User manual VTECH PHONICS READING CENTER

[. . . ] Dear Parent, You know how important reading is to your child's future. If your child can read, your child can do anything. That's because reading is the foundation upon which all fundamental learning is built. A good beginning is absolutely essential. [. . . ] He or she must decide which words rhyme with the first word. 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. Use the mouse to select the two rhyming words. 4. 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. You will see a positive animation appear on the LCD screen. 6. 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. Have your child think of another word to go with that family. Cut out two circles making sure one is smaller than the other. On the edge of the large circle write the word family (i. e. Carefully cut out a small space in front of the U in UMP. Next, using your smaller circle, write a letter(s) on the edge that could be used to form words in the UMP word family. Continue with additional letter(s) by moving the circle. Then position the smaller circle underneath the large circle so that you see a letter next to UMP. [. . . ] · Remove exhausted or new batteries from the learning toy when you are not going to use it for a long time. · Do not dispose of batteries in fire. · Do not attempt to recharge ordinary batteries. WE DO NOT RECOMMEND THE USE OF RECHARGEABLE BATTERIES. AUTOMATIC SHUT - OFF To preserve battery life, the Phonics Reading CenterTM learning toy will turn off automatically after several minutes without input. [. . . ]