Vtech Alphabert and Sprocket User Manual - Page 8

SOUNDS OF WORDS ALPHABERT AND SPROCKET THE READY TO READ ROBOTS™ ACTIVITIES ACTIVITY 4 - 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. When your child presses a letter button, he or she will hear Alphabert slowly sound out the word for that given letter. Your child will be able to look at the letters of the word as it is being sounded out. Learning Benefits for Your Child - The Sounds of Words activity is designed to help your child learn that letters make sounds and sounds put together make words. This activity provides many opportunities for your child to press any button he or she desires to hear a word sounded out. Your child may press a certain object button as many times as he or she desires. This activity is another free exploration activity to acquaint your child with the sounding out process. ACTIVITY INSTRUCTIONS: 1. Press the Sounds Of Words activity button. You will hear a sound effect followed by "Let's see how to make words. Press a button." 2. Press a letter button to hear each individual sound of a word. For example, when you press the 'j' button for 'jam' you will hear, "juh, ahh, mmm" followed by the word "jam." 3. An object animation will appear on the LCD screen that corresponds with the object button that was pressed. 7