Vtech Phonics Reading Center User Manual - Page 7

FIND IT PHONICS READING CENTER™ ACTIVITIES ACTIVITY 1 - LETTERS, NUMBERS AND SHAPES (continued) How Can You Help? • Encourage your child to find the beginning letter of his or her name as well as other names of family members on the learning toy. Ask your child to think of his or her friends' names or favorite toys, stuffed animals, etc. and guide your child in finding and saying the beginning letters of those words on the learning toy. • Write some random letters, numbers, or shapes down on paper and encourage your child to find the matching letter, number or shape on the learning toy. After your child presses the letter, number or shape button, ask him or her to tell you what letter, number, or shape it was. • Allow your child plenty of free time to explore this activity. Have your child touch and trace the letters, numbers and shapes on the learning toy. He or she should say the name of the letters, numbers, or shapes while tracing them. Have your child say, "The name of the letter, number, or shape is ____." ACTIVITY 2 - FIND IT This activity reinforces letter, number, word, and shape identification by having your child locate random letters, numbers, words or shapes. A friendly voice will ask your child to find a certain letter, number, word or shape. Your child must rely on the skills presented in the previous activity in order to play this activity. Learning Benefits for Your Child - The Find It activity is presented to familiarize your child with the twenty-six letters of the alphabet, numbers 1-10, fifty-two words and four shapes. ACTIVITY INSTRUCTIONS: 1. Press the Find It touch sensitive activity button and you will hear a short tune followed by "Let's find a letter, number, word or shape." 2. The friendly voice will ask a random question. For example, "Find the letter A." The question animation will appear on the LCD screen. 6