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Dear Parent, At VTech®, we know that every year, children are asking to play video games at younger and younger ages. At the same time, we understand the hesitation of most parents to expose their children to the inappropriate content of many popular video games. How can you feel confident in allowing your childen to play these games, and still educate and entertain them in a healthy, age-appropriate manner? Our solution to this on-going debate is the V.
INTRODUCTION Poor little farmer Nick - his sheep have broken out of their pen and run away! To find them, he must venture out into the great, wide world for the first time. Luckily, his friend Truckles, a sassy truck, is there to lend a hand. Come along with Nick and Truckles on their exciting adventure! STEP 1: Choose Your Play Mode Move the joystick up and down to choose the play mode you want. Press the ENTER button when you have finished.
Please note that you can only do this if “Learnin’ Wheels” has not been removed from the unit, and there has been no interruption of power. Continue a previous adventure. New Game - Start a new adventure from the beginning. GETTING STARTED (2) Quick Play In the Quick Play menu, choose an adventure game you would like to play. To choose “Easy” or “Difficult” level, move the joystick left or right to the one-star icon or the two-star icon.
Options Move the joystick up and down to choose between Music, Horn Sounds and Chances. Move the joystick left or right to turn the background music “On” or “Off.” Press ENTER when you have finished. Move the joystick left or right to choose “Normal” or “Unlimited” chances to play in Adventure Play mode. When you have finished, move the joystick down to the icon and press ENTER. STEP 2: Choose Your Game Settings If you are happy with the current settings, press the ENTER button to continue.
FEATURES HELP Button Press the HELP button to hear the instructions again. EXIT Button When you press the EXIT button, the game will pause. A “Quit Game?” icon will pop up to make sure you want to quit. The EXIT button also allows you to get back to the previous menu. ACTIVITIES Move the joystick to the icon to leave the game, or to the icon to cancel the screen and keep playing. Press ENTER when you have finished.
Gas Station Racetrack Learning World Social Studies Gas Station Learning Zone Sheep Hunt Spatial Skills Sheep Catch Rhyming Number Path Number Sequence Sheep Barber Math Computation Learning Adventure Move left Move up & right Move right Move up & left Move forward Move down & left Move backward Move down & right Enter Speed up Question ACTIVITIES BASIC OPERATIONS Score Sheep Obstacle Truckles Nick Chances Energy Status Nick: a young farmer in search of his lost sheep Truckle
Post Office Game Play Help Nick and Truckles deliver the mail! Find the house number that comes next in the number sequence at the top of the screen. Park in front of that house, and deliver the letter. Don’t forget to pick up the sheep all around you. Educational Curriculum: Number Sequence Easy Level: Sequences count by 2, 3 and 4, from 1 to 30. Difficult Level: Sequences count by 5, 6 and 7, from 1 to 50.
Spot 5 - Candy Store Game Play There’s a delicious candy equation at the top of the screen! Find two numbers that add up to the answer, or two numbers whose difference is the answer. Press the colored button to stop the moving candy bucket when it reaches the answer - the candy will fall into your bucket! Don’t forget to pick up any sheep you find after the game. Educational Curriculum: Math Computation Easy Level: Target numbers range from 1 to 20.
Learning Zone Sheep Hunt Game Play The poor little lost sheep need your help. Listen to the instructions to find out where each sheep belongs, and use the joystick to send it home. Educational Curriculum: Spatial Skills Easy Level: Two directions (left & right) Difficult Level: Four cardinal directions (East, West, North, South) ACTIVITIES Sheep Catch Game Play What an amazing group of sheep - they bleat in rhymes! But one of the sheep is really a wolf, and does not rhyme with the others.
Sheep Barber Game Play It’s a sheep beauty salon, and you’re the barber! An equation is marked on the shearing machine. Press the colored button to choose a razor that solves the equation. Be careful - if you choose the wrong one, some poor sheep will get a really silly hairstyle! Easy Level: Answers range from 1 to 20. Difficult Level: Answers range from 21 to 50. CARE & MAINTENANCE 1. Keep your V.Smile™ clean by wiping it with a slightly damp cloth. Never use solvents or abrasives. 2.
TROUBLESHOOTING Please note that if you try to insert or remove a Smartridge™ without first turning the unit OFF, you may experience a malfunction. If this happens, and the unit does not respond to pressing the ON / OFF / RESTART buttons, disconnect the AC adaptor from the main unit or remove the batteries. Then, reconnect the adaptor, or reinstall the batteries. If the unit still does not respond, press the RESET button at the bottom of the unit, using a pen.
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NOTE: OTHER INFO This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.