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User Guide and Educational Notes Sherston Publishing Group Angel House, Sherston, Malmesbur y , Wiltshire. SN16 0LH Sherston W ebsite www .sherston.com T echnical HelpDesk support@sherston.co.uk 01666 843 224 Education AdviceDesk education@sherston.co.
© Sherston Software Limited 2005 User Guide and Educational Notes.
Contents Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 What is Tizzy ’s T oybox Special Edition? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 How do I use Tizzy’s T oybox Special Edition? . . . . . . . . . . . .
How do I use Tizzy ’s T oybox Special Edition? Introductor y sequence Tizzy welcomes children to her toybox. Clicking the Start button on this screen takes you to the Main Menu. Main Menu All 12 activities can be accessed from the Main Menu screen. Each activity is repr esented by an icon.
O Setting the volume level. The default volume setting is HIGH. When the volume is turned down to L OW the Repeat Speech button will not be available on screen. Tizzy will appear on the screen but you will NOT be able to hear anything. Bears and Rhyming W ords will automatically be made unavailable since these activities requir e sound.
TIZZY’S TOYBO X SPECIAL EDITION 9 Inclusion & Support T ab F eatures of the Inclusion & Support tab include: O Selecting the font style, font colour and background colour . If T ext is tur ned OFF on the General tab, these options are not available and appear greyed out.
TIZZY’S TOYBO X SPECIAL EDITION 11 SHERSTON Beads Overall Learning Objectives: O Compare the total of two sets of items, identifying the set that has ‘more’ (then ‘fewer ’). O Develop comparison of two numbers, knowing which is ‘more’ or ‘less’.
TIZZY’S TOYBO X SPECIAL EDITION 13 SHERSTON 12 What happens? O A bear appears on the screen holding a bag on which a letter is displayed. O Children ar e asked, ‘What begins with this sound?’. The target phoneme is then nar rated. O Three objects appear at the bottom of the scr een.
TIZZY’S TOYBO X SPECIAL EDITION 15 SHERSTON 14 Level 2 Learning Objective: O Widen vocabular y of positional terms: behind, in fr ont, above, below , and next to. What happens? O A beach bag, bucket or sandcastle appears on the screen with two spades placed in different positions.
TIZZY’S TOYBO X SPECIAL EDITION 17 SHERSTON 16 Level 2 Learning Objectives: O Match two identical items when the distracters share mor e features with the tar get pair . O Continue to develop obser vation and concentration skills. What happens? O Caterpillar appears on the screen.
TIZZY’S TOYBO X SPECIAL EDITION SHERSTON 18 Level 2 Learning Objectives: O Reliably count a set of objects independently . O F ind the corr ect set for a given number name. O Model the corr ect numeral to match total of a set. What happens? O T wo water trays with a differ ent number of boats in each appear on the screen.
TIZZY’S TOYBO X SPECIAL EDITION 21 SHERSTON 20 Dressing Up Overall Learning Objective: O Child to develop an awareness of r oles played in society by different people and how these roles can be distinguished. Level 1 Learning Objectives: O Develop vocabular y based on familiar objects and people.
TIZZY’S TOYBO X SPECIAL EDITION 23 SHERSTON 22 Jigsaw Overall Learning Objectives: O Discriminate between regular and ir regular shapes. O Match a shape with the space that it will fit into exactly . Level 1 Learning Objectives: O Recognise missing parts of a simple picture.
TIZZY’S TOYBO X SPECIAL EDITION 25 SHERSTON 24 Opposites Overall Learning Objective: O Recognise connections and patterns. O Apply previous knowledge from a variety of lear ning areas. O Apply early thinking skills. O Use new vocabular y . Level 1 Learning Objectives: O Identify simple opposites using pictur e cards.
TIZZY’S TOYBO X SPECIAL EDITION 27 SHERSTON 26 P encils Overall Learning Objectives: O Compare by size, two or three items. O Develop a basic language of comparison. Level 1 Learning Objectives: O Recognise the words and the visual comparisons: tall/short, big/small, long/short, thick/thin.
TIZZY’S TOYBO X SPECIAL EDITION 29 SHERSTON 28 Picture Book Overall Learning Objectives: O P redict ‘what comes next?’ in a sequence of events. O Develop an understanding of the main parts of a stor y . Level 1 Learning Objective: O Place each section of a simple stor y in a sensible order .
TIZZY’S TOYBO X SPECIAL EDITION 31 SHERSTON 30 Rhyming W ords Overall Learning Objectives: O Hear a sequence of rhyming wor ds. O Continue a sequence of rhyming wor ds. O Become increasingly familiar with rhymes and rhyming wor ds. Level 1 Learning Objectives: O Become familiar with hearing sequences of rhyming wor ds.
TIZZY’S TOYBO X SPECIAL EDITION 33 SHERSTON 32 Sheep Overall Learning Objectives: O Recognise the most common colours. O Know the names of the most common colours.
TIZZY’S TOYBO X SPECIAL EDITION 35 SHERSTON 34 Educational Notes Each activity within Tizzy ’s T oybox Special Edition focuses on developing and consolidating one or more basic skill.
TIZZY’S TOYBO X SPECIAL EDITION 37 SHERSTON 36 given position around the bag. The other childr en need to guess which positional word was whisper ed to the volunteer by looking at the position of the spade. The child who corr ectly guesses the whispered position is the next volunteer .
TIZZY’S TOYBO X SPECIAL EDITION 39 SHERSTON 38 O Play ‘shape’ pairs. Draw different shapes (and objects) onto squares of car d and place them face down on the floor . Ask pairs of children to come and tur n over a card each, to tr y find matching shapes/compatible shapes and objects.
TIZZY’S TOYBO X SPECIAL EDITION 41 SHERSTON 40 O Hide a series of items underneath a blanket and give the children a wor d which rhymes with the hidden item, eg hide a pen and give the children the wor d ‘hen ’. The children must suggest words that r hyme with the given clue word, until they guess the hidden item.
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