Vtech Phonics Reading Center User Manual

Vtech Phonics Reading Center Manual

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    is built. A good beginning is absolutely essential. That is why VTech designed the Fundamentals of Reading product line to help your child develop language skills, the skills crucial to learning how to read. Our age-appropriate activities will help your child feel successful every step of the way
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    PLAY PHONICS READING CENTER™ SPEAKER VOLUME CONTROL CONTRAST SWITCH SWITCH LCD SCREEN TOUCH SENSITIVE ACTIVITY BUTTONS play?" MOUSE PAD 2. Select from 22 activities by pressing the TOUCH SENSITIVE ACTIVITY BUTTONS. When you have chosen an activity, the friendly voice will guide you while
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    once to hear the previous question repeated. If you press the Help button a second time, the learning toy will give you the answer. You will hear "Let me help" followed by the answer to a question. For activities that do not ask questions, you will hear an invalid sound. 9. Press the MELODY BUTTON
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    toy off, press the OFF BUTTON ( ). You will hear a short tune followed by "Bye-bye!" 13. You can choose from 22 different activities: 1. Letters, Numbers and Shapes 2. Find It 3. Alphabet & Number Order 4. Learn the Words 5. Sounds of Letters 6. Sounds of Words 7. Beginning Letters 8. Ending
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    AND SHAPES PHONICS READING CENTER™ ACTIVITIES ACTIVITY 1 - LETTERS, NUMBERS AND SHAPES This activity will help your child strengthen his or her letter, number and shape recognition skills by reviewing the 26 letters of the alphabet, the numbers 1-10, and four basic shapes. Learning Benefits for
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    FIND IT PHONICS READING CENTER™ ACTIVITIES ACTIVITY 1 - LETTERS, NUMBERS AND SHAPES (continued) How Can You Help? • Encourage your child to find the beginning letter of his or her name as well as other names of family members on the learning toy. Ask your child to think of his or her friends' names
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    PHONICS READING CENTER™ ACTIVITIES ACTIVITY 2 - FIND IT (continued) 3. Press the letter buttons to answer the questions about letters or words. 4. Press the number buttons to answer the questions about numbers. 5.
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    NUMBER ORDER PHONICS READING CENTER™ ACTIVITIES ACTIVITY 2 - FIND IT (continued) How Can You Help? • Watch your child play this activity. You will your child to find the matching letter, number, word or shape on the learning toy. • Create a list with your child of words that begin with each of
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    PHONICS READING CENTER™ ACTIVITIES ACTIVITY 3 - ALPHABET & NUMBER ORDER (continued) 2. The friendly voice will ask a random question. For example, "Which letter comes before the letter C?" The question animation will appear on
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    PHONICS READING CENTER™ ACTIVITIES ACTIVITY 3 - ALPHABET & NUMBER ORDER (continued) 7. If the answer is correct, you . You may wish to use objects that your child is familiar with (i.e. colored blocks, small toys, etc.). Lay three or four objects in a line and talk about before and after in regards
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    THE WORDS PHONICS READING CENTER™ ACTIVITIES ACTIVITY 4 - LEARN THE WORDS This activity builds vocabulary skills. Your child will be exposed to fifty-two various objects with different beginning letters. He or she will learn the beginning letter for each of these objects. As your child presses
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    SOUNDS OF LETTERS PHONICS READING CENTER™ ACTIVITIES ACTIVITY 4 - LEARN THE WORDS (continued) 5. When any shape increase by playing with this activity. • Encourage your child to think of other objects that begin with the letters that he or she is pressing on the learning toy. If your child is
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    PHONICS READING CENTER™ ACTIVITIES ACTIVITY 5 - SOUNDS OF LETTERS (continued) ACTIVITY INSTRUCTIONS: 1. Press the Sounds of Letters touch sensitive activity button and you will hear a short tune followed by "Let's learn the letter sounds along with the learning toy. Your child could practice by
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    SOUNDS OF WORDS PHONICS READING CENTER™ ACTIVITIES ACTIVITY 6 - SOUNDS OF WORDS This activity introduces your child to sounding out words. Your child will be able to hear every letter sound within a given word when completing this activity. On each letter button, there are two objects pictured. The
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    READING CENTER™ ACTIVITIES ACTIVITY 6 - SOUNDS OF WORDS (continued) How Can You Help? • Encourage your child to sound out the words with the friendly voice. Remind your child to look at the letters within the word while he or she is sounding out the word. • Using the objects from the learning toy
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    PHONICS READING CENTER™ ACTIVITIES ACTIVITY 7 - BEGINNING LETTERS (continued) 3. Press the letter button or use the mouse to select the answer from the LCD screen. 4. You may also use the arrows
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    ENDING LETTERS PHONICS READING CENTER™ ACTIVITIES ACTIVITY 7 activity. Learning Benefits for Your Child - The Ending Letters activity provides many opportunities for your child to apply his or her knowledge of letter sounds. Your child will learn how to spell many short words. ACTIVITY INSTRUCTIONS
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    PHONICS READING CENTER™ ACTIVITIES ACTIVITY 8 - ENDING LETTERS (continued) 3. Press the letter button or use the mouse to select the answer from the LCD screen. 4. You may also use the arrows
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    PHONICS READING CENTER™ ACTIVITIES ACTIVITY 8 - ENDING LETTERS (continued) How Can You Help? • Using words from this activity with the learning toy, be sure activity. ACTIVITY INSTRUCTIONS: 1. Press the Spelling touch sensitive activity button and you will hear a short tune followed by "Let's learn
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    PHONICS READING CENTER™ ACTIVITIES ACTIVITY 9 - SPELLING (continued) 3. Press the letter buttons to enter the correct answer. 4. If the answer is correct, you will hear a rewarding sound and a positive phrase followed
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    PHONICS READING CENTER™ ACTIVITIES ACTIVITY 9 - SPELLING (continued) How Can Learning Benefits for Your Child - The Missing Vowels activity provides a good review of letter and sound recognition. When choosing an answer, your child will have to decide between the five vowels. ACTIVITY INSTRUCTIONS
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    PHONICS READING CENTER™ ACTIVITIES ACTIVITY 10 - MISSING VOWELS (continued) 3. Press the letter button or use the mouse to select the answer. 4. You may also use the arrows and the enter
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    PHONICS READING CENTER™ ACTIVITIES ACTIVITY long and short vowel sounds. • While reading books, magazines, signs, etc. to your child, draw attention learning toy nearby for this activity so he or she may refer to the vowels when looking for vowels to cut out. ACTIVITY 11 - WORD FAMILIES This activity
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    PHONICS READING CENTER™ ACTIVITIES ACTIVITY 11 - WORD FAMILIES (continued) 2. The friendly voice will ask a random question such as, "Pick the words that rhyme with king." The question animation will appear
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    PHONICS READING CENTER™ ACTIVITIES ACTIVITY 11 - WORD FAMILIES (continued) How Can You Help? • Familiarize yourself with word families as you play the learning toy , not just letters in isolation. ACTIVITY INSTRUCTIONS: 1. Press the Alphabetizing touch sensitive activity button and you will hear a
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    PHONICS READING CENTER™ ACTIVITIES ACTIVITY 12 - ALPHABETIZING (continued) 2. The friendly voice will say, "Select the words in alphabetical order" and the question animation will appear on the LCD screen. 3. Press
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    PHONICS READING CENTER™ ACTIVITIES ACTIVITY the learning toy to see the correct order of the letters. • If your child is having difficulty with this activity, ACTIVITY INSTRUCTIONS: 1. Press the Puzzle Pictures touch sensitive activity button and you will hear a short tune followed by "Let's learn
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    PHONICS READING CENTER™ ACTIVITIES ACTVITY 13 - PUZZLE PICTURES (continued) 2. The friendly voice will say, "Look Then, mix all of the puzzle pieces up and have your child try to complete the puzzles. • When reading to your child, let your child go on a compound word hunt. Ask him or her to be on
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    SPATIAL RELATIONSHIPS PHONICS READING CENTER™ ACTIVITIES ACTIVITY 14 - SPATIAL RELATIONSHIPS This activity strengthens language development by introducing your child to spatial relationships. He or she will identify the location of various objects. A friendly voice will ask your
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    PHONICS READING CENTER™ ACTIVITIES ACTIVITY 14 - SPATIAL RELATIONSHIPS (continued) 5. If the answer is ." • Have your child draw pictures that represent each of the spatial relationship words taught in this activity. Allow your child to tell you a sentence or write a sentence about the picture. • Go
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    WORD SCRAMBLE PHONICS READING CENTER™ ACTIVITIES ACTIVITY 15 - WORD SCRAMBLE This activity strengthens spelling skills by asking your child to put scrambled letters in the proper sequence to correctly spell a word. Picture clues will be given as your child tries to unscramble short words. Learning
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    PHONICS READING CENTER™ ACTIVITIES ACTIVITY 15 - WORD SCRAMBLE (continued) 5. If the answer is correct, you will the cards in order to spell the word. • Make a fishing game with your child. Using scrambled words from the learning toy, write each scrambled word on a paper fish. Next, print the
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    COMPLETE THE SENTENCE PHONICS READING CENTER™ ACTIVITIES ACTIVITY 16 - COMPLETE THE SENTENCE (continued) Learning Benefits for Your Child - The Complete the Sentence activity is designed to teach your child about sentence structure. Your child will learn that sentences must convey a complete
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    PHONICS READING CENTER™ ACTIVITIES ACTIVITY 16 - COMPLETE THE SENTENCE (continued) 5. If the answer is incorrect, you will hear a negative sound and an encouraging phrase and the question will be repeated. A
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    PHONICS READING CENTER™ ACTIVITIES ACTIVITY 17 - SENTENCE SCRAMBLER (continued) Learning Benefits for Your Child - The Sentence Scrambler activity provides your child with opportunities to read as a period. ACTIVITY INSTRUCTIONS: 1. Press the Sentence Scrambler touch sensitive activity button and you
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    PHONICS READING CENTER™ ACTIVITIES ACTIVITY 17 - SENTENCE SCRAMBLER (continued) 6. Press any shape button to the learning toy. Your child will have opportunities to hear a melody and also chances to match a sound to an object. Learning Benefits for Your Child - The Sound Match and Music activity
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    PHONICS READING CENTER™ ACTIVITIES ACTIVITY 18 - SOUND MATCH AND MUSIC (continued) 2. The friendly voice will ask a random question such as, "What object sounds like ____?" The matching object animation will
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    PHONICS READING CENTER™ ACTIVITIES ACTIVITY learning toy. Your child may wish to draw or paint a series of pictures that describe the song. • Play a game ACTIVITY 19 - MOUSE SKILLS This activity strengthens hand-eye coordination. Your child will practice moving the mouse to specific places instructed
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    PHONICS READING CENTER™ ACTIVITIES ACTIVITY 19 - MOUSE SKILLS (continued) 2. Move the mouse up, down, left top of your child's hand and help guide your child during the first few times he or she uses the mouse. • Allow your child lots of practice with this activity. In time, your child should be
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    PHONICS READING CENTER™ ACTIVITIES ACTIVITY 20 - COUNTING This activity helps your child learn how to count. Your child will use visual clues to help him or her determine the correct number of shapes pictured. Learning Benefits for Your Child - The Counting activity is presented to teach your child
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    ADDITION PHONICS READING CENTER™ ACTIVITIES ACTIVITY 20 - COUNTING 5. If the answer is incorrect, picture will accompany each equation. Learning Benefits for Your Child - The Addition activity will introduce your child to the parts of a numerical equation. He or she will learn that in order to get
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    PHONICS READING CENTER™ ACTIVITIES ACTIVITY 21 - ADDITION (continued) ACTIVITY INSTRUCTIONS: 1. Press the Addition touch sensitive activity button and you will hear a short tune followed by "Let's learn how to add." 2. The friendly voice will ask a random question such as, "What is one plus two?"
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    PHONICS READING CENTER™ ACTIVITIES ACTIVITY 21 - ADDITION (continued) How Can You Help? • Show your child the number buttons on the keyboard. Tell him or her to use them as a number line to help solve the problems. • Have your child use tangible objects such as pennies, beans, blocks, etc. to show
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    PHONICS READING CENTER™ ACTIVITIES ACTIVITY 22 - SUBTRACTION (continued) 3. Press the correct number button to answer the question. helpful in finding the difference. • When your child is playing the activity, encourage him or her to tell a story problem to go along with the subtraction equation. 44
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    SHUT - OFF To preserve battery life, the Phonics Reading Center™ learning toy will turn off automatically after several minutes without input. The unit can be turned on again by pressing the ON button. NOTE: If for some reason the program/activity stops working, then please follow these steps
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    PHONICS READING CENTER™ ACTIVITIES and developing the Fundamentals of Reading product line is accompanied by a responsibility that we at VTECH® take very seriously. We 01235-546810 in the U.K. with any problems and/or suggestions that you might have. A service representative will be happy to help you.
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