Vtech Phonics Reading Center User Manual - Page 42

ADDITION PHONICS READING CENTER™ ACTIVITIES ACTIVITY 20 - COUNTING 5. If the answer is incorrect, you will hear a negative sound and an encouraging phrase and the question will be repeated. A negative animation and the question animation will appear on the LCD screen. 6. When any shape button is pressed, the shape will be identified and it will be shown on the LCD screen. How Can You Help? • Provide plenty of opportunities for your child to count various objects. Your child may enjoy counting with coins, marbles, beans, etc. • While reading stories with pictures, if the pictures allow, have your child look for certain objects in the pictures and count how many there are of a particular object. • Once your child can count beyond 10, have him or her continue to use real objects to count. See if your child can group by tens. Then have your child count by tens and add the remaining number to see how many are in all. ACTIVITY 21 - ADDITION This activity introduces your child to simple addition by asking him or her to answer a numerical equation. A 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 a sum (or answer), you must add two numbers (addends) together. 41