User manual VTECH PHONICS READING CENTER

[. . . ] Dear Parent, You know how important reading is to your child's future. That's because reading is the foundation upon which all fundamental learning is built. That is why VTech designed the Fundamentals of Reading product line to help your child develop language skills, the skills crucial to learning how to read. Our age-appropriate activities will help your child feel successful every step of the way. [. . . ] If the answer is incorrect, you will hear a negative sound and an encouraging phrase and the question will be repeated. A negative animation, the object animation and the question animation will appear on the LCD screen. 7. When any shape button is pressed, the shape will be identified and it will appear on the LCD screen. 22 CENTERTM PHONICS READING CENTER ACTIVITIES ACTIVITY 10 - MISSING VOWELS How Can You Help? (continued) · Review the names of the vowels A, E, I, O, and U. Be sure that your child knows the sounds, both long and short vowel sounds. · Using old magazines, have your child look for vowels in print. and glue them onto the cards which have been labeled for each of the vowels. Keep the learning toy nearby for this activity so he or she may refer to the vowels when looking for vowels to cut out. ACTIVITY 11 - WORD FAMILIES This activity strengthens language development. Learning Benefits for Your Child - The Word Families activity will help teach your child that certain word endings can be used to make a number of words. For example in the ATE family, you can make the words gate, rate, and fate. Your child will be able to recognize that the ending letters in word families do not change, only the beginning letters change. Your child will be able to spell many words by recognizing a word family. ACTIVITY INSTRUCTIONS: WORD FAMILIES 1. Press the Word Families touch sensitive activity button and you will hear a short tune followed by "Let's learn some rhyming words. " 23 CENTERTM PHONICS READING CENTER ACTIVITIES ACTIVITY 11 - WORD FAMILIES (continued) 2. The friendly voice will ask a random question such as, "Pick the words that rhyme with king. " The question animation will appear on the LCD screen. 3. You may also use the arrows and the enter button located on the number buttons to select the answers from the LCD screen. 5. If the answer is correct, you will hear a rewarding sound and a positive phrase. If the answer is incorrect, you will hear a negative sound and an encouraging phrase and the question will be repeated. A negative animation and the question animation will appear on the LCD screen. 7. When any shape button is pressed, the shape will be identified and it will appear on the LCD screen. 24 CENTERTM PHONICS READING CENTER ACTIVITIES ACTIVITY 11 - WORD FAMILIES How Can You Help? (continued) · Familiarize yourself with word families as you play the learning toy with your child. While he or she is playing, see if your child can tell you what word family the word on the LCD screen belongs to. Next, using your smaller circle, write a letter(s) on the edge that could be used to form words in the UMP word family. Then position the smaller circle underneath the large circle so that you see a letter next to UMP. · While reading a book to your child or while your child is reading to you, pick out words in the story that belong to word families. [. . . ] A positive animation and the answer animation will appear on the LCD screen. 5. If the answer is incorrect, you will hear a negative sound and an encouraging phrase, and the question will be repeated. A negative animation and the question animation will appear on the LCD screen. How Can You Help? · Show your child the number buttons on the keyboard. Encourage him or her to use them as a number line when finding the difference between two numbers. [. . . ]