User manual VTECH V.SMILE SHREK

[. . . ] Come along on a fun-filled journey through haunted forests, scary castles, and hidden laboratories while using math, spelling and logic skills to get the magic potion! GETTING STARTED STEP 1: Choose Your Play Mode Move the joystick up or down to choose the play mode you want. Press the ENTER button when you are finished. LearningAdventure LearningZone Options 1. Learning Adventure In this play mode, you can travel with Shrek, Fiona and Donkey through seven exciting games while searching for a medicine that will cure Dragon. You can choose Continue to resume your last quest, choose New Adventure to start a new one, or play any of the Learning Adventure games individually by choosing Quick Play. [. . . ] If successful, the bad guy will turn into a pigeon. SHREK'S YELL Shrek has the ability to yell in different situations. This is an area "attack. " When Shrek shouts, the surrounding bad guys will get scared and "freeze" or fall down. This ability becomes more powerful as Shrek reaches a higher level. FIONA'S KICK ACTIVITIES Fiona has the ability to turn kick in certain situations. This is an area "attack. " When Fiona does a turn-kick, the surrounding enemies will get scared and "freeze" or fall down. This ability becomes more powerful as Fiona reaches a higher level. MAGIC HELMET Along the way you will find a magic helmet which, when collected, gives Shrek extra strength. Shrek can use this power to lift up heavy objects. MAGIC SHOES Along the way you will also find magic shoes which, when collected, give Fiona faster running ability. Fiona can use this power to move faster in certain situations. For all Learning Adventure areas - Treasure Boxes When the main character opens a treasure box, a math equation will pop up. Answer correctly to collect the secret items. There are 4 choices and the player must press the corresponding color button that answers the question. Curriculum: Mathematics Easy Level: Addition and subtraction Difficult Level: Addition, subtraction and multiplication For all Learning Adventure areas - Bubbles A spelling game will pop up when a bubble is found, revealing an object. Select the letter that correctly completes the word. There are 4 choices and the player must press the corresponding color button that answers the question. Curriculum: Missing Letters Easy Level: Shorter path and smaller map area Difficult Level: Longer path and larger map area Adventure Game 1 - Forest Search Game Play There's a magic potion somewhere in the forest that's needed for Dragon's medicine, but where is it?Find the Fairy Tale friends and they'll ask you for a favor. Bring them what they need and they just might lead you to the magic potion!Curriculum: Directions and Spelling Easy Level: Shorter words with missing letters Difficult Level: Longer words with missing letters Mini Game 1 - Catch that Cat! Puss in Boots is hiding in the trees that are marked by the multiples of a given number (eg. 2, 4, 6 and 8. ) Use Shrek's or Fiona's special ability near the correct trees in order to shake Puss loose and catch him. ACTIVITIES Curriculum: Multiples Easy Level: multiples of 2, 3 and 5 Difficult Level: multiples of 4, 6, 7, 8 and 9 Adventure Game - Castle Sneak Shrek and Donkey need to get to the laboratory in the castle, but guards are watching the place with flashlights. Time your moves carefully, and if the alarm gets triggered, hurry to a safe place!Curriculum: Problem solving and spelling Easy Level: Fewer soldiers on guard duty Difficult Level: More soldiers on guard duty, walking faster Mini Game - Get the Potion ACTIVITIES Donkey asks Puss to find potions on the potion shelves. The player needs to guide Puss to get the correct potions and avoid being hit by the rolling bottles. Curriculum: Spatial Sense, Directions Easy Level: Fewer rolling bottles Difficult Level: More rolling bottles, faster speed Adventure Game - Lost in the Haunted Forest Time has been frozen in the haunted forest. Find all six hour glasses to unfreeze time and guide the gang out of the scary forest. [. . . ] or 1-877-352-8697 in Canada NOTE: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. [. . . ]