Vtech Phonics Reading Center User Manual - Page 37

PHONICS READING CENTER™ ACTIVITIES ACTIVITY 17 - SENTENCE SCRAMBLER (continued) 6. Press any shape button to hear the shape identified. The shape animation will appear on the LCD screen. How Can You Help? • Allow your child time to compose his or her own sentences. Remind him or her to use a capital letter at the beginning of a sentence and an end mark (period, question mark or exclamation point) at the end. • Make up simple sentences for your child. Write each of the words on cards and then mix up the cards. See if your child can unscramble the sentence. • Point out sentences to your child while you are reading to him or her. Ask your child to look for capital letters and end marks. ACTIVITY 18 - SOUND MATCH AND MUSIC This activity stimulates creative expression by playing cheerful melodies and sounds of various objects from 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 provides your child with an opportunity to listen to music while distinguishing sounds. Your child will have to listen carefully and be alert when trying to match the objects to their sounds. ACTIVITY INSTRUCTIONS: 1. Press the Sound Match and Music touch sensitive activity button and you will hear a short tune followed by "Let's match the sounds and play music." 36 SOUND MATCH AND MUSIC