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INTRODUCTION GETTING STARTED STEP 1: Choose Your Play Mode Press the RED and GREEN buttons on the joystick unit to choose the corresponding play mode. Press the RED button to select “Learning Adventure” or press the GREEN button to select “Learning Zone”. You can also move the joystick up and down to highlight the play mode you want, then press the ENTER button to choose. Learning Adventure Learning Zone Option 1.
STEP 2: Choose Your Game Settings GETTING STARTED The Learning Adventure and Learning Zone modes have their own default settings shown on their game menu and require help from an adult. If you want to change the settings: ���� For Learning Adventure: go to the Learning Adventure menu, move the joystick down to choose the game setting icon located at the bottom left corner of the screen.
FEATURES Joystick Operations During the Menu screen, you can press a color button to select a game or move the joystick left or right to highlight a game and press the ENTER button to confirm your selection. During the Learning Adventure games, you can use the joystick to move Ernie in Pigeon Garden and on Dinosaur Island. You can also press the ENTER button to help him jump over obstacles.
2 �� -�� Player ������������� Option During the Menu screen, Player 1 will control all the menu operations. During a Learning Adventure game, two players will take turns answering questions during different sections in the game environment. Player 1 will always begin answering the questions for the first section. After Player 1 completes a round of questions, a voice prompt will indicate it’s player 2’s turn and you will see 2P on the screen.
ACTIVITIES Educational Curriculum Learning Adventure Curriculum Adventure 2 - Rubber Duckie World Rhyming, Sorting by Shape Adventure 3 - Moon Walker Numeric Order, Alphabet Order, Sequencing, Sorting by Size Adventure 4 - Dinosaur Island Problem Solving, Spatial Relationships, Sorting by Length Learning Zone Curriculum Zone 1 - What Comes Next? Problem Solving, Sequencing Zone 2 - What’s the First Letter? Beginning Letters, Word Families Zone 3 - What Time Is It? Ti
ACTIVITIES: Learning Adventure Game 1 - Pigeon Garden Game Play As Bert and Ernie enter Pigeon Garden, they see many pigeons flying around. You need to get the correct number of pigeons within the pigeon coops using mathematical skills. ACTIVITIES Along this adventure path, you can move the joystick side to side to control Ernie. You can also press the ENTER button to help Ernie jump over obstacles. At each of the pigeon coops, help Ernie and Bert fill them with the right number of pigeons.
Game 2 – Rubber Duckie World Game Play As Bert and Ernie enter Rubber Duckie’s water world, they find themselves riding on a life-size Rubber Duckie! As they float through various water areas in the bathroom, you will need to find the floating objects that rhyme. Along the way, help collect Bert’s sponges. You can move the joystick left and right to control Rubber Duckie. You can also press the ENTER button to help Rubber Duckie jump over obstacles.
After completing the space adventure, help sort the moonstones by size. Press one of the corresponding color buttons on your joystick unit to choose the box with the moonstone of the same size. Curriculum Numeric Order, Alphabet Order, Sequencing, Sorting by Size Easy level: Learn number order from one to ten and letter order from A to E; sort two different sizes (small and large).
Learning Adventure Game Status Bar In each adventure game, the status bar does not stay on the screen. It appears only when the game status has changed, and it stays on the screen for just a few seconds. A score bar at the top right of the screen indicates how many collectibles you have found. Learning ������������� Zone Learning Zone Game Selection Screen Game Settings Icon - You can change the settings of a Learning Zone game by selecting the Option icon with your joystick and pressing the ENTER button.
Curriculum Sequencing; Problem Solving Easy level: A sequence of three pictures will be shown. Difficult level: A sequence of four pictures will be shown. Zone 2 – What’s the First Letter? In this game, an object will float onto the screen. A word with it’s first letter(s) missing will appear below the object. Then three sets of letters will appear as answer choices. Choose the beginning letter or letters that complete the word by pressing one of the corresponding color buttons on your joystick unit.
Curriculum Time Concepts, Daily Events, Numbers Easy level: Select events that occur during various times of the day (morning, afternoon, or nighttime). Difficult level: Select a number from one through twelve to see the time displayed on a clock, and to see events that might occur at that time of day. Deep in the caves of Dinosaur Island, Bert and Ernie find some missing shapes on the wall. Help them match floating objects to the shapes.
WARNING TECHNICAL SUPPORT A very small percentage of the public, due to an existing condition, may experience epileptic seizures or momentary loss of consciousness when viewing certain types of flashing colors or patterns, especially on television. While the V.Smile™ Learning System does not contribute to any additional risks, we do recommend that parents supervise their children while they play video games.
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