Madhya Pradesh

Aarti holds an MBA in HR and Montessori training, a Certificate in Early Childhood Care and Education, and qualified CTET (Central Teachers' Eligibility Test). Aarti's journey began 14 years ago as a pre-primary teacher. She remembers the days when she was concerned with how to make the younger students read at an early stage. After coming across Jolly Phonics, she quickly found this to be a wonderful methodology of teaching. By using Jolly Phonics, Aarti found that her students were able to decode unfamiliar words independently. Her students were eager to read more and more words as they began to enjoy reading. This was not expected at this age! Being a multi-sensory programme, Jolly Phonics caters to the individual styles of learning which Aarti believes that engages the children in a productive way. She has found the synthetic approach of teaching with Jolly Phonics works because a strong foundation of literacy has been laid, and this can be done at a very early stage. Aarti's aim is to introduce every child to Jolly Phonics and this would not be possible without the support of parents and teachers and everyone who plays a role in the lives of young learners. Get in touch to find out more!

Mumbai

Aarti Shah, has 21+ years of experience in the education field teaching at various school as well as volunteering in NGOs. With a Master’s in Education (IEA-Certification), Aarti is also certified in ‘Early Educator’s Professional Development Programme’ from Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, USA. She has also completed a writing and rhetoric course (Creative Writing module) from Stanford University USA. Aarti stumbled upon the synthetic phonic approach in 2008 while researching about literacy skills. She tested the Jolly phonics method for a small Indian community while staying in United States between 2007 -2016. Since returning to India, Aarti’s teacher trainings were featured in Hindustan Times newspaper and the Young Pulse magazine. She has trained teachers in prestigious schools of Birla Edutech, Sanskriti school Pune and JBCN International to name a few. Aarti added Jolly Music to her teaching portfolio in 2015 and was the first official trainer to introduce Jolly Music programme in India. Aarti also runs her own ACE programmes. She launched Ace The Stage in 2021, a Speech and Drama programme using Jolly Plays as a script resource at her centre. "I can't believe there's a profession that is so unconditionally associated to what I love. Teaching for me is fun, challenging, absorbing, invigorating, and I couldn't have got it any other way."

Pune, Maharashta

Anagha, a post-graduate in science with strong research background (3 papers published in International Journal) has been teaching Jolly Phonics for over six years to teachers and children. She started teaching to perceive her vision to make a ‘Fun Filled Education for Better Tomorrow’. She has extensive exposure to guide a wide spectrum of teachers who are associated with schools from backgrounds ranging from high profile students to economically weaker sections, and all in-between. The vast experience she holds to deploy the teaching across this spectrum reflects how the strength of the methodology can be applied in various domains. Furthermore, exposure to bilingual schools has shown an excellent acceptance and deployment of the methodology with ease. Anagha is also actively associated with senior trainers to deploy adoption programs across Pan India. Anagha has trained over 500 teachers over the last three years. Working with kids is a special passion which Anagha holds and she runs special engagements with students in her vicinity. The importance and joy of learning a new language can be best known when you see children from a vernacular medium around you learn a new way to read and express their thoughts in English. Jolly Phonics methodology has proved to be a key transformation agent which has reflected this change.

Chennai

Aparna Jayaraman is a self-motivated, passionate educator, who holds a Masters in Arts and Diploma in Psychology. She is a keen learner and continues to develop her knowledge and training experiences by attending many professional development courses in Jolly Phonics. She has been teaching Jolly Phonics and Jolly Grammar since 2016. Over 1000+ teachers of both private and govt schools across Southern India have been trained by her in Jolly Phonics this year. She also visits private schools; shares her experiences and guides to implement Jolly Phonics. She has seen that children love Jolly Phonics and it not only gives them literacy skills but also improves their pronunciation as well as their confidence in all areas of English. She looks forward to guiding and mentoring not only children but anyone who is passionate in teaching.

Bangalore, Karnataka

Asha (BA, B.Ed. Hons, specialised in Guidance and Counselling ) is a qualified Nursery teacher and Montessori trained.  She has experience of 18 years as a pre-primary Educator and has been teaching Jolly Phonics for over 7 years for children, teachers, entrepreneurs, mothers and schools. She conducts workshops and training for school across South India and has trained over 5,000 Teachers. Asha currently works as a fulltime teacher trainer and freelance resource for various schools and Early Education centres in South India. She also undertakes not-for-profit works through NGO’s by training teachers from underprivileged schools.

Mumbai

Betty studied in both India and America achieving her BA at Bombay University and received her ECE from Palomar Community College, San Marcos and certification for Train the Trainer by American TESOL before she began to teach early years. She became the lead teacher working with 3 and 4 year olds in Virginia, USA until 2009 and returned to India. On her return to India, Betty opened her own learning centre called Precious Lil' Ones Preschool, located in Mumbai, whereby an after school programme called Phonicland was introduced; practicing the Jolly Phonics methodology. This programme greatly benefitted children 4-6 years of age, most of them non-native English speakers. These children learned to speak, read, write and spell in English by using Jolly Phonics. Because of this Betty then implemented Jolly Phonics as the curriculum in her preschool. To date, Betty has taught over 600 3 and 4 year olds with Jolly Phonics. Betty wants more children to benefit from such a successful programme. *"Jolly Phonics is a fun way to teach and a fun way to learn. When children can read, write and spell they have the power to move forward."*

Mumbai, Maharashtra

Bhavika has completed a Bachelor's in Business Administration, a Bachelor's in Education and a Masters in English Literature. She has been an educator for 15 years and has previously worked in some of the best schools across India. She firmly believes that Jolly Phonics is the most fun, interactive, efficient and inclusive method for teaching reading and writing as well as spelling and grammar that every child deserves. Bhavika is passionate to share her knowledge and experience with others globally so that teachers and parents can realise how much they can benefit from using Jolly Phonics. She would like to show everyone that it is possible for any teacher to take advantage of this programme and make a real difference.

Diego Zaffaroni is an international educator and consultant. He is qualified to teach in the UK and Italy; he worked for five years as a Bilingual Education School Coordinator, a project supported jointly by the British Council and the Italian Ministry of Education. Diego has experienced leadership roles at an innovative Cambridge school in Milan and an IB World School in Kurdistan, Iraq and was actively involved in the development of projects in International Education and English Language Teaching in the Middle East and Europe. He was Dean of Academics and PYP Coordinator at a newly established IB school in Mumbai which is part of a well-known group of schools across India. His training and consultancy experience has developed over ten years across three continents. He is studying to earn an MA Education from Durham University. Diego has seen better and better results with Jolly Phonics over the years he and his fellow teachers have used it; Jolly Phonics has been a key element in making sure that no child is left behind. Diego’s strong interest in working with teachers and school leaders let him grow as a teacher trainer and consultant, focusing on literacy and multilingual education, creativity, and the development of teachers and leaders’ key strengths. Top Strengths*: Developer – Restorative – Learner – Individualisation – Empathy – Achiever. Countries where he offers training and consultancy services: In-person and mixed mode online/in-person Egypt, Italy, Albania, Switzerland, Kurdistan (Iraq), India. Keen to collaborate actively with school leaders and educators in other countries. Online, synchronous and asynchronous The world. *As indicated from Gallup Clifton Strengths Assessment

Ahmedabad, Gujarat

Dipti is a Fine Arts Graduate (Gold Medalist) with a Post Graduate Degree in Journalism & Mass Cummunications, Masters in English Literature and Bachelor of Education. She has been teaching for fifteen years, and ten of those with Jolly Phonics, teaching children, teachers and parents at both her own school, and at other private organisations. Her passion for Jolly Phonics and the miraculous results with which she observed in the children is what motivated her to open her own classes.Using the programmes extensively, she finds that children love to come and enjoy learning the most enjoyable method to read, write and speak English. They are not only able to read fluently, but their confidence levels raise too. She also finds it wonderful how much more receptive children with special needs are compared to other methods of learning, responding excellently to the actions, visuals and sounds. Dipti is happy to offer her experience and knowledge of Jolly Phonics to children, individuals, parents and organisations to help them get the most out of the programme.

Mumbai

*Teachers whom I train say that they cannot wait to teach their kids Jolly Phonics and Grammar the very next day. Thanks Jolly!”* Disha has been an educator for 15 years and has previously worked with programmes such as Vocaboom, which was nominated by the British Council for the ELT Innovation Awards. Disha currently runs her own centre for Jolly Phonics and Grammar, creative writing and speech as well as drama, in western Mumbai. As well as teaching off-site, Disha offers workshops for individual teachers, schools and activity centres, as well as parent orientations for schools and Disha has recently been appointed as an Indian Academic Consultant for Trinity College London. She has seen the difference whilst teaching with the Jolly Learning methodology; it is her vision to empower as many as she can about the correct usage of this magical programme. Disha has volunteered as a special researcher for children with learning disabilities with assessment and remedial centres like Saahas. She has enabled children to grow up into great readers and writers through the multi-sensory methodology of Jolly Phonics and Grammar. Children with a strong foundation in reading and strong spelling skills, eventually develop impressive creative writing and communication skills. Due to all her efforts, Disha has been invited as an educator for ‘Teacher Training Workshops” and curriculum planning for phonics and grammar using the Jolly Learning methodology at various private, international and pre- schools across India, Burma and other parts of the world. *“If children cannot learn the way we teach, then we must teach them in a way they can learn.”*

Navi Mumbai

Dr. S.V. Gomathi (PhD in Education) is currently working as Education Consultant for private and government schools. She has done pilot studies in various fields which she specialises, like; micro-finance fro Budget Private Schools, Voucher Scheme and Parental Choice, and English Language Programme. She was the first to trial Jolly Phonics in 2003 for ESL children in Hyderabad, India and found the programme helped children achieved outstanding results. This directed her to recommend Jolly Phonics to schools and parents across the country. Her vision is to empower children through quality education with a special emphasis on English, and to provide children access to good quality schools. She has trained more than 35000 teachers in India and abroad (from 2003 to date) and was the first to trial Jolly Phonics in Delhi government schools through ARK (NGO), later a roll-out in West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya – an Education Ministry of Meghalaya initiative. Her interest to empower government schools and children studying in government schools started paving the way for the Jolly Futures Programme in India. She is one of the very active trainers in India who continues to advocate Jolly Phonics in all primary schools in the country. Her research study shows an incredible result in government schools after the implementation of Jolly Phonics. She has created an awareness in south India where now the districts and states welcome her to implement Jolly Phonics in government schools. She achieves this level of success with the confidence and support of Jolly Learning Ltd. and Mr Chris Jolly. Her recent achievements are pilot studies in selective districts of Tamil Nadu, Telangana and Karnataka, which led to the roll-outs within Tamil Nadu. She will be rolling-out Jolly Phonics in Telangana and Karnataka over the course of the next couple of years. Dr. S.V. Gomathi believes that one can become a trainer only when they practically implement Jolly Phonics in the classroom, so she continues to teach children form 3.5 years and above. Her classes are held in Navi Mumbai. She restricts the number of children in each intake to deliver quality service and help the children to read and write independently. She also handles one-to-one sessions for children who need special attention. She travels across India providing training, mentoring, and curriculum development for pre-primary to Class 2 in both private and government schools.

Bangalore

Falak Randerian runs an institute called ‘My Little Chatterbox’, which is based in Bangalore. She was introduced to Jolly Phonics while working with children some years back. She saw results how Jolly Phonics gives children the tools and confidence to read and write effectively. Falak has successfully used Jolly Phonics with children at her centre, where they are treated as individuals and programmes are customised based on the child’s requirement. She has been using the Jolly Phonics programme with children aged between 3.5-7 years and has achieved amazing results with them. Falak has also trained teachers and schools on Jolly Phonics. Recently, Falak has launched Jolly Grammar at the centre. She is based in Bangalore, but is willing to travel across India for training.

Jaipur, Rajasthan

Ms Hansa Jain is a passionate early childhood educator and phonics instructor of over 7 years. She is currently working as Principal/Coordinator in a renowned Pre-School (Bachpan) in Jaipur. She has also adopted the Jolly Phonics programme completely in her school curriculum for last few years and hundreds of students have benefited from it. She regularly imparts trainings to educators, parents & students of educational colleges across Rajasthan. Additionally, she has voluntarily conducted trainings and workshops with various NGO’s, including a recent one with Abhiyan Bharat Foundation, Jaipur, who work with marginalised children. Hansa strongly believes that Jolly Phonics and Grammar is the best and most comprehensive literacy programme for teaching reading, writing and spelling to children in a fun and interactive way. Her mission and vision is to spread Jolly Phonics and Grammar across Rajasthan, making the programme accessible for all children.

Pune

Harshala Jadhav, who holds a Diploma in Electronics Engineering, first started teaching with Jolly Phonics in 2015. After developing a multi-sensory environment - and having studied Montessori methods at The Association Montessori Internationale in India - she saw a wonderful response with accelerated development in her children's reading and writing skills. She is the Centre Head of a renowned pre-school in Pune. She has conducted many teacher training courses, enabling them to implement the programme in their schools. Harshala: "I am one of the craziest fans of Jolly Phonics as I have seen remarkable improvement in children after implementing it. I strongly believe that it is the most structured systematic synthetic phonics programme available. It is child-centred and multi-sensory, helping children to enjoy the learning process and progress from simple to complex." "Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself." - John Dewey

Navi Mumbai

Harsha Bhanushali worked as a process trainer in India for an international organization when she came across Phonics. At that time she was on a sabbatical which she had taken to coach her son on reading and writing. It was around that time that she came across Jolly Phonics. When she applied the Jolly Phonics methodology, it made a huge and positive impact on her son’s progress. She thus took a deep dive and began to learn more about this unique methodology. Since then, she has fostered other children, including those with learning impairments. Through the Jolly Phonics approach, she has been able to successfully help both, native as well as non-native children to read and write independently.  Harsha currently conducts Jolly Phonics and Jolly Grammar classes in Navi Mumbai at multiple centres. She also manages Jolly Phonics and Jolly Grammar as an after school activity in an International school in Navi Mumbai. As well as this, she organizes a training workshop for teachers.  She believes that teaching goes beyond imparting knowledge and it is this belief that fosters bright students for a good future. She plans to draw upon her instincts as a mother and put that compassion into her teaching. "I thoroughly enjoy teaching Jolly Phonics and Jolly Grammar and aim to spread this program as much as possible. If you want to help children read and write independently I recommend Jolly Phonics and Jolly Grammar.” 

Mumbai

*Teaching Jolly Phonics is challenging, absorbing and invigorating. They are just trying to make sense of those squiggles.* Hema - a passionate educator (MBA) - has taught Jolly Phonics for over 15 years to elementary school children and now provides training to schools in Mumbai.Based in Ghatkopar, Hema founded & directed Word Masti Phonics & Grammar Institute, which has grown into three branches teaching 500 children annually. Hema is closely associated with a pilot project called Program to Improve Private Preschool Education (PIPE). Through PIPE, she aims to support private schools in improving the quality of affordable pre-primary education for ages 2-6. She is working closely with FSG on this multi year program which is supported by International and Indian Philanthropic Organisations. She has achieved a distinction with a CID in Teachers and Trainers from University of Cambridge,UK (CIE) and she is TEFL/TESOL certified. Hema also spent two years in the US studying curriculum development and she offers weekend trainings in Jolly Phonics to low-economic districts in Mumbai as well as affluent schools in Mumbai and Kashmir. Her vision is to spread Jolly Phonics in as many schools as possible and make the most fluent readers by implementing Jolly Phonics in fun , interactive and engaging ways with a gamut of Phonics and Grammar Games.

Chennai

A post graduate in M.Sc. (Human Development and Family Studies), with 15 years of experience in educating kindergarten in a reputed institution in Chennai India, Hemalatha is currently working as an Early Childhood Educator and conducts Jolly Phonics classes for children. Additionally, Hemalatha conducts workshops on behalf of large bodies like "Association for Early Childhood Educational Development", which are networked to various schools across the state of Tamil Nadu as well as various educational groups. As a teacher and trainer, Hemalatha has seen how Jolly Phonics facilitates reading, writing and pronunciation for English, compared to the conventional style of learning English. She has also seen great results for non-native language speaking children and slow learners in improving their reading skills. Hemalatha is looking to impart quality learning to children and teachers to help instil confidence in reading and writing.

Vadodara, Gujarat

Dr. Hiran Bagadia is an accomplished educator and trainer with over two decades of expertise in early childhood education. She holds a Master’s in Education and an  PhD ( Honoris causa) in Education and Literacy. As the Director of Balaji Eduserve, she leads an institution committed to empowering children, educators, and parents. Additionally, she serves as the Territory Head of the Early Childhood Association, Vadodara Chapter. She is Tefl/Tesol certified. Dr. Bagadia’s specialisation in literacy and her extensive experience in addressing reading and spelling difficulties have positioned her as a leader in the field. Since 2005, she has been a passionate advocate for the Jolly Phonics program, successfully introducing it to schools in Mumbai and Bangalore. Her focus on multi-sensory learning methods has significantly improved literacy outcomes for children. Dr. Bagadia conducts workshops across India, equipping educators and parents with the tools to foster early literacy development. Her vision is to expand the reach of evidence-based literacy programs, ensuring that children from all backgrounds can thrive academically.

Chennai

Janaki Srinivasan is a passionate teacher and educator. She is a trained Montessori teacher holding the Cambridge International Diploma in teaching and learning. Over 1000 teachers of both private and government schools across Southern India have been trained by her in Jolly Phonics. Janaki facilitates engaging training sessions with a great degree of professionalism, energy and enthusiasm. She strongly believes that empowering children with early literacy at a very young age benefits them in a multitude of disciplines. From her personal experience, she vouches that the multi-sensory Jolly Phonics curriculum thoroughly engages all children, including those with learning difficulties. Janaki conducts engaging and enriching Jolly Phonics classes for children aged 3.5 - 7 years and has seen exponential improvement in their literacy competency and self-confidence.

Mumbai

Chief Trainer and Director of Phonics Kingdom, Jigna Dharod has done her Bcom from Mithibai College and has been training children and teachers for 20 years. She has attended a number of training courses in Singapore, Australia and London to enhance her knowledge of the Jolly Phonics and Jolly Grammar programme.  She is one of the top scorers with an A grade in Jolly Phonics Examination held in Singapore 2012 by the International Centre for Excellence (ICE – Australia) carried out by a long-term Jolly Phonics Trainer, Victoria Carlton. Jigna has been providing teacher training for  Jolly Phonics and Jolly Grammar in schools as well as group trainings for individuals (teachers, parents and students) across India with more than 2000 teachers achieving excellent results after the training. She also runs a ‘Phonics Club’, which currently caters to more than 500 students per year from her existing 3 centres and Phonics Clubs n various schools. She, amongst parents and teachers has witnessed amazing and rewarding results Jolly Phonics can help deliver. Her vision is to open at least 100 centres for children across India, promoting Jolly Phonics and Grammar even in small cities, towns and villages.

Salem, Tamil Nadu

Kannika's intense for teaching comes from the feeling of fulfilment she had, when first teaching her son and knowing that she is able to make a difference with him is really incredible. She had worked in leading CBSE & IB schools. Her passion for teaching Jolly Phonics & Grammar started in 2014 and experiences enormous transformation with the students in their reading and writing skills. She is particularly happy in helping children with learning difficulties. She is skilful in creating manipulates, games & crafts in her trainings. She truly believes in “learning & sharing knowledge’ which inspired her to circulate her knowledge of Jolly Phonics through “Jolly Futures India-a programme which helps to develop the education for rural sector”. Her journey of teaching Jolly Phonics & Grammar, led to achieve “South India Women Achievers Award-2019” as an “Outstanding Educator”, “Innovative teacher of the year -2020” and “Best phonics & grammar academy-2023” She is happy to spread joyful learning to everyone.

Khushbu is an Early Childhood Educator and MOE Registered Instructor in Singapore. She has 14+ years of rich experience in teaching English/phonics education to teachers, parents and speech & occupational therapists across South Asia; particularly Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, and India. She has presented her work at an event on Teaching Phonics to children with Special Needs, which was attended by thousands of teachers and parents across the world. Currently, she is supporting various NGOs and schools in using the Jolly Phonics and Grammar programme. She is considered to be the key contributor to teaching Synthetic Phonics in various schools in Singapore and Indonesia. During her initial years in teaching, she realised that most children, irrespective of urban or rural backgrounds, had difficulty reading English, leading to milestone delays in their academics. Her quest for an effective reading program that has a simple, systematic and fun-filled approach to learning led to Jolly Phonics – a child-centered and multisensory reading and writing program for English literacy. Hence, she strongly believes that anyone, regardless of age or background, should be given the opportunity to learn to read.

Vadodara

Khyati Shah is a graduate in engineering (Electronics) but first experienced the wonders of Jolly Phonics with children when her daughter was in preschool in Malaysia. This immediately sparked her interest and she did extensive studying of the subject to gain a detailed understanding of Jolly Phonics and Grammar. Her aim is to promote Jolly Phonics and Grammar, thereby equipping young children with the skills and techniques required to read and write independently and confidently. Khyati is an avid reader and wants to provide opportunity to children for a more advantageous use of leisure time through age appropriate books and toys. She has extensive experience working with students if various age groups since 2013 and is associated with a leading preschool in India as a phonics teacher in the evening programme. Khyati has even supported adults who wished to speak and learn English using some of the principals of Jolly Phonics and Grammar, has also conducted phonic awareness workshops for parents, assisted teachers in preschools, and encouraged a more fun, interactive and engaging method of teaching phonics with Jolly Phonics. Khyati's vision is to spread the awareness of this magical programme and empower educators, teachers, children and parents to correctly use Jolly Phonics and Grammar to make a difference!

Navi Mumbai

Ms. Komal Goenka is an MBA by qualification. Being a UK Certified Jolly Phonics and Grammar Trainer and teacher, she has witnessed the potential for tremendous transformation in her student’s speaking, reading, and writing skills, when taught using the right methods under this programme. She is also a certified storyteller from the “Kathalaya” Academy of Storytelling affiliated with the International Storytelling Center, and also a lifelong member of the Early Childhood Association. She is also a certified Visual thinking trainer from the Netherlands. She is also a Creative educator and associated with Helen o Grady, UK UK-based academy for speech and drama for children and youth. She was a part of Jolly Futures, a pilot project where she trained 3000 Government school teachers in different districts of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, and Orissa and now she is heading her own Jolly Futures project in Assam to introduce Jolly Phonics in the early years of literacy where she has trained 1200 teachers along with her team of trainers. Her intense Teacher Training Modules continue to help teachers and schools develop more effective ways of engaging and structuring the learning of young people for the better-educated India of tomorrow!

Vellore, Tamil Nadu

Krithiga is an entrepreneur and an energetic aspirant. She strongly believes Jolly Phonics and Grammar renders the essence effectively. Her dedication in teaching has raised many special needs children into confident learners, and she has witnessed marvellous progression in children within short span of time.  Krithiga determined to uplift the marginalised children across the rural sector through education and thus indulges herself in the Jolly Futures programme to pursue her dreams. She relishes satisfaction in her career through roll-outs. Krithiga is happy to connect with teachers, parents and educators in sharing her professional knowledge and experience, spiced up with creativity to impart the maximum benefits of Jolly Phonics.  She is keen to support and supervise schools by implementing the Jolly Phonics curriculum.

Bangalore, Karnataka

Leena is a passionate educator with a special interest in Early Childhood Education. She is a trained and certified Nursery Teacher and has been teaching Jolly Phonics since 2010 to elementary school children. During her five-year stint at an International NGO, she worked closely with first generation learners, which deep-rooted her confidence in the Jolly Phonics program. She has also been training teachers on Early Childhood Education since 2016 as part of the Nursery Teachers Training Program. Leena is a keen learner and continues to attend many professional development courses which enhances and brings about creativity in her training. Her vision is to spread Jolly Phonics to as many students as possible and make them fluent readers.

Vasai, Maharashtra

Malaika, Double MA, Med and a Gold Medalist from Mumbai University, is a passionate educator with over 20 years of experience in teaching children and adults of all age groups. Having taught and trained hundred of children and teachers across India, she strongly believes in providing affordable and quality education and in grooming the citizens of tomorrow in all forms of education. Malaika has undertaken many professional development courses in Jolly Phonics herself, and has held several senior positions in schools and colleges. “I consider and treat each child as an individual and ensure that the child is provided a structured learning program as per their individual ability."

Hyderabad, Telangana

I am an Official Jolly Phonics Trainer with over 9 years of experience in teaching Jolly Phonics. Throughout my career, I have successfully trained more than 2000 teachers and taught over 5000 students with Jolly Phonics.My expertise lies in early childhood education, with a strong focus on phonics and literacy development. With 15 years of experience in teaching kindergarten students, I have developed a deep understanding of the unique needs and learning styles of young children. My training sessions are designed to be engaging, interactive, and practical, ensuring that teachers can effectively implement Jolly Phonics in their classrooms. I hold a teaching qualification in Early Years Education and have extensive in-class experience using Jolly Phonics. My goal is to empower educators with the skills and knowledge they need to foster a love of reading and writing in their students. 

Ulhasnagar, Thane

Muskaan, a dedicated computer engineering graduate with a profound passion for teaching that has complemented her engineering career. Her journey took a transformative turn when her son experienced speech difficulties. Inspired by the remarkable progress he achieved, Muskaan discovered her true calling in Jolly Phonics in 2010. Today, she successfully runs two centers, where she has trained thousands of children and educators in both offline and online settings. Her students have consistently shown marked academic progress through the Jolly Phonics and Jolly Grammar programs. She also conducts workshops in various schools and institutions, further broadening her influence in the community. With a deep commitment to the principles of Jolly Phonics, Muskaan is dedicated to equipping educators with the knowledge and skills necessary to teach effectively. Expanding on this, she has been actively involved in Jolly Futures in Tamil Nadu and, more recently, in Assam. This Jolly Learning project focuses on educating government schoolteachers, ultimately benefiting children who might otherwise lack access to these educational opportunities. Muskaan's expertise in Jolly Phonics, Jolly Grammar, Jolly Classroom, and the creation of engaging learning environments has established her as a respected leader in the field of early childhood education.

Chikmagalur, Karnataka

Naina Sequeira is a professionally trained teacher with a Graduation in Education, a Diploma in Early Childhood Care and Education, Certification in Integrated Teaching with Story Telling from Kathalaya, Teacher Support Programme for Young Learners English from The British Council, Teaching Knowledge Test from Cambridge ESOL Examination, and an Introductory Cambridge Primary English Course from Cambridge Assessment International Education. She has 20 years of experience in Education playing different roles as a Primary Teacher, Section Coordinator, Headmistress, School Activities Organizer, Online Teacher, and a Resource Person. She has been working closely with children for the past six years using the Jolly Phonics methodology in teaching Language and Literacy. She is passionate in teaching young learners and believes that Jolly Phonics and Jolly Grammar is truly one of the best gifts one could give to a child. She has seen her students grow in confidence using the multisensory approach and who are further eager to improve their learning skills. Naina has been training and coaching teaching staff of schools and is willing to support the schools in India and abroad.  She is looking forward to sharing her expertise and knowledge with individuals and institutions to help make the language programme effective in schools.

Mumbai

Neeti has been using Jolly Phonics with children for over a decade and has seen remarkable improvement in their reading and writing skills. She is amazed to see their pace and ease of learning as they build confidence, correct pronunciation and learn the language as opposed to memorising spellings. She has now started working with children with special needs, and is happy to see their excitement when using Jolly Phonics. As a trainer, Neeti wants to help as many children as she can benefit from learning English through Jolly Phonics, and so she wants to train more teachers, special educators and mothers to make this happen. She is also planning on working with government schools in the Akola district of Maharashtra State.

Jodhpur

Mrs. Nihali A Jain is a proud member of Early Childhood Association (ECA), India, currently a Director at Vidhyashram Public School, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, holds dual degrees in Early Child Care and Education (ECCE) and Montessori from Mumbai. She was the owner of an Early Childhood Teacher Training Centre in Mumbai until 2013 and with her breath of experience in early childcare and education, she has been providing teacher training in ECCE, Jolly Phonics and Jolly Grammar for the past 10 years. Nihali has successfully trained more than 800 teachers in ECCE and more than 500 teachers in Jolly Phonics and Jolly Grammar. Nihali’s main passion lies in teaching the children of her school in Jolly Phonics and watching them excel in reading and writing. She believes that no other programme can do as well as what Jolly Phonics can do for young learners in schools, and that every school on earth must have Jolly Phonics in their curriculum!

Bangalore

Nina has used Jolly Phonics and Jolly Music extensively to train management, teachers and young children from several international and underprivileged, non-English speaking schools, with the specific intention to develop and create self-learners who can read and write English with deep understanding. She launched both programmes in her own preschool and childcare centre - Gaia - 10 years ago with excellent results. Nina also trains and coaches schools and staff in setting up systems, curriculum development, planning and assessment based on their needs and vision.

Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh

Ms. Pallavi Chandra: Expert in Early Childhood Education and Jolly Phonics Training Ms. Pallavi Chandra is a seasoned educator with over 15 years of experience, specializing in preschool education. With a Master’s degree in Economics and multiple certifications in Early Childhood Education (ECE), she is dedicated to enhancing learning for young children. As the Territory Head for the Early Childhood Association (ECA) in Uttar Pradesh, Pallavi plays a pivotal role in guiding preschools toward innovative teaching strategies. Her experience extends internationally, having visited preschools in India, London, Japan, Bali, and Singapore, gaining insights that she applies in her work. Currently, she serves as a trainer with the NLK Group of Schools, where her leadership has led to multiple awards. Since 2013, Ms. Pallavi has been using the Jolly Phonics programme with tremendous success, helping young children improve their reading and literacy skills. She has conducted numerous workshops for teachers and parents, passionately advocating for the program. Her mission is to connect more educators with Jolly Phonics, empowering them to support struggling readers with proven phonics-based techniques.

Tamil Nadu

Pradeepa Thinakaran, a postgraduate in Communication Engineering, is an enthusiastic and passionate teacher who started her career teaching college students. She holds certifications in Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TESOL/TEFL) and Teaching English to Young Learners (TEYL). She has extensive experience in teaching Jolly Phonics and Jolly Grammar to hundreds of children aged 3 – 10 years and has accomplished astounding results. She has gainfully used Jolly Phonics to help many students overcome their difficulties in reading and writing English. She also believes that learning becomes memorable in a child centred approach. As a Jolly Phonics trainer, it is her endeavour to give the rural children of Tamil Nadu, an effective learning experience to empower them with a strong foundation of reading and writing skills through the multi-sensory approach of Jolly Phonics programme. Pradeepa is now eager to pass on her experience and knowledge of Jolly Phonics and Jolly Grammar to teachers and parents.

Aurangabad

I am a Professional Jolly Phonics and Jolly Grammar Trainer accredited by Jolly Learning UK, with 16 years of experience in early childhood education. I conduct workshops for teachers, parents, and children, providing creative learning solutions aimed at building strong reading, writing, and communication foundations. My passion for improving English education arose from dissatisfaction with traditional analytical teaching methods, leading me to explore Jolly Phonics. Since adopting this program, I have witnessed consistent progress in children’s confidence with reading and writing, making learning a joyful and engaging experience for them. I aspire to make Jolly Phonics workshops accessible to schools, teachers, and parents across the Marathwada region, transforming the way English literacy is taught and making learning a rewarding journey for every child.

Tirupur

Preetha Gunasekar is an experienced educator and storyteller with over 10 years of experience in teaching and training. She holds a Bachelor’s in Education and a Master’s in Business Administration. As the Principal of Helen O’Grady’s Speech and Drama Programme and Early Childhood Care and Education, she has been instrumental in developing young learners. Preetha has also designed and conducted specialized Teacher Transformation and Storytelling Workshops. Since 2013, Preetha has been dedicated to Jolly Phonics, establishing a studio for after-school phonics classes. She is CPD certified in Jolly Phonics and Grammar, with a strong focus on early literacy and reading fluency. Preetha has witnessed remarkable progress, guiding children from learning to read to mastering the skill of reading to learn. Her passion lies in helping children build confidence and thrive academically through the power of Jolly Phonics. Preetha is available to train across Tamil Nadu.

Mumbai

Preeti graduated from Somaiya College and she is a certified holder of Early Childhood Education, working in the education sector for 18 years. Preeti felt saddened to see children struggling in their reading and writing so she decided to use phonic methodology in her teaching. Implementing Jolly Phonics in her classes gave Preeti tremendous results, and her students became excellent readers and creative writers. Pretty has experienced the immense benefit of Jolly Phonics and is eager to spread the word to every corner of the world to help develop literacy skills. Each year she helps more than 250 students learn to read and write. She also organises phonic awareness camps for parents to help their understanding of phonics. Preeti is keen to share her knowledge and experience with other teachers and schools.

Ahmedabad, Gujarat

Prerna has taught in early childhood education and special education for 14 years. Alongside her teaching, she has conducted many professional workshops for parents and teachers. She has found that the Jolly Phonics and Grammar programme has helped the most in allowing both children and parents enjoy learning in an interactive way. The components of the programme are integrated effortlessly and efficiently, making the biggest difference.

Pune

Prity, a Post Graduate in Educational Administration, started her career as a teacher and moved onto becoming the Principal of an IB school. Her centre, Connecting Learners, came into existence in the year 2012 with an aim to help children learn ‘How to Read and Write’ in a fun-filled and stress-free manner. The centre conducts classes for children with Phonic Fun Mania’s Full Phonic Programme and Reader Phonic Programme. Prity has conducted several workshops on Jolly Phonics for individuals, teachers, pre schools and young mothers many of who are now successfully running their private classes and others who have implemented Jolly Phonics in their school. Prity is willing to conduct training across India.

Gujarat

Priya originally graduated as a Chemical Engineer, and then became a certified Montessori teacher. Whilst working as a preschool teacher, she came across the Jolly Phonics Programme for the first time. It was a turning point in her life and a breakthrough moment for her students! Using Jolly Phonics, as opposed to rote-learning and the conventional methods, learning to read and write became a much more effective process. Since 2009, it has become Priya's passion to teach early literacy and unveil the magic of the Jolly Phonics multi-sensory method of teaching literacy. It is fun and exciting, both for children and teacher and she has been using Jolly Phonics with students of different age groups with excellent results! These tremendous improvements in the students' reading and writing skills has helped them become ardent readers, creative writers and basic English speakers. Priya is very passionate and enthusiastic to share her knowledge of Jolly Phonics to empower teachers, parents and other educators who truly want to see their children achieve with confidence and develop their love for learning, hence making the difference in the lives of the next generation.

Bangalore

Rashmi is a trained and experienced Montessori teacher; she came across Jolly Phonics in the private school for which she is currently working. She holds a Cambridge International Diploma for teachers and trainers. Her ambition is to provide a stress-free learning experience in schools. She has been teaching Jolly Phonics for some years now and is convinced of its effectiveness as proven with the emerging learners. She is based in Bangalore and is willing to travel across India to provide training.

Secunderabad

Rebecca is a commerce graduate and has worked in multi-national companies before taking up teaching full time. Her teaching experience includes conducting the Mother-Toddler Program (Pre-nursery), Nursery, Reception, PP1, PP2 and Primary Years as well. She is passionate about teaching and compassionate towards children. Jolly Learning fascinates Rebecca with the well-structured programmes and the wealth of resources they have to offer. In her experience of teaching Jolly Phonics, Jolly Grammar and Jolly Music, she has witnessed commendable results in children, which is a motivating factor to continue teaching and training. Rebecca looks forward to hear from you, so she can share her experience and equip you with the knowledge of Jolly Phonics, Jolly Grammar and Jolly Music which will enable you to teach a child the skill to listen, speak, read, write and comprehend, at an early age. She desires to do her part to fulfil the Jolly Vision and Mission and believes in spreading literacy one child at a time! "By doing what you love, you inspire and awaken the hearts of others."

England (London), Delhi

Ritu is based in NCR region and also trains internationally. She has been successfully developing children’s reading, writing and literacy skills in her own centre “Rock n Roll with Phonics’ since 2012 and offering consultancy and mentoring services to a number of schools and institutes. Ritu has been working as a pre-school teacher and a trainer for the past 10 years, in a prestigious chain of pre-schools across India. Additionally, Ritu has been training teachers since 2009 in areas of Synthetic Phonics, developing literacy skills and English as a Second Language. Ritu also embraces the diversity of teaching children with Special Educational Needs and designing an individual educational programme to suit and progress the child. Her ‘hands on‘ approach and dynamic delivery with children means that they are engaged and progressing with the Jolly Phonics multisensory method. Furthermore, she has trained government and private school teachers, adult groups who aspire to learn and develop spoken and written English skills. Ritu is also a Neuro Linguistic Practitioner. She has worked with SSA in Meghalaya, where she has trained teachers from 500 different schools. She has also trained various teachers and children from renowned schools across India, in rural and urban areas. Ritu has successfully completed the prestigious Cambridge certified, **CELTA (Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages*)*** course. She has also Trained teachers from under privileged schools in Bangalore whilst doing her **CIDTT (Cambridge International Diploma For Teachers and Trainers Certificate with a distinction in Design of Program*)**.* She continues to develop her knowledge and training experiences by participating in global events.

Pune

Ritu Verma, a seasoned educator with over 20 years of experience, has been transforming the way language is taught. With her exceptional skills and dedication, she empowered 4,600+ students to become confident communicators and inspired 4,000+ teachers worldwide to deliver innovative lessons. Her journey begins with a stellar qualification lineup featuring the latest achievement, the prestigious Cert TESOL from Trinity College of London. She serves as a resource person for phonics at Cambridge University Press. Ritu has pioneered the use of Jolly English, Jolly Phonics and Jolly Grammar along with the latest Jolly Classroom software, revolutionising English language learning. Her innovative approach has led to remarkable results, with students achieving outstanding scores in Cambridge English exams and also catered learning needs of special needs children including those with Dyslexia & Autism. As Ritu aptly puts it, “Jolly Phonics works for every child,” encapsulating the essence of her transformative approach to education.

Kanpur

Rohini is a professional storyteller, educator and teacher trainer. She is also the founder of NutSpace Edtech Pvt. Ltd. and brings with her immense positive experience in implementing Jolly Phonics at NutSpace. She has been using Jolly Phonics successfully for the last few years as part of NutSpace's Phonics Stories Program (run in school and as an after school activity). Rohini has seen phenomenal results in children using the program, with Jolly Phonics at its core, and she feels it is a fantastic way to help lay a strong foundation in children's reading and writing skills. She feels confident about spreading this wonderful concept far and wide so as to help children fall in love with reading, writing and speaking English.

Ahmedabad, Gujarat

With over 20 years of experience in the education sector, including leadership roles as Vice Principal at Maharaja Agrasen Public School and Curriculum Instructional Leader at People United for Education, Ruchika has been instrumental in shaping educational excellence. Holding a commerce background alongside an Early Childhood Care Education certification from S.C.E.R.T. Delhi, Ruchika has spent the past 12 years specializing in Jolly Phonics and 4 years in Jolly Grammar. Her dedication to this transformative method has led to significant improvements in her students’ reading, writing, and overall English fluency. She is passionate about making this powerful learning tool accessible to children worldwide. In addition to her expertise in Jolly Phonics and Grammar, Ruchika is a motor skill coach, Six Brick educator, handwriting educator, storyteller, public speaking educator, and creative bulletin board trainer and she loves to use music and movement and visual learning tools in her training and teaching. Currently, she partners with schools to enhance the professional development of Early Childhood educators. Through her engaging workshops and training sessions, Ruchika consistently empowers educators, parents, and students to achieve excellence in foundational literacy skills.

Delhi

Ruchi is a National Strategic Account Manager with a leading Telecom company in India and it was her passion for teaching and coaching children that bought her closer to the Jolly Phonics programme in early 2011. She is now a trained Early Childhood professional and is an Educational Consultant for schools wanting to adopt Jolly Phonics. Taking occasional breaks from the corporate world, she began her teaching career as a guest trainer and teacher in many northern Indian schools, especially those teaching underprivileged children and working with charities. She has supported children with learning disabilities and those with special needs to read and write using Jolly Phonics! Ruchi is a sought after young generation teacher, imparting learning to vernacular medium children, ESL children and adult expatriates from non-speaking English countries across various institutes across north India.

Bangaluru, Karnataka

Sadhana is an educationist, academic and career counsellor. With a Master's Degree in Computer Applications and International Diploma in Psychology Counselling, she has work experience from the IT industry as a Technical Writer, international schools as a parent volunteer, and locals schools as an educational consultant and trainer. She conducts workshops on Smart Parenting, Jolly Phonics, Handwriting and Personality profiling to help institutions, parents and children make smarter choices for accelerated growth. She has also set up a school-wide Handwriting framework in renowned schools in Bengaluru. Her goal is to empower people in the field of literacy, talent assessment and learning methodologies. She has been teaching Jolly Phonics for 8+ years and has trained children, government school teachers (through an NGO), private schools, and aspirant entrepreneurs in Jolly Phonics. She has worked with special children with dyslexia and ADHD and has been able to successfully teach reading using Jolly Phonics methodologies. She believes that Jolly Phonics and Grammar is a gift to all those who wish to learn English systematically, regardless of their age and background, because of its structural approach that encompasses every aspect of reading, writing and language development.

Palghar

Sana Shaikh is an experienced educator with a passion for teaching children. She has been teaching since 2011 and have dedicated her career to empowering young minds with knowledge and skills. With a strong background in early childhood care education and a BA in English, she brings a comprehensive understanding of child development and language acquisition to her teaching practice. One of her greatest joys as an educator is teaching Jolly Phonics and Jolly Grammar to children. She believes that this program is a powerful tool that can transform the way children learn to read and write. From the very beginning of her career, she has been introducing Jolly Phonics to her students, witnessing the tremendous growth and success it brings them. Her ambition extends beyond the four walls of a classroom. She is an avid traveler, always seeking new opportunities to spread the Jolly Phonics program worldwide. It is her firm belief that every child, regardless of their location, should have access to quality education that equips them with the fundamental skills of reading and writing. Through her travels and interactions with diverse cultures, she aims to make this vision a reality using Jolly phonics  In addition to teaching children directly, she is also passionate about teacher training. She understands the importance of equipping educators with effective pedagogical strategies to foster learning and development in students from kindergarten to fifth grade. Through her training sessions, she aims to empower teachers with a diverse range of pedagogies that enhance their instructional practices and create engaging learning experiences for their students. If you are seeking a dedicated and enthusiastic educator who is committed to ensuring every child's literacy success through Jolly Phonics, she would be thrilled to connect with you. "Let us work together to create a world where every child has the ability to read and write confidently with Jolly phonics."

Surat

Ms. Sangeeta is  an educator by profession. She has done her graduation in Pharmacy and post graduation in Psychology. She has also done a Diploma in Early Childhood Education. She has been accredited as the Jolly Phonics Trainer in Nov 2019. She has conducted many online and offline workshops and trained more than 100 teachers till now. She confidently claims that the Jolly phonics program works wonders with little ones as it empowers them with skills instead of the conventional way of rote learning. When a child is able to decode and encode the words through these skills, it gives them a sense of accomplishment which ultimately motivates them for reading and writing. In her tenure of teaching Jolly phonics, she has seen amazing results in children. It is a boon for students who struggle due to learning disability or any other reasons. Her goal is to be an instrument in spreading the reach of this program to maximum children and help them develop a love for reading and become efficient readers.

Chennai

Sarasa Ashok has her own institution ‘Budding Minds International School’. She has been teaching with Jolly Phonics and Jolly Grammar for several years, seeing her students become confident readers and writers. Her passion for teaching has led her to do Professional degree in Education as well Masters in Education Management. She also holds the ‘Cambridge International Diploma for Teachers and Trainers’ Certificate with a distinction in Practice & Assessment of Programmes. She brings her extensive experience of working with children and training parents and teachers since 1996. Her training to teachers, including samples of her student’s work, has been valued by new and established users of the programme.

Bengaluru

A graduate in English Literature and Psychology, a diploma in Early Childhood Education, and practicing a Montessori way of teaching, Seetha also has certification in Story Narration from Kathalaya. Seetha has been a passionate teacher for over 20 years, dealing with children of ages 3 to 8 years and helping them achieve fluency, comprehension and confidence in reading. Seetha has been using and teaching with Jolly Phonics for the past five years and found this programme has much more of an impact on children's reading and writing abilities. As a Jolly Phonics Professional Trainer, Seetha will be able to support other teachers in how to teach Jolly Phonics in a fun way. She will ensure teachers can use this programme to help children to read and write, these being essential skills and foundation of their learning.

Mumbai

Shainaz’s goal is to spread the Jolly methodology far and wide to remote corners of the world. In an effort towards this objective, she has conducted Jolly trainings in the villages of Nagaland, Ladakh, Meghalaya, Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra in India. In her 19 years of a professional career in phonics, Shainaz has trained over 15,000 teachers across the globe, including countries like Cambodia, Nepal, Bangladesh, Oman, Ethiopia, Kenya, UAE and Brunei. Shainaz has engaged with several state education ministries in India and abroad, including the Ministry of Education in Meghalaya, Nagaland, UT Ladakh, Nepal, Somaliland and Djibouti. Shainaz also undertakes several not-for-profit trainings for teachers at underprivileged schools through multiple national and international NGOs like Akanksha Foundation, Aga Khan Foundation, Tibetan Children’s Village Schools and more. Shainaz started her Jolly Learning journey in two schools in the UK and later when she returned to India, she started her own exclusive phonics centre called ‘Phonickids’. Phonickids focuses on imparting literacy skills and runs courses for children between the age of 3 to 12 years in Jolly Phonics and Jolly Grammar. So far, Phonickids has trained over 20,000 children in Jolly Phonics and Jolly Grammar. With a Masters in Arts, Shainaz is also an accredited Cambridge ESOL Examiner.

Chennai

Shalini is a passionate teacher and an enterprising woman. She runs 'Phonics Power' - an exclusive learning centre for phonics and grammar. She has been using Jolly Phonics extensively in her classroom since 2012. Phonics Power teaches over 300 children every year through its three branches across Chennai. Shalini is actively involved in training teachers and has trained 1000+ teachers in Jolly Phonics/Jolly Grammar, whilst she has helped 60+ Primary Schools and Teacher Training Institutes implement Jolly Phonics, serving as the academic consultant and curriculum planner in many of these schools. She also helps them use guided and extensive reading effectively in their classrooms. She attends various workshops, conferences and seminars on teaching literacy in India and abroad. *"Jolly Phonics provides an active learning environment through its simple, step by step, fun-filled approach to teaching literacy and helps many children take a quantum leap in their literacy skills."*

Chennai

Sharmila has 15 years of pre-primary teaching experience and she holds a PG Diploma in Early Childhood Education. She has been teaching Jolly Phonics and Grammar at her centre since 2013. It was her dream to make the classroom a fun-filled place, where learning happened joyously! Jolly Phonics has helped her achieve that dream, and today hundreds of children walk out of her centres better equipped to read and write in English. She loves to share her teaching experience with others and is available to train schools and individuals in Jolly Phonics and Grammar. Every pre-primary teacher aspires to make independent and confident readers. Sharmila believes they can reach this goal if they just stride along holding the children's hand on the road laid by Jolly Phonics.

Navi Mumbai

Shweta Gupta has been teaching in the educational sector for the last 16 years. Initially Shweta was not using Jolly Phonics and was not getting encouraging results in teaching English to the students. After finding Jolly Phonics 12 years ago, Shweta switched her teaching to the Jolly Phonics method and instantly noticed a tremendous improvement and changeover in the reading, spelling and pronunciation within days. She has also successfully used Jolly Phonics for struggling readers. Shweta is a certified Para Professional for blind and visually impaired people, as well as a lifetime member of the Early Childhood Association and believes that Jolly Phonics and Grammar is key to the grooming young and blooming minds, into confident and competent readers and speakers. This in turn will help them develop ethical values to successfully meet the challenges of this highly competitive world by giving secure understanding of the English language.

Udaipur, Rajasthan

Shweta is a certified TESOL educator, has been certified by Oxford Printing Press for a range of Teacher Training Modules and worked for 4 years at Witty International School, Udaipur. On her journey to impart skills, Shweta discovered Jolly Phonics twelve years ago and found it immensely helpful due to the unconventional techniques and methods, which keep children interested. Shweta's motive as a Jolly Phonics Trainer is to make a difference to her community by cultivating good reading and writing habits in children and to help them excel.

Pune, Maharashtra

Sonia is a graduate in Biotechnology and Chemistry and postgraduate in Computer Management. After completing post-graduation she trained in phonics teaching whilst working, eventually leaving her industry to complete a Bachelor in Education degree and start working in a Montessori school. She has now been trained in the Montessori method for children aged 3 to 6 years, as well as earning a certificate in Storytelling. Introduced to Jolly Phonics in 2013, she has used the programme with her classes and undertaken online training. Although results seen in children were brilliant from her Montessori training, she has found the children enjoy Jolly Phonics much more - they love the actions, songs and stories and are excited to come to class every day - and has seen instant results; she has seen her 5 year olds reading long words with diagraphs and combinations independently. Additionally, she has taught children with learning disabilities using Jolly Phonics and is proud with the great improvement in their letter recognition, sounds and reading abilities. Alongside her teaching, Sonia works as a volunteer teacher for the schools for underprivileged children in the rural parts of India. Here, she looks forward to gifting the underprivileged children with the joy of Jolly Phonics and helping them also become independent readers and creative writers.

Pune, Maharashtra

Working at a Montessori school for multiple years uncovered Srabani's passion for teaching, leading her to complete a Bachelor in Education Degree. In the 5 years since, she has seen a drastic improvement in children aged 3-10 using the Jolly Phonics programme, including those from lower socio-economic backgrounds. "Teaching is my passion and this wonderful method of learning has made me fall in love with it. Everyone knows what phonics is but I think it is very important to know how systematically you can implement it through fun activities. I believe in making learning fun and creating memories so that children remember it forever."

Hebei Province

With a reservoir of 7+ years in early childhood education, Sujatha radiates expertise. Emerging from her beginnings as a homeroom teacher within IB and Creative Curriculum schools, she now takes center stage as the luminary Jolly Phonics trainer and the driving force behind training and development for a pioneering edtech institution. Her forte lies in instructional design and training development, having sculpted the skills of over 2000+ educators in Jolly Phonics, illuminating leading IB schools with her workshops. Sujatha's accolades form a tapestry of distinction - once lauded as the 'Best Outgoing Student,' she now dons the TESOL certificate as a testament to her passion for early years language acquisition. Adorned with a gold medal by Nilgiris' District Collector and the 'JCI Achiever of the Year' in 2016, she's acclaimed as the "Most Innovative Facilitator" for her pioneering teaching strategies that stretch beyond convention. Her keen eye has witnessed young minds exhibit profound blending and segmenting skills, fostering robust English literacy at an early age through Jolly Phonics. Eager to disseminate these transformative experiences, Sujatha offers Jolly Phonics training enriched with imaginative 21st-century teaching methodologies. Her journey is driven by a fervent belief in Jolly Phonics as the paragon program, a passion that ignites her mission to impart knowledge to fellow educators. Her guiding principle, encapsulated by Ignacio Estrada's wisdom, underscores her pedagogical philosophy - if the child cannot learn the way we teach, then we must adapt our teaching to align with how they learn.

Indore

Vaishali Patel has extensive experience teaching Jolly Phonics and Jolly Grammar for over a decade. She is also a Montessori-trained teacher and has taught in various schools and aims to ease the challenges of rote learning through Jolly Phonics. Her approach strengthens children’s reading skills and spelling techniques, making them independent readers before primary years. Vaishali believes that fluency in reading is achievable with the right methods and is dedicated to making literacy a fun, interactive journey. She has also developed a program to bring Jolly Phonics & Grammar to underprivileged village girls, providing them with educational opportunities. She is passionate about mentoring and guiding both children and educators who seek a systematic, engaging approach to teaching.

Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh

With a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Mumbai, Varsha uses Jolly Phonics and Grammar extensively to enhance the reading, writing and early literacy skills of the children. Furthermore, as a literacy teacher she also uses Jolly Phonics and Jolly Grammar for children with special educational needs. Varsha has witnessed amazing, positive results with the students while implementing the program. She believes that Jolly Phonics is the most effective program to teach literacy skills, and is passionate about sharing her love for phonics with teachers, students and parents. Over the last decade, Varsha has completed dozens of training programs from a who’s who of literacy experts to constantly self-improve. Varsha particularly enjoys empowering women at her workplace, working closely with struggling readers and supporting children with dyslexia.

Tamil Nadu

Vijayalakshmi and Shanthi have 15 years of teaching experience in leading institutions. They began their Jolly Phonics teaching in 2013 and every year over 350 children access their curriculum. Shanthi is a graduate in Arts and is trained in Montessori and Kindergarten. She has conducted many workshops in activity based teaching. Vijayalakshmi holds a masters in Psychology and is also trained in Montessori and Kindergarten. She has experience with remedial education for children with learning problems. Vijayalakshmi has delivered many programmes on personal enrichment. Together Vijayalakshmi and Shanthi are keen to develop Jolly Phonics and Grammar knowledge for teachers and parents of children in and around India.

Kalyan, Mumbai

As a certified Jolly Learning and literacy trainer, I am dedicated to helping educators and parents foster early literacy skills in young learners through dynamic, research and evidence-based methods. With a strong foundation in phonics instruction and extensive experience working in diverse educational settings, I specialize in using the Jolly Phonics approach to develop children's holistic literacy abilities with reference to reading, writing, and spelling abilities. My sessions focus on empowering educators with practical and multi-sensory strategies that make literacy goals fun, interactive, and  adaptative to different learning styles. Additionally, I stress upon a holistic approach to literacy development, incorporating grammar, punctuation, and comprehension skills to create confident and independent readers. I have led numerous workshops, both in-person and online, working closely with educators to implement engaging, structured literacy programs in their classrooms.  I strive to create a positive, supportive learning environment that equips students to reach their full potential, inspiring a lifelong love of reading and learning. To build upon my skills, I have invested my time in upgrading with literacy masters such as AIMS, Lifelong Literacy, TWR, William Van Cleave, Phonics International, I can Read, Structured Word Inquiry to name a few.