8,732
edits
Changes
no edit summary
| || || too
|}
If your child is not already familiar with these words, you can easily help him or her learn them, either before using the module or when the words are on the screen. Print each word on an unruled index card. Show each word, one at a time. Say the word, and let your child repeat the word. Do this several times until your child begins to recognize most of the words. Then show each card to your child, and have the child tell you the word. Continue practicing until your child knows
the words. While working through the module activities, you can point out these words on the screen and repeat them for the child when necessary.
See the Appendix for a complete list of the vocabulary introduced in the module activities.
===Early Reading Activities===
The three sections of the Early Reading module are designed to give your child a positive and enjoyable experience in learning to read. The skills and vocabulary introduced in the first activity provide a foundation for the other sections of the module, so your child should work through Pick A Picture before going on to the other activities.
====Pick A Picture====
This section is divided into nine stories. Approximately six new sight words are introduced in each story. New words are introduced in a variety of ways and visually reinforced with appropriate pictures. The words are then used in sentences. The computer speaks each word and sentence for the child, asks the child to read the word or sentence, and instructs the child to find selected words within the sentence. The sentences are combined to form a short story, and the computer voice encourages the child to read the story aloud. Throughout each activity, colorful graphics illustrate the word or sentence shown on the screen.
====Pick A Word====
This activity reinforces the vocabulary introduced in Pick A Picture. One sentence at a time is displayed on the screen. Word recognition and comprehension skills are developed as your child selects a word - from three choices - to complete the sentence. Sentences are selected at random from the computer's memory, so a child can select this activity many times and continue to see new sentences. The computer gives praise for correct answers and encouragement to "try again" for incorrect responses. After ten sentences, a reward screen shows your child how he or she is doing.
====Make A Story====
This section consists of new stories formed from the vocabulary introduced in Pick A Picture and practiced in Pick A Word. The stories all begin in the same way, but throughout the activity, your child is given word choices which determine how the story develops. These choices lead to eight possible story endings. Simple comprehension questions follow each story.
<div id="mp-tfp" style="margin:0.1em 0.4em 0.6em;"></div>
