User manual VTECH V.SMILE ART STUDIO

[. . . ] Dear Parent, At VTech®, we know that every year, children are asking to play video games at younger and younger ages. At the same time, we understand the hesitation of most parents to expose their children to the inappropriate content of many popular video gamtyou feel confident in allowing your childen to play these games, and still educate and entertain them in a healthy, age-appropriate manner?Our solution to this on-going debate is the V. SMILETM TV Learning System ­ a unique video game system created especially for children aged 3 to 7. The V. SMILETM TV Learning System combines a kid-friendly design, age-appropriate curriculum, entertaining graphics, and fun game play into a unique experience that your child will love and you can support. [. . . ] Move an Animation Use it to pick up an existing animation and place it at a new location within your picture. Move the pen or arrow buttons onto the shape and hold down the pen or press the ENTER button to pick it up. Use the pen or arrow buttons to move the selected shape onto the correct shaded shape in the picture, and hold down the pen or press the ENTER button to release it. Curriculum: Shape Matching Easy Level Hard Level : Build pictures that contain fewer shapes. : Build pictures that contain more shapes. Lesson 4 ­ Color Filling Quit Icon Color Icons Cursor Game Play Fill the correct color in each area inside the picture by matching the color icons with the color dots. Move the pen or arrow buttons onto the color icon and hold down the pen or press the ENTER button to select it. Next, move the pen or arrow buttons onto the matching color dots and hold down your pen or press the ENTER button to fill them. 12 ACTIVITIES Curriculum: Colors Easy Level Hard Level : Each picture has a clear outline and the color dots are used to define the colors of each area. : Each picture has abstract areas and numbers are used to define the colors of each area. Lesson 5 ­ Color Mixing Primary Colors Quit Icon Color Mixing Equation ACTIVITIES Game Play You can make mixed colors by selecting two given colors and mixing them together. Move the pen or arrow button onto the color swatches at the top of the screen, and hold down the pen or press the ENTER button to select them. You will see the two colors being mixed together and then the new color name will be announced. Curriculum: Primary & Secondary Colors Easy Level Hard Level : Four colors will be given including white, red, blue and yellow. : Seven colors will be given including white, red, blue, yellow, orange, green and purple. A total of twenty-one mixed colors can be created. Lesson 6 ­ Object Drawing Starting Point Quit Icon Cursor End Point 13 Game Play Learn how to draw objects step by step. Hold down the pen on the blinking, starting point and follow the grey lines to draw the object. Curriculum: Advanced Drawing Skills Easy Level Hard Level : Learn simple objects with fewer steps. : Learn complex objects with more steps. Lesson 7 ­ Animation Quit Icon Animation Frames Cursor Undo Icon Game Play Learn sequencing skills by putting the animation frames in the correct order to create an animation. Move the pen or the arrow buttons onto the animation frame and hold down the pen or press the ENTER button to confirm it. Continue to follow these instructions for each frame until the entire animation is complete. Curriculum: Sequencing Easy Level Hard Level : This includes four frames for each animation. : This includes six frames for each animation. CREATIVE PLAY Game 1 ­ Rainbow Chase BASIC OPERATIONS Move the pen upward Move the pen downward Move the pen to the left Move the pen to the right Character moves upwards. Character Life Value Moving Obstacles Character Counting Down Timer Moving Obstacles Collected Color Indicator ACTIVITIES Character Character Life Value This is the cursor you control on the screen. [. . . ] 2. 2 Remove the SMARTRIDGETM and then re-insert it. CARE & MAINTENANCE / WARNING 20 WARNING TROUBLESHOOTING / TECHNICAL SUPPORT The V. SMILETM power 1. Make sure that the yellow plug of the main light is ON, but there connection unit is connected to the video IN terminal (usually yellow) of the TV. Some TVs have several video inputs - please make sure you have selected the video input that matches the video port connected to the V. SMILETM unit. Program needs to 1. 1 Remove the SMARTRIDGETM and then light is ON, but there is re-insert it. [. . . ]