Vtech Phonics Reading Center User Manual - Page 36

SENTENCE SCRAMBLER 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 complete sentences. Your child will also recognize that a sentence tells a complete thought. Also, while playing this activity, your child will see that the first word in every sentence must begin with a capital letter and it must end with an end mark such as a period. ACTIVITY INSTRUCTIONS: 1. Press the Sentence Scrambler touch sensitive activity button and you will hear a short tune followed by "Let's unscramble the words to make a sentence." The LCD screen will scroll the words of a sentence in random order. 2. Use the mouse to select the words in the correct order. 3. You may also use the arrows and the enter button located on the number buttons to select your answer from the LCD screen. 4. If the answer is correct, you will hear a rewarding sound and a positive phrase. A postive animation and the correct sentence will be shown on the LCD screen. 5. If the answer is incorrect, you will hear a negative sound with an encouraging response followed by a negative animation. The question will be repeated. 35