Vtech Alphabert User Manual - Page 14

ALPHABERT THE READY TO READ ROBOT™ ACTIVITIES ACTIVITY 8 - BEGINNING & ENDING BLENDS This activity strengthens phonetic skills by exposing your child to blends at the beginning and ending of words. Your child will learn that blends are made by combining two or more consonants to make a new sound (i.e. CR, BL, ST). A word will be pronounced and shown on the LCD screen. Your child will be asked to decide which letters in the word make up a particular blend. There may be a blend at the beginning of the word as well as the ending of the word. Learning Benefits for Your Child- The Beginning & Ending Blends activity is designed to help your child understand that both letters in a blend can still be heard when saying the word. Your child will exposed to some L blends, R blends, N blends, and S blends. Your child should become more comfortable with reading words that contain blends. ACTIVITY INSTRUCTIONS: 1. Press the Beginning & Ending Blends activity button. You will hear a sound effect followed by "Two letters combine to make a new sound. These letters are blends. Press a button." land 2. Press a letter button to find a word with a blend. If the word you select has a blend, it will be identified. Then the friendly robot will ask you to choose the two letters that make up the blend. If the letter button you selected does not have a word that has a blend, you will be asked to press a new button. Choose the two letters that make the "nd" sound. BEGINNING & ENDING BLENDS 3. Press the left or right arrow button and the Enter button to choose the two letters on the LCD screen that make the blend sound. 13