V-tech Alphabert and Sprocket Guide

A Guide to Using
Alphabert and Sprocket
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TO BEGIN PLAYTO BEGIN PLAY
TO BEGIN PLAYTO BEGIN PLAY
TO BEGIN PLAY
1. To begin play, press the ON/OFFON/OFF
ON/OFFON/OFF
ON/OFF BUTTONBUTTON
BUTTONBUTTON
BUTTON or just open the
keyboard. You will hear an opening short tune, and
lphabert and Sprocket will say, “ lphabert and
Sprocket.”
2. Press any CTIVITYCTIVITY
CTIVITYCTIVITY
CTIVITY BUTTONBUTTON
BUTTONBUTTON
BUTTON to select from one of the
sixteen activities. The friendly robots will guide you
through each of the following activities:
1. Learning Letters
2. Uppercase & Lowercase Letters
3. lphabet Order
4. Sounds Of Words
5. Word Challenge
6. Beginning Letters
ALPHABERT AND SPROCKETALPHABERT AND SPROCKET
ALPHABERT AND SPROCKETALPHABERT AND SPROCKET
ALPHABERT AND SPROCKET
THE READY TO READ ROBOTS™THE READY TO READ ROBOTS™
THE READY TO READ ROBOTS™THE READY TO READ ROBOTS™
THE READY TO READ ROBOTS™
ON/OFF BUTTONON/OFF BUTTON
ON/OFF BUTTONON/OFF BUTTON
ON/OFF BUTTON
CTIVITYCTIVITY
CTIVITYCTIVITY
CTIVITY
BUTTONSBUTTONS
BUTTONSBUTTONS
BUTTONS
HELP BUTTONHELP BUTTON
HELP BUTTONHELP BUTTON
HELP BUTTON
VOLUME CONTROLVOLUME CONTROL
VOLUME CONTROLVOLUME CONTROL
VOLUME CONTROL
SWITCHSWITCH
SWITCHSWITCH
SWITCH
LPH BERT'SLPH BERT'S
LPH BERT'SLPH BERT'S
LPH BERT'S
NIM TRONICNIM TRONIC
NIM TRONICNIM TRONIC
NIM TRONIC
EYESEYES
EYESEYES
EYES SPROCKET'SSPROCKET'S
SPROCKET'SSPROCKET'S
SPROCKET'S
NIM TRONICNIM TRONIC
NIM TRONICNIM TRONIC
NIM TRONIC
HE D NDHE D ND
HE D NDHE D ND
HE D ND
MOUTHMOUTH
MOUTHMOUTH
MOUTH
RROWRROW
RROWRROW
RROW
BUTTONSBUTTONS
BUTTONSBUTTONS
BUTTONS
ENTERENTER
ENTERENTER
ENTER
BUTTONBUTTON
BUTTONBUTTON
BUTTON
26 LETTER/OBJECT26 LETTER/OBJECT
26 LETTER/OBJECT26 LETTER/OBJECT
26 LETTER/OBJECT
BUTTONSBUTTONS
BUTTONSBUTTONS
BUTTONS
SPE KERSPE KER
SPE KERSPE KER
SPE KER
LCD SCREENLCD SCREEN
LCD SCREENLCD SCREEN
LCD SCREEN
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TO BEGIN PLAYTO BEGIN PLAY
TO BEGIN PLAYTO BEGIN PLAY
TO BEGIN PLAY
7. Missing Letters
8. Missing Vowels
9. Beginning & Ending Blends
10. Rhyming Words
11. Word Groups
12. Word Scramble
13. Letter Catch
14. Hangman
15. Memory Challenge
16. Hear Song
3. Press the HELPHELP
HELPHELP
HELP BUTTONBUTTON
BUTTONBUTTON
BUTTON to hear a question repeated and/
or receive the answer to a question.
4. To adjust the volume, slide the VOLUME CONTROL SWITCHVOLUME CONTROL SWITCH
VOLUME CONTROL SWITCHVOLUME CONTROL SWITCH
VOLUME CONTROL SWITCH to
the left for low volume or to the right for high volume.
5. lphabert’s eyes will turn to his pal Sprocket as he asks
questions.
6. Sprocket’s head will turn to lphabert when lphabert is
asking a question.
7. Sprocket’s mouth will move when he speaks.
8. To turn the learning toy off, press the ON/OFFON/OFF
ON/OFFON/OFF
ON/OFF BUTTONBUTTON
BUTTONBUTTON
BUTTON again
or just close the keyboard.
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LEARNING LETTERSLEARNING LETTERS
LEARNING LETTERSLEARNING LETTERS
LEARNING LETTERS
ALPHABERT AND SPROCKET THE READY TOALPHABERT AND SPROCKET THE READY TO
ALPHABERT AND SPROCKET THE READY TOALPHABERT AND SPROCKET THE READY TO
ALPHABERT AND SPROCKET THE READY TO
READ ROBOTS™READ ROBOTS™
READ ROBOTS™READ ROBOTS™
READ ROBOTS™ ACTIVITIESACTIVITIES
ACTIVITIESACTIVITIES
ACTIVITIES
ACTIVITY 1 - LEARNING LETTERSACTIVITY 1 - LEARNING LETTERS
ACTIVITY 1 - LEARNING LETTERSACTIVITY 1 - LEARNING LETTERS
ACTIVITY 1 - LEARNING LETTERS
This activity introduces letter identification and letter sounds. Your child will also
learn a word that begins with each of the 26 letters of the alphabet. For the
letters , C, E, G, I, O, and U, two words will be taught to represent two different
sounds. lphabert will identify the pressed letter. Then lphabert will tell your
child the name of an object that begins with that particular letter.
Learning Benefits for Your Child Learning Benefits for Your Child
Learning Benefits for Your Child Learning Benefits for Your Child
Learning Benefits for Your Child - The Learning Letters activity is presented to
introduce your child to the 26 letters of the alphabet. Your child may explore at
his or her own pace by choosing which letters to press. There are no specific
instructions telling your child which button to press. This free exploration is very
inviting and encourages your child to take risks by pressing letters he or she may
not be too familiar with.
ACTIVITY INSTRUCTIONS:ACTIVITY INSTRUCTIONS:
ACTIVITY INSTRUCTIONS:ACTIVITY INSTRUCTIONS:
ACTIVITY INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Press the Learning LettersLearning Letters
Learning LettersLearning Letters
Learning Letters activity button. You will hear a
sound effect followed by “Let’s learn the letters and their
sounds. Press a button.”
2. Press a letter button to hear the letter identified followed
by an object that begins with that letter. For example,
press the letter “ ” button and you will hear the letter
name “ ” and see appear in uppercase and lowercase.
Then you will hear “ says ‘ h’ as in ape” and the
corresponding object animation will appear on the LCD
screen.
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UPPERCASE & LOWERCASEUPPERCASE & LOWERCASE
UPPERCASE & LOWERCASEUPPERCASE & LOWERCASE
UPPERCASE & LOWERCASE
LETTERSLETTERS
LETTERSLETTERS
LETTERS
ALPHABERT AND SPROCKET THE READY TOALPHABERT AND SPROCKET THE READY TO
ALPHABERT AND SPROCKET THE READY TOALPHABERT AND SPROCKET THE READY TO
ALPHABERT AND SPROCKET THE READY TO
READ ROBOTS™READ ROBOTS™
READ ROBOTS™READ ROBOTS™
READ ROBOTS™ ACTIVITIESACTIVITIES
ACTIVITIESACTIVITIES
ACTIVITIES
ACTIVITY 2 - UPPERCASE & LOWERCASE LETTERSACTIVITY 2 - UPPERCASE & LOWERCASE LETTERS
ACTIVITY 2 - UPPERCASE & LOWERCASE LETTERSACTIVITY 2 - UPPERCASE & LOWERCASE LETTERS
ACTIVITY 2 - UPPERCASE & LOWERCASE LETTERS
This activity strengthens uppercase and lowercase skills. Your child will differentiate
between lowercase and uppercase letters. He or she will then have the opportunity
to pair up the uppercase and lowercase letters.
Learning Benefits for Your Child Learning Benefits for Your Child
Learning Benefits for Your Child Learning Benefits for Your Child
Learning Benefits for Your Child - The Uppercase and Lowercase Letters activity is
designed to familiarize your child with uppercase and lowercase letters.
ACTIVITY INSTRUCTIONS:ACTIVITY INSTRUCTIONS:
ACTIVITY INSTRUCTIONS:ACTIVITY INSTRUCTIONS:
ACTIVITY INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Press the Uppercase and Lowercase Letters Uppercase and Lowercase Letters
Uppercase and Lowercase Letters Uppercase and Lowercase Letters
Uppercase and Lowercase Letters activity
button. You will hear a sound effect followed by “Let’s
learn uppercase and lowercase letters.”
2. n uppercase letter will appear on the top line of the LCD
screen and 3 lowercase letters on the bottom line.
flashing cursor will appear under the first letter.
lphabert’s eyes will turn to look at Sprocket and
Sprocket’s head will look at lphabert. Then lphabert
will say “Match the uppercase and lowercase letters.”
3. Press the letter on the keyboard to answer the question directly
or press the left and right arrow buttons to choose the answer
and press the Enter button to confirm the selection.
4. If the correct letter is chosen, you will see lphabert’s eyes
turn to Sprocket. Sprocket will say a positive response such
as “Yeah! You’re cranking now!” The LCD screen will show
you the uppercase and lowercase letters together.
5. If an incorrect letter is chosen the first time, you will hear
a negative sound effect and lphabert’s eyes will turn to
look at Sprocket. Sprocket will say an encouraging phrase
like “Oh, oh! Short circuit. Try again!” and the question
will be repeated. If you answer incorrectly the second
time, a negative phrase will be heard and lphabert’s
eyes will turn to look at Sprocket. Sprocket will say, “ re
your gears stuck? Let us help!” The LCD screen will show
you the correct answer.
6. When the Help button is pressed once, the question will
be repeated. If the Help button is pressed a second time,
the answer will be identified.
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ALPHABET ORDERALPHABET ORDER
ALPHABET ORDERALPHABET ORDER
ALPHABET ORDER
ALPHABERT AND SPROCKET THE READY TOALPHABERT AND SPROCKET THE READY TO
ALPHABERT AND SPROCKET THE READY TOALPHABERT AND SPROCKET THE READY TO
ALPHABERT AND SPROCKET THE READY TO
READ ROBi¨S™READ ROBi¨S™
READ ROBi¨S™READ ROBi¨S™
READ ROBi¨S™ ACTIVITIESACTIVITIES
ACTIVITIESACTIVITIES
ACTIVITIES
ACTIVITY 3 - ALPHABET ORDERACTIVITY 3 - ALPHABET ORDER
ACTIVITY 3 - ALPHABET ORDERACTIVITY 3 - ALPHABET ORDER
ACTIVITY 3 - ALPHABET ORDER
This activity strengthens alphabetical order skills. Your child will recognize that
the letters of the alphabet are arranged in a certain order. He or she will have
opportunities to tell which letter comes before or after certain letters. Your child will
be asked specific questions such as, “What letter comes before the letter B?” He or
she will then have the opportunity to look at the letter buttons and find that letter.
Learning Benefits for Your Child Learning Benefits for Your Child
Learning Benefits for Your Child Learning Benefits for Your Child
Learning Benefits for Your Child - The lphabet Order activity is designed to
familiarize your child with the alphabet. Your child will also be taught 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:ACTIVITY INSTRUCTIONS:
ACTIVITY INSTRUCTIONS:ACTIVITY INSTRUCTIONS:
ACTIVITY INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Press the lphabet Orderlphabet Order
lphabet Orderlphabet Order
lphabet Order activity button. You will hear a
sound effect followed by “Let’s learn before and after.”
2. letter and a blank space will appear on the LCD screen.
lphabert’s eyes will turn to look at Sprocket. Sprocket’s
head will turn to look at lphabert. Then lphabert will ask
a random question, for example, “What letter comes before
the letter h?”
3. Press the letter on the keyboard to answer the question.
4. When a correct letter button is pressed, you will see
lphabert’s eyes turn to look at Sprocket. Sprocket will
say a positive response such as “Yeah! You’re cranking
now!” and the correct letter will be identified.
5. When an incorrect letter is chosen on the first and second
tries, you will hear a negative sound effect. Then you will
see lphabert’s eyes turn to look at Sprocket. Sprocket
will say an encouraging phrase like “Oh, oh! Short circuit.
Try again!” and the question will be repeated. If you
answer incorrectly a third time, a negative phrase will be
heard and lphabert’s eyes will turn to look at Sprocket.
Sprocket will say, “ re your gears stuck? Let us help!”
The LCD screen will show you the correct answer.
6. When the Help button is pressed once, the question will
be repeated. If the Help button is pressed a second time,
the answer will be identified.
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ALPHABERT AND SPROCKET THE READY TOALPHABERT AND SPROCKET THE READY TO
ALPHABERT AND SPROCKET THE READY TOALPHABERT AND SPROCKET THE READY TO
ALPHABERT AND SPROCKET THE READY TO
READ ROBOTS™READ ROBOTS™
READ ROBOTS™READ ROBOTS™
READ ROBOTS™ ACTIVITIESACTIVITIES
ACTIVITIESACTIVITIES
ACTIVITIES
ACTIVITY 4 - SOUNDS OF WORDSACTIVITY 4 - SOUNDS OF WORDS
ACTIVITY 4 - SOUNDS OF WORDSACTIVITY 4 - SOUNDS OF WORDS
ACTIVITY 4 - SOUNDS OF WORDS
This activity introduces your child to sounding out words. Your child will be able
to hear every letter sound within a given word when completing this activity.
When your child presses a letter button, he or she will hear lphabert 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 Learning Benefits for Your Child
Learning Benefits for Your Child Learning Benefits for Your Child
Learning Benefits for Your Child - The Sounds of Words activity is designed to help
your child learn that letters make sounds and sounds put together make words.
This activity provides many opportunities for your child to press any button he or
she desires to hear a word sounded out. Your child may press a certain object
button as many times as he or she desires. This activity is another free exploration
activity to acquaint your child with the sounding out process.
ACTIVITY INSTRUCTIONS:ACTIVITY INSTRUCTIONS:
ACTIVITY INSTRUCTIONS:ACTIVITY INSTRUCTIONS:
ACTIVITY INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Press the Sounds Of WordsSounds Of Words
Sounds Of WordsSounds Of Words
Sounds Of Words activity button. You will hear a
sound effect followed by “Let’s see how to make words.
Press a button.”
2. Press a letter button to hear each individual sound of a
word. For example, when you press the ‘j’ button for ‘jam’
you will hear, “juh, ahh, mmm” followed by the word “jam.”
3. n object animation will appear on the LCD screen that
corresponds with the object button that was pressed.
SOUNDS OF WORDSSOUNDS OF WORDS
SOUNDS OF WORDSSOUNDS OF WORDS
SOUNDS OF WORDS
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ALPHABERT AND SPROCKET THE READY TOALPHABERT AND SPROCKET THE READY TO
ALPHABERT AND SPROCKET THE READY TOALPHABERT AND SPROCKET THE READY TO
ALPHABERT AND SPROCKET THE READY TO
READ ROBOTS™READ ROBOTS™
READ ROBOTS™READ ROBOTS™
READ ROBOTS™ ACTIVITIESACTIVITIES
ACTIVITIESACTIVITIES
ACTIVITIES
ACTIVITY 5 - WORD CHALLENGEACTIVITY 5 - WORD CHALLENGE
ACTIVITY 5 - WORD CHALLENGEACTIVITY 5 - WORD CHALLENGE
ACTIVITY 5 - WORD CHALLENGE
This activity challenges your child to match the words with the pictures.
Learning Benefits for Your Child Learning Benefits for Your Child
Learning Benefits for Your Child Learning Benefits for Your Child
Learning Benefits for Your Child - The Word Challenge activity is designed to
familiarize your child with the words and their pictures.
ACTIVITY INSTRUCTIONS:ACTIVITY INSTRUCTIONS:
ACTIVITY INSTRUCTIONS:ACTIVITY INSTRUCTIONS:
ACTIVITY INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Press the Word Challenge Word Challenge
Word Challenge Word Challenge
Word Challenge activity button. You will hear a
sound effect and see lphabert’s eyes turn to look at
Sprocket. Sprocket’s head will turn to look at lphabert,
and then lphabert will ask “Can you find the object?”
2. word will be shown in the middle of the LCD screen.
Then three pictures will appear and a cursor highlighting
the first picture will flash.
3. Press the left or right arrow buttons to choose the picture
of the word.
4.When the correct picture is chosen, you will see
lphabert’s eyes turn to look at Sprocket. Sprocket will
say a positive response such a “Woohoo! That’s
electrifying!” and the correct picture will be shown.
5. When an incorrect picture is chosen on the first try, you
will hear a negative sound effect and see lphabert’s eyes
turn to look at Sprocket. Sprocket will say an encouraging
phrase like “Oh, oh! Short circuit. Try again!” and the
question will be repeated. If you answer incorrectly a
second time, a negative phrase will be heard and
lphabert’s eyes will turn to look at Sprocket. Sprocket
will say “ re your gears stuck? Let us help!” The LCD screen
will show you the correct picture of the word.
6. When the Help button is pressed once, the question will
be repeated. If the Help button is pressed a second time,
the answer will be identified.
WORD CHALLENGEWORD CHALLENGE
WORD CHALLENGEWORD CHALLENGE
WORD CHALLENGE
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ALPHABERT AND SPROCKET THE READY TOALPHABERT AND SPROCKET THE READY TO
ALPHABERT AND SPROCKET THE READY TOALPHABERT AND SPROCKET THE READY TO
ALPHABERT AND SPROCKET THE READY TO
READ ROBOTS™READ ROBOTS™
READ ROBOTS™READ ROBOTS™
READ ROBOTS™ ACTIVITIESACTIVITIES
ACTIVITIESACTIVITIES
ACTIVITIES
ACTIVITY 6 - BEGINNING LETTERSACTIVITY 6 - BEGINNING LETTERS
ACTIVITY 6 - BEGINNING LETTERSACTIVITY 6 - BEGINNING LETTERS
ACTIVITY 6 - BEGINNING LETTERS
This activity continues to reinforce consonant and vowel sounds. Your child will
identify the word with the same beginning letter in the word groups.
Learning Benefits for Your Child Learning Benefits for Your Child
Learning Benefits for Your Child Learning Benefits for Your Child
Learning Benefits for Your Child - The Beginning Letters activity is created to help
your child to familiarize a variety of words as well as gain confidence in listening
for sounds of letters at the begi¡>ing of words.
ACTIVITY INSTRUCTIONS:ACTIVITY INSTRUCTIONS:
ACTIVITY INSTRUCTIONS:ACTIVITY INSTRUCTIONS:
ACTIVITY INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Press the Beginning Letters Beginning Letters
Beginning Letters Beginning Letters
Beginning Letters activity button. You will hear
a sound effect followed by a random question such as
“Can you find a word that begins with the ‘buh’ sound as
in blimp?”
2. You will see three words scroll from the right to the left
on the screen. When a word is in the middle of the LCD
screen, it will be highlighted.
3. Press the Enter button to select the correct word when it
is highlighted.
4. When the correct word is chosen, you will see lphabert’s
eyes turn to look at Sprocket. Sprocket will say a positive
response such as “Woohoo! That’s electrifying!” The LCD
screen will show the two words that have the same
beginning letters together.
5. When an incorrect word is chosen on the first try, you will
hear a negative sound effect and see lphabert’s eyes
turn to look at Sprocket. Sprocket will say an encouraging
phrase like “Oops. Try again!” and the question will be
repeated. If you answer incorrectly the second time, a
negative phrase will be heard and lphabert’s eyes will
turn to look at Sprocket. Sprocket will say, “ re your gears
stuck? Let us help!” The LCD screen will show you the two
words that have the same beginning letter.
6. When the Help button is pressed once, the question will
be repeated. If the Help button is pressed a second time,
the answer will be identified.
BEGINNING LETTERSBEGINNING LETTERS
BEGINNING LETTERSBEGINNING LETTERS
BEGINNING LETTERS
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