Leapster L-Max Parent Manual & Instructions - How To Play
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Rabbit River-Reading
HOW TO PLAY
The hungry rabbits want to cross the river to eat
Leap’s harvest of vegetables. Players use arrow buttons
to help the rabbits hop onto logs with letters. The
object of the game is to get all the rabbits across the
river by responding to the questions. Scoring: Players
collect bonus carrots.
WHAT’S BEING TAUGHT?
Letters, Sounds, Spelling: Learning the letters of
the alphabet and what sounds they represent, as well as spelling 3- to 5-letter words.
Level 1: Players must identify letters by name and match letters with sounds.
Level 2: Players must build 3- and 4-letter words with the silent e rule. Visual clues are
provided.
Level 3: Players must spell 3- and 4-letter words with the silent e rule. Visual clues are
not provided.
Level 4: Players must spell 4- and 5-letter words with consonant blend and complex
vowel rules. Visual clues are not provided.
WHY IS THAT IMPORTANT?
Once children associate printed letters to sounds, they can begin to sound out words
for reading and spelling. Reading blends letters and sounds together. Spelling breaks
these sounds down to letters. Phonetic spelling begins with regular patterns, such as c-
a-p, in which each letter stands for its own sound. Rules are then applied. For example,
silent e signals that a preceding vowel has its long-vowel sound. A child learns how cap
becomes cape, pin becomes pine, and so on.
Try This at Home:
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Build word families by changing the first letter or sound in
words with magnetic letters or letter cards, for example,
Ben, den, hen, men, pen and ten.
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Write the consonant blends bl, cl, fl, pl; br, cr, dr, gr, pr, tr;
sm, sp, sn, sw, and st on individual paper plates. Spread them
across the floor and play a game of “Penny Toss.” Take turns with your child,
tossing a penny into one of the plates. Once the penny lands in a plate, the player
who tossed it must think of a word that begins with that blend, or say it, spell it,
and use it in a sentence.