VTech Phonics Reading Center Parent's Manual To Using page 37

Fundamentals of reading learning toy

PHONICS READING CENTER

ACTIVITY 17 - SENTENCE SCRAMBLER

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 opportuni-

ties 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 pro-

Learning Benefits for Your Child -

vides 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:

Sound Match and Music

1. Press the Sound Match and Music

Sound Match and Music touch sen-

Sound Match and Music

sitive activity button and you will hear a short

tune followed by "Let's match the sounds and

play music."

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ACTIVITIES