On Sunday 29th of November 2015 Mr Donald Sergant the trainer specialist started the workshop by giving a definition of what is Jolly phonics. He said " Jolly Phonics is a way to teach children literacy in a fun way. It is a child centered approach to teaching literacy through synthetic phonics. "
Then he gave them the sound as taught in a specialist order. The teachers were trained to classify the sounds and practice the actions to memorize them. Mr Said Al-Hatmi the trainer specialist in Ibri Training Center for Professional Development gave an idea of how does Jolly Phonics work. ..
The Second day was a practical and the teachers watched Mr Donald teaching a lesson for grade 2.
After the lesson there were a whole discussion about what they have learnt from the workshop.
By the end of the workshop , the teachers thanked Mr Donald Sergant and Mr Said Al-Hatmi and Mr Fahad Al-Hatmi for their hard work and great effort . They said that they got a great opportunity to attend this workshop
