Vtech Phonics Reading Center User Manual - Page 44

PHONICS READING CENTER™ ACTIVITIES ACTIVITY 21 - ADDITION (continued) How Can You Help? • Show your child the number buttons on the keyboard. Tell him or her to use them as a number line to help solve the problems. • Have your child use tangible objects such as pennies, beans, blocks, etc. to show the numbers being added. This should be helpful in finding the sum or total. • When your child is playing the activity, encourage him or her to tell a story problem to go along with the numerical equation. ACTIVITY 22 - SUBTRACTION This activity introduces your child to simple subtraction by having him or her find the difference between two numbers. A picture will accompany each equation. Learning Benefits for Your Child - The Subtraction activity will introduce your child to a subtraction equation. Your child will recognize that when you subtract one number from another, you are finding the difference between the two numbers. ACTIVITY INSTRUCTIONS: 1. Press the Subtraction touch sensitive activity button and you will hear a short tune followed by "Let's learn how to subtract." 2. The friendly voice will ask a random question such as, "What is three minus one?" The equation will appear on the LCD screen. 43 SUBTRACTION