VTech Phonics Reading Center Parent's Manual To Using page 7

Fundamentals of reading learning toy

PHONICS READING CENTER

ACTIVITY 1 - LETTERS, NUMBERS AND SHAPES

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 ani-

mals, 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, num-

ber, 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 -

Learning Benefits for Your Child - The Find It activity is presented to famil-

Learning Benefits for Your Child -

iarize your child with the twenty-six letters of the alphabet, numbers 1-10,

fifty-two words and four shapes.

ACTIVITY INSTRUCTIONS:

Find It

1. Press the Find It

Find It touch sensitive activity but-

Find It

ton 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 ques-

tion. For example, "Find the letter A." The

question animation will appear on the LCD

screen.

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ACTIVITIES

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