Vtech Alphabert and Sprocket User Manual - Page 10

BEGINNING LETTERS ALPHABERT AND SPROCKET THE READY TO READ ROBOTS™ ACTIVITIES ACTIVITY 6 - BEGINNING LETTERS This activity continues to reinforce consonant and vowel sounds. Your child will identify the word with the same beginning letter in the word groups. Learning Benefits for Your Child - The Beginning Letters activity is created to help your child to familiarize a variety of words as well as gain confidence in listening for sounds of letters at the begi¡>ing of words. ACTIVITY INSTRUCTIONS: 1. Press the Beginning Letters activity button. You will hear a sound effect followed by a random question such as "Can you find a word that begins with the 'buh' sound as in blimp?" 2. You will see three words scroll from the right to the left on the screen. When a word is in the middle of the LCD screen, it will be highlighted. 3. Press the Enter button to select the correct word when it is highlighted. 4. When the correct word is chosen, you will see Alphabert's eyes turn to look at Sprocket. Sprocket will say a positive response such as "Woohoo! That's electrifying!" The LCD screen will show the two words that have the same beginning letters together. 5. When an incorrect word is chosen on the first try, you will hear a negative sound effect and see Alphabert's eyes turn to look at Sprocket. Sprocket will say an encouraging phrase like "Oops. Try again!" and the question will be repeated. If you answer incorrectly the second time, a negative phrase will be heard and Alphabert's eyes will turn to look at Sprocket. Sprocket will say, "Are your gears stuck? Let us help!" The LCD screen will show you the two words that have the same beginning letter. 6. When the Help button is pressed once, the question will be repeated. If the Help button is pressed a second time, the answer will be identified. 9