Fisher-Price PowerTouch User Manual

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Parent's Guide
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  • Page 1 Puts the power of reading at your fingertips ™ Parent’s Guide Parent’s Guide...
  • Page 2: Quick Start

    Quick Start! 2 Starter Books Included (Additional books with cartridges sold separately.)
  • Page 3: Volume Switch

    Volume Switch On/Off Button Let’s Go 1. Install four LR6 alkaline batteries inside the unit. 2. Be sure the reset switch (located on the back of the unit) is in the On position. 3. Your Power Touch ™ Learning System comes with two Starter Books that do not require a cartridge.
  • Page 4 The Power Touch ™ Approach to Reading Welcome to the Power Touch ™ Learning System This system offers storybooks with meaningful stories; rich, educational activities on every page along with School Skills books full of classroom activities! Best of all, the Power Touch ™...
  • Page 5 2 Starter Books Included! The Power Touch ™ Learning System includes two books for your child to get started! The Sesame Street ™ storybook is perfect for non-readers and beginner readers, with favourite characters to introduce reading fundamentals. A complete library of beginner and intermediate storybooks is available and sold separately.
  • Page 6 Reading Activities Develop reading skills by advancing through four different levels. Story– Listen to the story as it’s read aloud. Research indicates that reading aloud to your child is the single, most important activity that helps develop skills that are essential for reading success. It gives your child the opportunity to listen to patterned, predictable texts while enjoying the feel of reading and language.
  • Page 7 Interactive Games Experience the fun of learning with different activities on every page! Find– Listen to the question and search for the object on the page. The important literacy skill of reading comprehension is strengthened as your child listens to and remembers the objects or words to search for on the page.
  • Page 8 Ways to Build Literacy Skills Before Reading • Introduce your child to the title of the book. Touch each word in the title. Ask your child to repeat it. Encourage your child to touch the words and hear the title read again and again. •...
  • Page 9 Extend the Learning with Sesame Street ™ Ernie’s Neighborhood Imagine with Ernie! • Ernie imagines all of the things he could do as he walks around the neighborhood. As you read this story with your child, point to various objects and talk about what each object is and how it is used.
  • Page 10 Additional Features & Tips Cartridge Port Headphone Jack (Headphones not included) 1. Your child can learn the alphabet and 5. If the unit does not function properly, slide enjoy interactive games even without the reset switch on the back of the unit a book.
  • Page 11: Troubleshooting Guide

    Troubleshooting Guide Problem Solution • Try touching the word or picture again. Use only one finger I’ve touched a picture or so that you don’t activate other objects on the page. word and the unit doesn’t recognize it correctly. • The book may have been placed upside down in the unit. Turn the book around and replace it in the unit.
  • Page 12: Battery Installation & Information

    Battery Installation & Information Installation • An adult must install batteries. Tool needed for battery installation: Phillips screwdriver (not included). Requires four LR6 alkaline batteries for operation (batteries not included). • Locate the battery compartment on the back of the unit. •...
  • Page 13 Battery Safety Information Batteries may leak fluids that can cause a chemical burn injury or ruin your toy. To avoid battery leakage: • Do not mix old and new batteries or batteries of different types: alkaline, standard (carbon- zinc) or rechargeable (nickel-cadmium). •...
  • Page 14 Consumer Information & Care Questions? Helpline: 01628 500302 Mattel UK Ltd. Vanwall Business Park Maidenhead SL6 4 UB One (1) Year Limited Warranty Mattel UK Limited guarantees to the original consumer purchaser that this product will be free of defects in material and workmanship when used under normal conditions for a period one (1) year from the date of purchase.
  • Page 15 Care • Always store this toy in its closed position. Never place heavy objects on this toy while it is open. • This toy is not intended for use outdoors. • Wipe this toy with a clean cloth dampened with a mild soap and water solution. Do not immerse this toy.
  • Page 16 EMILY ELIZABETH and logos are trademarks of Norman Bridwell, All Rights Reserved. ©2004 Marc Brown Studios. © 2004 Scholastic Entertainment Inc. SCHOLASTIC and logos are trademarks of Scholastic Inc. ©2004 Bourgeois/Clark. www.fisher-price.com Fisher-Price, Inc., a subsidiary of Mattel, Inc., East Aurora, NY 14052 U.S.A. ©2004 Mattel, Inc. All Rights Reserved. ® and ™ designate U.S. Trademarks of Mattel, Inc. PRINTED IN CHINA. G3860pr-0726...

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