VTech Alphabert, Parents' Manual

Page 1: ...1 800 521 2010 www vtechkids com CANADA 1 800 267 7377 www vtechcanada com UK 01235 546810 VTECH Printed in China 91 01234 002 Alphabet Apple 3 years and up 80 26800 Flip For Phonics 3 5 years 80 2910...

Page 2: ...ng devel opment By being a good role model your child should see you read books maga zines and newspapers Of course there are other sources including billboards grocery lists recipes and street signs...

Page 3: ...F ON OFF ON OFF ON OFF button or just open the keyboard You will hear an opening short tune followed by Hello How are you 2 Press any ACTIVITY BUTTON ACTIVITY BUTTON ACTIVITY BUTTON ACTIVITY BUTTON AC...

Page 4: ...A Song 3 Press the HELP BUTTON HELP BUTTON HELP BUTTON HELP BUTTON HELP BUTTON to repeat a question and or receive the answer to a question 4 To adjust the volume slide the VOLUME CONTROL VOLUME CONT...

Page 5: ...or she may not be too familiar with ACTIVITY INSTRUCTIONS 1 Press the Learn Letters activity button You will hear a sound effect followed by Let s learn the letters Press a button 2 Press a letter bu...

Page 6: ...aught the concept of before and after This activity provides opportunities for your child to identify letters of the alphabet on his or her own ACTIVITY INSTRUCTIONS 1 Press the Alphabet Order activit...

Page 7: ...letter sound He or she will recognize that the vowels A E I O and U can make two different sounds both long and short and consonants C G and Y can also make more than one sound Every time your child p...

Page 8: ...ill hear the friendly robot slowly sound out the word for that given letter Your child will be able to look at the letters of the word as it is being sounded out Learning Benefits for Your Child Learn...

Page 9: ...MISSING LETTERS This activity strengthens spelling skills Your child must decide which letter is missing in order to complete the word He or she must rely on the knowledge of letter sounds in order to...

Page 10: ...t that the words being used are words from the objects pictured on the letter buttons Remind your child to refer to those when necessary Practice this activity without using the letter buttons by havi...

Page 11: ...TRUCTIONS 1 Press the Missing Vowels activity button You will hear a sound effect followed by A E I O and U are vowels Let s find the missing vowel followed by a question for example Find the missing...

Page 12: ...have the same ending sound He or she will be asked to add a missing letter to one of the two words that appear on the LCD screen in order to make the two words rhyme Learning Benefits for Your Child...

Page 13: ...rds on the LCD screen belong to Have your child think of another word to go with that family Make word family wheels Cut out two circles making sure one is smaller than the other On the edge of the la...

Page 14: ...ty is designed to help your child understand that both letters in a blend can still be heard when saying the word Your child will exposed to some L blends R blends N blends and S blends Your child sho...

Page 15: ...lend word Create puzzle pictures with blends Have your child write a word with a blend on an index card leaving room on one half of the card for an illustration to go along with the word Next your chi...

Page 16: ...se the object that doesn t belong and then press the Enter button to enter your answer 4 If the correct answer is chosen you will hear a positive phrase For example if the tree is selected you will he...

Page 17: ...on a large piece of paper Have your child choose another category and begin again ACTIVITY 10 WORD SCRAMBLE This activity strengthens spelling skills by asking your child to put scrambled letters in...

Page 18: ...up your own scrambled words with vocabu lary words that are familiar to your child Prepare a list of simple words for your child to unscramble Do not show your child the list Next create a set of alph...

Page 19: ...ds you can find 2 Next the friendly robot will say Press the ar row buttons and the enter button to choose a word Move the cursor on the LCD screen by pressing the arrow buttons To select a word press...

Page 20: ...e unfamiliar with ACTIVITY 12 LETTER CATCH This activity allows your child to practice spelling in a fun manner He or she will practice spelling short words by catching the letters of words in the cor...

Page 21: ...the correct letter is caught in the correct order the letter will be placed in the correct blank space If the incorrect letter is caught you will be asked to try again 5 Once you have caught all of th...

Page 22: ...your child to use his or her knowledge of letters and letter sounds in order to play this classic word game Your child must try to guess a letter to fill in the blanks until the word is completed Lea...

Page 23: ...the robot s body will be added 5 Press the Help button once and the learning toy will identify one correct letter If you use the Help button your number of chances will decrease If you press the Help...

Page 24: ...or her listening skills while trying to identify objects in proper sequence Your child will develop problem solving strategies as he or she creates a way of remembering the order in which the objects...

Page 25: ...ild i e getting ready for school preparing meals playing games watching movies Use these opportunities to discuss sequence of events ACTIVITY 15 COUNTING This activity helps your child learn how to co...

Page 26: ...will be eliminated If the Help button is pressed when there are only two choices left on the LCD screen the learning toy will identify the answer How Can You Help Provide plenty of opportunities for...

Page 27: ...nald Had A Farm c Camptown Races p Pease Porridge Hot d Did You Ever See A Lassie q Polly Wolly Doodle e Farmer in the Dell r Row Row Row Your Boat f Frere Jacques s Sailing Sailing g Here We Go Round...

Page 28: ...F RECHARGEABLE BATTERIES WE DO NOT RECOMMEND THE USE OF RECHARGEABLE BATTERIES WE DO NOT RECOMMEND THE USE OF RECHARGEABLE BATTERIES AUTOMATIC SHUT OFF To preserve battery life the ALPHABERT THE READY...

Page 29: ...d or sugges tions that you might have A service representative will be happy to help you NOTE NOTE NOTE NOTE NOTE This equipment generates and uses radio frequency energy and if not in stalled and use...

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