / m / d
This resource has been created to complement and enrich your existing phonics teaching with hands-on activities, crafts, games, movement, exploration, role-play and opportunities to discover sounds in the world around us.
What’s included?
For each of the seven Group 2 sounds, you will find a variety of ideas designed to help children revisit, practice and consolidate their sound knowledge in fun and memorable ways.
The activities encourage children to learn through making, moving, playing, exploring and discovering, while connecting the sounds they are learning to familiar objects, experiences and the world around them.
Group 2 Sounds Covered
This book covers ONLY Jolly Phonics Group 2:
/c/ – /k/ – /e/ – /h/ – /r/ – /m/ – /d/
It does not include Groups 1 or 3–7. Each Jolly Phonics sound group is being developed as a separate Phonics Idea Book, allowing teachers to choose the resource that matches the sounds they are currently teaching.
Flexible and easy to use
The ideas are not intended to be a rigid programme. Dip into the activities whenever you need inspiration and adapt them to suit your learners, setting, available materials and teaching style.
Many of the suggestions can also be adapted for other sounds, giving teachers the flexibility to reuse ideas in different phonics lessons.
Perfect for
• Kindergarten and early years teachers
• Preschool and nursery settings
• ESL/EFL young learners
• Homeschooling
• Parents supporting early phonics at home
• Teachers following a structured phonics programme
• Teachers looking for hands-on alternatives to worksheet-based learning
Young children learn best when they are actively involved. This resource encourages them to move, make, create, explore and discover, helping turn abstract letter sounds into experiences they can see, hear, touch and remember.
Phonics isn’t just something we teach — it’s something we can discover all around us!
Please note
This resource is for Jolly Phonics Group 2 only: c / k / e / h / r / m / d.
It is designed as a supplementary resource to complement phonics teaching and is not intended to replace the Jolly Phonics programme, its songs, stories, actions or core teaching materials.
The Phonics Idea Book is an independently created educational resource by Sonyja Murphy.
© 2026 Sonyja Murphy. All rights reserved.
This educational resource was created by Sonyja Murphy.
Illustrations in this resource were created with the assistance of AI (ChatGPT by OpenAI) and have been edited, arranged, and incorporated as part of this original educational work.
This resource is for personal/classroom use only. Please do not resell, redistribute, share, or upload the files online.