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Dear Parent, The gift of reading is the greatest gift you can give your child. That’s why together with Disney, VTech® developed Create-A-Story™. Now you can watch words come alive in your child’s imagination with our innovative approach to reading. Designed with your child’s creativity in mind, Create-A-Story™ allows your child to build their own fun filled adventure by choosing the elements of the story such as setting, props, and actions with all of their favorite Disney characters.
INTRODUCTION Experience the gift of reading with Nemo and his friends! In the Read-A-StoryTM book, read along to search for Nemo, or choose from three different games on each page to learn reading skills. In the Create-A-StoryTM book, create your very own Nemo stories. Choose from different story parts, including places, characters, objects, actions and more! Then watch and listen as your story comes to life! GETTING STARTED Step 1: Choose Your Book Choose a book and place it inside the console as shown.
FEATURES VOLUME UP/DOWN Buttons Press the blue arrows on the Disney Create-A-Story console to increase or decrease the volume. MUSIC ON/OFF Button Press the green circle on the Disney Create-A-Story console to turn the background music off. Press the green circle again to turn the background music back on. HELP Button Press the red star on the Disney Create-A-Story console to hear helpful instructions.
Step 1: Add Your Name To personalize your stories, you can add your name and a friend’s name. To add your own name, touch the orange pencil. Then touch the letters of your name. When you are done, touch the green checkmark. To add your friend’s name, touch the blue pencil. Then touch the letters of your friend’s name. When you are done, touch the green checkmark. Step 2: Choose a Page Turn to a page and touch the yellow star with the pen to start.
Step 4: Play Your Story Finally, touch the Play My Story speaker on the page to hear the story you created. Step 5: Replay/Reset Your Story After your story plays, you can either touch the Play My Story speaker to hear your story again, or you can create a new story by touching the yellow star on the page. ACTIVITIES Pages 1-2 – Story Time with Nemo Nemo is exploring under the sea and wants to play with one of his friends.
Pages 3-4 – Life Under the Sea A story is made up of a beginning, a middle and an end. Choose from these three different parts to create your very own story! Pages 5-6 – A Home for the Tank Gang Help Marlin create a new home for the Tank Gang under the sea! Choose a friend, coral and two decorations.
Pages 7-8 – Create a Story Together! On these pages, you can either create a story by yourself, or you can choose someone to co-author your story. Start by choosing two characters, an activity they would like to participate in, what happens in their story, and how the characters react. Remember to add your name before starting this story. Please refer to Page 4 for more details. Pages 9-10 – A Day with Mr. Ray At school, Mr. Ray, Nemo’s science teacher, is preparing a lesson. Help Mr.
READ-A-STORY BOOK Join Marlin on his sea quest to find Nemo! Or you can play games to learn early reading skills! Play Entire Story Touch the Play Entire Story speaker to hear the entire story read aloud. Story Teller Touch the speaker on the page to hear the story read aloud. Skill Builder Games Touch a sand dollar to play a game. Exploratory Play Touch the pictures or words on the page to explore.
ACTIVITIES Educational Curriculum Pages 1-2 3-4 5-6 7-8 9-10 11-12 13-14 15-16 17-18 19-20 10 Skill Builder Games Reading Skills Sounds by the Sea Phonics Floating Letters Lowercase Letters School of Fish Word Building Sounds by the Sea Phonics Sound Alike Beginning Consonant Sounds Sound Endings Ending Consonant Sounds Sounds by the Sea Phonics Story Smarts Story Comprehension Past or Present Tense Form Sounds by the Sea Phonics The Colorful Sea Color Identification Ocea
CARE & MAINTENANCE 1. Keep Create-A-Story™ clean by wiping it with a slightly damp cloth. Never use solvents or abrasives. 2. Keep the unit out of direct sunlight and away from direct sources of heat. 3. Remove the batteries when not using it for an extended period of time. 4. Avoid dropping it. NEVER try to dismantle it. 5. Always keep Create-A-Story™ away from water.
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