MESSAGE TO PARENTS:
Thank you for bringing home the Pooh Learning Pond. This is a wonderful educational product for your child. What could be more exciting than learning from Pooh and his friends?
With the Pooh Learning Pond, your child will learn letters, numbers, shapes and phonics. These are fundamental skills that combine to form the building blocks for future development.
Please read the instructions carefully and learn about the many different features of the Pooh Learning Pond. This will allow you to easily explain them to your child in a way that is easy for them to understand.
Please note: The Pooh Learning Pond will not understand a button push if it is made while the unit is talking or making a sound. Please be sure not to answer any questions while the unit is talking or making a sound or it may not understand your response.
HOW TO USE POOH LEARNING POND
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ON BUTTON: Press this button to turn the unit ON.
OFF BUTTON: Press this button to turn the unit OFF.
MODE SWITCH: Slide this switch to select one of the three different modes of learning, FIND, IDENTIFY or WHAT COMES NEXT?
FUNCTION BUTTONS: Use the letter, shape and number keys to answer questions in all learning modes.
LCD SCREEN: Displays the letters of the alphabet to reinforce learning.
INSERTING BATTERIES:
IMPORTANT NOTE: Battery installation should always be done by an adult.
1.Pooh Learning Pond requires: 4 x 1.5 V "AA" or "LR6" batteries.
2.The battery compartment is located on the back of the unit.
3.Open the battery compartment door by unfastening the screw with a universal Philips ® screwdriver (ILLUSTRATION 1).
4.Remove discharged batteries if necessary and insert new batteries according to the diagram provided in the battery compartment (ILLUSTRATION 2).
5.Close the battery compartment door.
AA / LR6
AA / LR6
AA / LR6
AA / LR6
ILLUSTRATION 1 | ILLUSTRATION 2 |
ADJUSTING THE LCD SCREEN CONTRAST
1.Hold the button "A" and turn the unit on. Pooh's face will show on the LCD.
2.Press the button "G" to decrease the LCD contrast.
3.Press the button "F" to increase the LCD contrast.
4.Press the button "E" to quit or wait for the automatic time out.
Note: These instructions are also stamped onto the back of the product for future reference.
HOW TO PLAY
The Pooh Learning Pond combines fun animation on a large LCD screen for visual reinforcement with the friendly world of Pooh to encourage learning. With phonics, shapes, numbers and letters the learning fun goes on for hours.
1.Press the ON button. You will hear a friendly greeting from Pooh: "Hello!" "I wonder what we shall learn today?"
2.Choose the mode/way you wish to play: FIND, IDENTIFY or
WHAT COMES NEXT?.
FIND MODE: In find mode Pooh might ask you to find a specific letter, or Tigger might ask you to find a shape or number. After each question, the corresponding letter, shape or number will be shown on the LCD screen providing a visual clue. This helps reinforce word/image association. Your child can respond to the question by pressing the matching letter, number or shape key on the keyboard.
IDENTIFY MODE: Pooh or Tigger will prompt the child to push a button. Each time a button is pressed, Pooh or Tigger will identify the button and the corresponding image will appear on the LCD screen. Every so often, Pooh or Tigger will respond with an encouraging phrase.
WHAT COMES NEXT?: Pooh or Tigger will ask your child, "What comes after the letter _____?" or "What comes after _____?" for
number buttons. Your child can respond to the prompt by pressing the corresponding key.
FRIENDLY AND ENCOURAGING FEEDBACK:
In all the play modes, Tigger and Pooh will gently tell the child if he/she has answered correctly. If the child answers correctly, Pooh or Tigger will respond with an enthusiastic congratulations such as "That's right!" or "Very good!" If the child answers incorrectly, Tigger or Pooh will provide an encouraging response such as "Oopsie, try again," or "Almost, try again." The child will be given several attempts to correctly respond. At that point Pooh will move on to another question or prompt. If the child does not respond to a prompt with a button press, Pooh or Tigger will wait for a short period of time and then repeat the prompt. If there is still no action taken by the child, then the prompt will be repeated again. At that point, if the child does not respond, Pooh or Tigger will ask a new question or provide a new prompt.
