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→"Odd One Out"
====="Odd One Out"=====
Uses five shapes to reinforce the ability to discriminate between "same" and "different." Four shapes, numbered 1 through 4, appear on the screen. Three of the shapes are identical, and one is different. The child identifies the shape that "doesn't belong," determines its number, and presses that number on the keyboard. If correct, the number pops on the center of the display screen and remains there, flashing, for several seconds. Then the screen clears and four more shapes appear. The activity is repeated eight times.
====Alphabet Activities====
These activities continue the "reading readiness" exercises begun in the Shape activities. By associating a letter of the alphabet and a picture of an object beginning with that letter, your child learns to recognize letters and their sounds. He or she also becomes familiar with the location and use of the letter keys on the keyboard.
====="Letter Line-Up"=====
Introduces the letters of the alphabet, in order, and the concept of initial sounds. The alphabet is divided into four sets of five letters (A-E, F-J, K-O, P-T) and one set of six letters (U-Z). When the last letter of any set has been presented, the activity gives a quick review of all the letters in the set.
To begin the activity, the child selects and presses any letter key on the keyboard. That letter floats to the center of the display screen. The child presses the letter key again, and the object beginning with that letter pops on the screen with a musical tone. After several seconds, the next letter in the alphabet floats to center screen, and the process is repeated.
The letters are always presented in their alphabetical order, regardless of the starting letter selected by the child. In other words, the child may work all the way through the alphabet by pressing '''A''' first, ''OR'' he or she may choose any letter and work through to the end of the alphabet from that point on. For example, if '''R''' is pressed to begin the activity, the next letter presented after R will be S, and the next T.
