Look for these additional products in the Fundamentals of Reading product line A Parent’s Guide to using the Alphabert The Ready to Read Robot ™ learning toy Alphabet Apple™ 3 years and up 80-26800 Alphabert The Ready to Read Robot™ 4-6 years 80-29400 Flip For Phonics™ 3-5 years 80-29100 Language Laptop™ 5-8 years 80-26000 Phonics Reading Center™ 5-8 years 80-26100 Our helpful Consumer Services staff is available to answer product questions and to assist in finding a retailer nearest you USA 1-800-5
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. That is why VTech designed the Fundamentals of Reading product line to help your child develop language skills, the skills crucial to learning how to read. Our ageappropriate activities will help your child feel successful every step of the way.
TO BEGIN PLAY ALPHABERT THE READY TO READ ROBOT™ CARRY HANDLE VOLUME CONTROL SWITCH LCD SCREEN ON/OFF BUTTON ACTIVITY BUTTONS ARROW BUTTONS SPEAKER ENTER BUTTON LOCK BUTTONS HELP BUTTON 26 LETTER/OBJECT BUTTONS TO BEGIN PLAY 1. To begin play, press the 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 to select one of the sixteen activities.
1)Learn Letters 9)Word Groups 2)Alphabet Order 10)Word Scramble 3)Sounds of Letters 11)Word Search 4)Sounds of Words 12)Letter Catch 5)Missing Letters 13Hangman 6)Missing Vowels 14)Memory Challenge 7)Matching Rhymes 15)Counting 8)Beginning & Ending Blends 16)Hear A Song 3. Press the HELP BUTTON to repeat a question and/or receive the answer to a question. 4. To adjust the volume, slide the VOLUME CONTROL SWITCH to the left for low volume or to the right for high volume. 5.
LEARN LETTERS ALPHABERT THE READY TO READ ROBOT™ ACTIVITIES ACTIVITY 1 - LEARN LETTERS This activity introduces letter identification. Your child will also learn a word that begins with each of the 26 letters of the alphabet. For the letters A, E, I, O, and U, two words will be taught to represent both the long and short vowel sounds of those letters. The friendly robot will say, “This is the letter__.
ALPHABERT THE READY TO READ ROBOT™ ACTIVITIES 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.
ALPHABERT THE READY TO READ ROBOT™ ACTIVITIES ACTIVITY 2 - ALPHABET ORDER (continued) How Can You Help? SOUNDS OF LETTERS • While your child is playing this activity, encourage him or her to look at the letters while making his or her decision about the answer. Have your child tell you why he or she is choosing a certain letter for his or her answer. • Your child should understand what the terms “before” and “after” really mean.
ALPHABERT THE READY TO READ ROBOT™ ACTIVITIES ACTIVITY 3 - SOUNDS OF LETTERS (continued) How Can You Help? • Encourage your child to say the letter sounds along with the learning toy. Your child could practice by saying, “The name of the letter is B. The sound of the letter is buh.” • This skill takes lots and lots of practice. Remember to remain positive and praise your child when he or she can tell you the sound of a given letter.
ALPHABERT THE READY TO READ ROBOT™ ACTIVITIES ACTIVITY 4 - SOUNDS OF WORDS (continued) 3. An object animation will appear on the LCD screen that corresponds with the object button that was pressed. How Can You Help? • Encourage your child to sound out the words with the friendly robot. Remind your child to look at the letters within the word while he or she is sounding out the word. • Using the object words from the learning toy, write each of the words on cards.
ALPHABERT THE READY TO READ ROBOT™ ACTIVITIES ACTIVITY 5 - MISSING LETTERS (continued) 2. When the correct letter button is pressed, the answer will be heard, followed by a positive phrase. For example, for the question “b l o _ k”, if you press the letter “c” button, you will hear “C is the missing letter in the word block. Great job!” You will then see a rewarding animation on the LCD screen. 3. When an incorrect letter button is pressed, you will hear “Uh-oh.
ALPHABERT THE READY TO READ ROBOT™ ACTIVITIES ACTIVITY 6 - MISSING VOWELS (continued) Learning Benefits for Your Child Child-The Missing Vowels activity provides a good review of vowel recognition. When choosing an answer, your child will have to decide between vowels and consonants using the letter buttons. This is a great way to see if your child can distinguish the two apart as well as know their sounds. ACTIVITY INSTRUCTIONS: 1. Press the Missing Vowels activity button.
ALPHABERT THE READY TO READ ROBOT™ ACTIVITIES ACTIVITY 6 - MISSING VOWELS (continued) How Can You Help? • Remind your child that the vowels are displayed in a different color from the consonants on the letter buttons. Review the names of the vowels A, E, I, O, and U. Be sure that your child knows the sounds (both long and short) of the vowels. • While reading books, magazines, signs, etc. to your child, draw attention to the vowels in words. Have your child tell you what the vowel is in a word.
ALPHABERT THE READY TO READ ROBOT™ ACTIVITIES ACTIVITY 7- MATCHING RHYMES (continued) 2. Press the letter buttons to fill in the missing letter to make the two words on the LCD screen rhyme. Ant rhymes with plant. 3. If the correct answer is entered, the learning toy will identify the rhyming words followed by a positive phrase and a rewarding animation. For example, you will hear “Ant rhymes with plant. You got it!” 4.
ALPHABERT THE READY TO READ ROBOT™ ACTIVITIES ACTIVITY 8 - BEGINNING & ENDING BLENDS This activity strengthens phonetic skills by exposing your child to blends at the beginning and ending of words. Your child will learn that blends are made by combining two or more consonants to make a new sound (i.e. CR, BL, ST). A word will be pronounced and shown on the LCD screen. Your child will be asked to decide which letters in the word make up a particular blend.
ALPHABERT THE READY TO READ ROBOT™ ACTIVITIES ACTIVITY 8 - BEGINNING & ENDING BLENDS (continued) 4. When the correct answer is entered, you will hear the blend followed by a positive phrase and a rewarding animation. For example, you will hear “Great job! ‘Nd’ is the ending blend of land.” 5. When an incorrect answer is entered, the learning toy will ask you to try again. 6. Press the Help button once to hear the last question repeated. Press the Help button a second time to have the answer identified.
ALPHABERT THE READY TO READ ROBOT™ ACTIVITIES ACTIVITY 9 - WORD GROUPS (continued) ACTIVITY INSTRUCTIONS: 1. Press the Word Groups activity button. You will hear a sound effect followed by “Can you find the picture that doesn’t belong? Let’s try!” Can you find the picture that doesn’t belong? 2. Three objects will appear on the LCD screen, for example, an apple, banana, and tree. 3.
ALPHABERT THE READY TO READ ROBOT™ ACTIVITIES ACTIVITY 9 - WORD GROUPS (continued) How Can You Help? • When you go grocery shopping, have your child categorize the items that you have bought. Are there fruits, vegetables, drinks, and meats? • When playing with this activity, encourage your child to tell you what the two objects that go together have in common. Then ask your child to tell you a third object that could also belong with the group.
ALPHABERT THE READY TO READ ROBOT™ ACTIVITIES ACTIVITY 10 - WORD SCRAMBLE (continued) 3. Press the letter buttons of the letters you see on the LCD screen in the correct order to make a word. Once you press a letter, it will automatically be placed in the blank spaces on the LCD screen. 4. If the answer is correct, you will hear a positive phrase and the word will be spelled and identified, followed by a rewarding animation on the LCD screen. 5.
ALPHABERT THE READY TO READ ROBOT™ ACTIVITIES ACTIVITY 11 - WORD SEARCH This activity reinforces spelling skills by asking your child to look for words on the LCD screen within a field of letters. Learning Benefits for Your Child Child- The Word Search activity allows your child to apply the skills learned in the previous activities to find hidden words. Spelling simple words is the focus of this activity. ACTIVITY INSTRUCTIONS: 1. Press the Word Search activity button.
ALPHABERT THE READY TO READ ROBOT™ ACTIVITIES ACTIVITY 11 - WORD SEARCH (continued) 6. When the Help button is pressed once, the learning toy will identify one of the hidden words. If there is only one answer that has not been found, and you press the Help button, the learning toy will show you all of the answers one by one. How Can You Help? • Create your own word searches with your child, using some of the words in the learning toy.
ALPHABERT THE READY TO READ ROBOT™ ACTIVITIES ACTIVITY 12 - LETTER CATCH (continued) 2. An object animation will be shown on the LCD screen. Then, the friendly robot will ask you to catch the letters on the LCD screen in the correct order to spell the word of the object shown. 3. Use the left and right arrow buttons and the Enter button to catch the correct letters to make the word. 4. If the correct letter is caught in the correct order, the letter will be placed in the correct blank space.
ALPHABERT THE READY TO READ ROBOT™ ACTIVITIES ACTIVITY 12 - LETTER CATCH (continued) How Can You Help? • After your child has caught all of the correct letters, have him or her tell you the meaning of the word, and then use the word in a sentence. This is a great way to check for comprehension of the word. • Have your child write some of the words from this activity down on paper. Your child may wish to use paint, crayons, markers, etc. to show the words he or she is able to spell.
ALPHABERT THE READY TO READ ROBOT™ ACTIVITIES ACTIVITY 13 - HANGMAN (continued) 3. If you press a letter in the word, it will be identified and placed in the appropriate blank space. Once you have guessed the word, the friendly robot will say a positive phrase such as “You got it!” followed by a rewarding animation. 4. If you press a letter that is not in the word, you will hear an invalid sound and the number of chances will decrease. Then a part of the robot’s body will be added. 5.
ACTIVITIES ACTIVITY 14 - MEMORY CHALLENGE This activity strengthens sequencing skills. Your child will have an opportunity to test his or her memory as he or she is asked to determine which object the friendly robot has said. Objects will be added one at a time to increase the difficulty of the game. Your child will have to press the object buttons in the order that the robot said them.
ALPHABERT THE READY TO READ ROBOT™ COUNTING ACTIVITIES ACTIVITY 14 - MEMORY CHALLENGE (continued) 5. Press the Help button once and the last question will be repeated. If you are still having difficulty repeating the sequence, press the Help button again and the learning toy will identify it. How Can You Help? • Allow your child to retell a story that he or she has read, or that you have read to him or her. Be sure that your child can tell the story in the correct sequence.
ALPHABERT THE READY TO READ ROBOT™ ACTIVITIES ACTIVITY 15 - COUNTING (continued) 3. Count the object(s). Then, press the arrow buttons to choose the answer and press the Enter button to enter your choice. 4. When the correct answer is entered, the learning toy will say a positive phrase and a rewarding animation will appear on the LCD screen. 5. When an incorrect answer is entered, the friendly robot will ask you to try again. 6.
ALPHABERT THE READY TO READ ROBOT™ ACTIVITIES ACTIVITY 16 - HEAR A SONG HEAR A SONG This activity allows your child to hear various popular children’s melodies. Learning Benefits for Your Child Child-The Hear a Song activity provides your child with an opportunity to have some fun while developing better listening skills. ACTIVITY INSTRUCTIONS: 1. Press the Hear a Song activity button and you will hear a sound effect followed by “Time for some music.” 2.
ALPHABERT THE READY TO READ ROBOT™ BATTERIES BATTERY INSTALLATION 1. Make sure the unit is off. 2. Locate the battery cover on the bottom of the unit. Use a coin or screwdriver to open the battery cover, Install 2 new “AA” (UM-3/LR6) batteries following the diagram inside the battery box. (The use of new, alkaline batteries is recommended for maximum performance.) BATTERY NOTICE • Install batteries correctly observing the polarity (++, -) signs to avoid leakage. • Do not mix old and new batteries.
ALPHABERT THE READY TO READ ROBOT™ MAINTENANCE CARE AND MAINTENANCE 1. Keep the unit clean by wiping it with a slightly damp cloth. 2. Keep the unit out of direct sunlight and away from any direct heat source. 3. Remove the batteries when the unit is not in use for an extended period of time. 4. Do not drop the unit on hard surfaces and do not expose the unit to moisture or water.
Look for these additional products in the Fundamentals of Reading product line A Parent’s Guide to using the Alphabert The Ready to Read Robot ™ learning toy Alphabet Apple™ 3 years and up 80-26800 Alphabert The Ready to Read Robot™ 4-6 years 80-29400 Flip For Phonics™ 3-5 years 80-29100 Language Laptop™ 5-8 years 80-26000 Phonics Reading Center™ 5-8 years 80-26100 Our helpful Consumer Services staff is available to answer product questions and to assist in finding a retailer nearest you USA 1-800-5
