LeapFrog Leapster Nick Jr. The Backyardigans Assembly Instructions

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Getting Started:
Insert the cartridge with the printed side facing front.
Press the On/Off button to begin.
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Sign In:
1. Follow the on-screen instructions to sign in.
2. Your Leapster™ system will store the game
information for up to 3 players. To remove or
replace a player, touch the X button on the screen.
All images in this Parent Guide are representative of gameplay only and do not reflect actual screenshot pixelation.
Many Ways to Play
The Backyardigans presents a variety of interactive games that help children
explore their imaginations and creativity! Plus, they can also dance along with
their friends, the Backyardigans!
Touch an icon on the backyard screen with the stylus to start the adventure.
You can also use the directional arrows to scroll through and highlight icons, then
press the A button to select.To skip the introductory movie after you’ve seen it
already, touch the screen with the stylus or press the A button.
To turn off the background music, touch the music note on the screen.This
setting will return to “music on” each time the unit is powered on.
Welcome to The Backyardigans!
Come join your friends—Pablo,
Uniqua, Tyrone, Tasha and Austin—
on their fantastic adventures!
This collection of imaginative
games will help strengthen your
child’s preschool readiness skills
and creativity.
Music Maker
The Beach
Frozen North
Sandy Desert
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Welcome to THE BACKYARDIGANS!
Join Pablo, Uniqua, Tyrone, Tasha and Austin on all sorts of adventures without
leaving your backyard! You can venture into the Frozen North, look for the
perfect wave at Tiki Beach or explore the hot Sandy Desert. Travel to these
unique destinations to help the Backyardigans! Come along! There’s so much to
explore, see and do!
Learning at All Levels
The Backyardigans reinforces important early reading, mathematics and
memory skills with six interactive games. Young learners can easily play at
their own pace and ability. To reinforce and expand children’s knowledge
about important concepts within each game, there is a progressive increase in
challenge of the skill being taught.
How a Tutorial Works
The goal of a tutorial is to provide clear
demonstrations on how to break down a
skill into smaller parts. A tutorial is activated
when the player presses the Hint button. If a
player has trouble building a consonant-vowel-
consonant word in X Marks the Spot, for
example, the narrator carefully demonstrates
the sound the letter makes, while the letter is
visually reinforced on screen.
Frozen North: Yeti Search
HOW TO PLAY
Do you think there’s such a thing as a Yeti? Join
the Frozen North Explorers on their mission to
find out by searching for Yeti clues! Frozen North
Expert Uniqua has her camera so you can take
pictures of what you find. Use the arrow pad or
joystick to move the camera around to search for
objects hidden in the scenery. When you find an
object, press the A button to snap a photograph.
When you find all the clues, you’ll find the
legendary Yeti! Yeti-yeti-yeti-yetiiii!

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WHAT’S BEING TAUGHT?
Visual Discrimination: The ability to visually identify important details of an
object, picture or symbol. Searching for hidden objects encourages children to
look for and identify similarities and differences.
WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT?
A child’s ability to visually discriminate is fundamental for success in reading,
writing and mathematics. Children need to be able to observe important
details. Developing visual acuity is important when learning numbers and
letters. The reinforcement of the names of the items on their search checklist
also enhances vocabulary development.
Frozen North: Cave Party
HOW TO PLAY
You know what else the Backyardigans can do in
the Frozen North? They can be prehistoric cave
people having a drum party in a mountain cave!
Help them create and play ug-cellent drum beats.
Listen to the sound pattern, then use the pen
to repeat it. Once you have completed a set of
patterns, crank up the cave party and howl at the
moon!
Level 1: Match and extend simple sound patterns
Level 2: Match and extend more complex sound patterns
WHAT’S BEING TAUGHT?
Pattern Recognition: The ability to distinguish a group of sounds that
repeat. Players gain practice matching and extending simple to more
complex patterns.
WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT?
Being able to discriminate between different sounds and sound patterns is an
important skill that underpins critical reading and spelling skills. Over time,
children associate sounds with letters and notice when words begin or end
with the same sound. Children who can easily discriminate and identify sounds
are more able to learn to read with ease. Repeating these sound patterns also
aids in memory development.

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Sandy Desert: Echo Canyon
HOW TO PLAY
Cowboy Pablo and Cowgirls Uniqua and Tasha are
tracking a mysterious bandit in the Wild West, but
to find him, they need to cross Echo Canyon! Help
them make echoes so that the boulders will tumble
down to make a bridge for them to cross. Listen to
the pattern of shapes called out, and use the pen to
select the shapes that repeat the pattern. Then the
rocks will tumble and the cowpokes can cross the
canyon! Yahoo!
Level 1: Match and extend simple patterns
Level 2: Match and extend more complex patterns
WHAT’S BEING TAUGHT?
Pattern Recognition: The ability to distinguish a group of objects that repeat.
Players match and extend simple to more complex patterns.
WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT?
Understanding patterns lays the groundwork for memory development,
problem solving and logical reasoning. As children determine what comes
next in a pattern, they need to look carefully for similarities and differences,
and develop mnemonics to aid recall. This game also reinforces knowledge of
basic geometric shapes.
Sandy Desert: Tumbleweed Jump
HOW TO PLAY
You know what else the Backyardigans can do in
the Sandy Desert? They can be Desert Questers
searching for water! Help Desert Questers Pablo
and Tyrone search by crossing a path of tumbling
tumbleweeds! Use the arrow pad or joystick to align
yourself with a passing tumbleweed, then press the
up arrow or move the joystick up to jump on the
tumbleweed. Listen to the prompt so you know what
numbers to jump on. Get a jump on it!

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Level 1: Identify numbers through 18 and count forward and backward to and
from 18
Level 2: Count forward and backward to and from 99 and skip count/counting
on by 2s, 5s and tens up to 50
WHAT’S BEING TAUGHT?
Numeration: The ability to understand numbers and number relationships
WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT?
A child’s ability to count, identify and sequence numbers advances his or her
understanding of mathematics. Gaining proficiency in recognizing/recognising
and counting numbers lays the groundwork to develop strong computation skills.
The Beach: Surf’s Up!
HOW TO PLAY
Surfers Pablo, Uniqua and Tyrone want to surf the
perfect wave at Tiki Beach, but Mystery Lifeguard
Austin says they’ll only be ready for it after they
collect some rad surfer stuff. Use the binoculars
to help them find everything they’ll need! Use
the arrow pad or joystick to move the binoculars
around in search of objects hidden in the beach
scenery. Once you find an object, press the A
button. Collect all the stuff and you’ll be ready to
surf the perfect wave!
WHAT’S BEING TAUGHT?
Visual Discrimination: The ability to visually identify key characteristics of
an object, picture or symbol. This game gives children practice in identifying
similarities and differences between objects.
WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT?
The ability to visually discriminate is fundamental for success in reading, writing
and mathematics. Developing visual acuity is important when learning numbers
and letters. The reinforcement of the names of the items on the search
checklist also enhances vocabulary development.

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The Beach: X Marks the Spot
HOW TO PLAY
You know what else the Backyardigans can do at
The Beach? They can search for buried treasure as
pirates! Help them reach the X that marks the spot
by jumping on logs to safely cross the quicksand.
Use the arrow pad or joystick to move them in
front of the moving logs, and press the up arrow
or move the joystick up to jump on the logs. Listen
carefully to the prompts that tell you what letters or
letter sounds to jump on. Arrr!
Level 1: Identifying letter names and letter-sound relationships
Level 2: Basic word building
WHAT’S BEING TAUGHT?
Letter Identification: Understanding letter names
Letter-Sound Relationships: Understanding the relationship between letters
and their corresponding sounds
Spelling Patterns: Identifying simple consonant-vowel-consonant patterns
in words
WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT?
In order to become proficient readers and writers, children must apply
their knowledge of letters and sounds. Children who can quickly recognize/
recognise letters and letter-sound relationships are ready to build and decode
simple words. Understanding these important skills is critical for a child’s
future success in learning how to read and write.

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Music Maker
HOW TO PLAY
Now that you’ve learned so much, it’s time to
celebrate and groove with the Backyardigans! You
can create your own music sequence, and pick
a friend to dance to it! There are many styles of
music tunes to choose from—disco, jazz, mambo,
hip-hop, swing, funk and much more! Just drag
pictures to the grid with your pen. When you’ve
chosen all your sound icons, press Play with the
pen. Once the music begins, it’s time to get up
and dance with the friend you’ve chosen!
WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT?
This game encourages creativity through music building and active play—
essential for a child’s well-rounded development. The Music Maker allows
a child to explore and experiment with different sound combinations and
sequences. Through experimentation, children learn cause and effect as well
as how to better control what they are creating.

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