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User Guide and Educational Notes © Sherston Software Limited 2005
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SHERSTON TIZZY’S TOYBOX SPECIAL EDITION Tizzy’s Toybox Special Edition Credits and Copyright Based on the original Tizzy’s Toybox by Sue Rankin, Hans Rijnen and Mike Matson Contents Project Editors: Kerry Jackson and Hannah Gleed Project Manager: Lucy Lawrance and Victoria Robbins Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Educational Consultant: Paul Hollin Project Leader: Vinay Varrier What is Tizzy’s Toybox Special Edition? . . . . . . . . . . .
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SHERSTON TIZZY’S TOYBOX SPECIAL EDITION Introduction How do I use Tizzy’s Toybox Special Edition? What is Tizzy’s Toybox Special Edition? Introductory sequence Tizzy’s Toybox Special Edition is a stimulating and enchanting Tizzy welcomes children to her toybox. Clicking the Start button resource designed to support the teaching and development of on this screen takes you to the Main Menu. basic skills. It includes simple, interactive activities that are fun to complete and focus on a wide varie
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SHERSTON TIZZY’S TOYBOX SPECIAL EDITION Setting the volume level. The default volume setting is Options HIGH. When the volume is turned down to LOW the Repeat Click on the Options button on the Main Menu to access the Speech button will not be available on screen. Tizzy will Options area. Here you will be able to view and change the appear on the screen but you will NOT be able to hear program settings. You can also access the Options area by anything. Bears and Rhyming Words will automatically
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SHERSTON TIZZY’S TOYBOX SPECIAL EDITION Inclusion & Support Tab The Activities Tizzy appears in the bottom right-hand corner of every activity screen (unless turned OFF in Options). She guides children through each of the activities and provides entertaining reward animations once an activity is successfully completed. A brief description of each activity and its learning objectives can be found on the following pages. Key activity features include: Click on this button, available in the botto
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SHERSTON TIZZY’S TOYBOX SPECIAL EDITION Level 2 Beads Learning Objective: Overall Learning Apply with understanding the term ‘more’ in relation to Objectives: comparing two sets of objects. Compare the total of two What happens? sets of items, identifying the set that has ‘more’ Two necklaces appear as circles on the screen. (then ‘fewer’). Children are asked to click on the necklace that has more Develop comparison of two beads. numbers, knowing which is Children must correctly select three ne
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SHERSTON TIZZY’S TOYBOX SPECIAL EDITION What happens? Bears A bear appears on the screen holding a bag on which a Overall Learning letter is displayed. Objectives: Children are asked, ‘What begins with this sound?’. The Distinguish familiar target phoneme is then narrated. everyday sounds. Three objects appear at the bottom of the screen. Two of the Identify initial phonemes. objects begin with the phoneme and the other is a distracter. Select the correct grapheme Objects must be correctly place
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SHERSTON TIZZY’S TOYBOX SPECIAL EDITION Level 2 Bucket & Spade Learning Objective: Overall Learning Widen vocabulary of positional terms: behind, in front, Objectives: above, below, and next to. Become familiar with What happens? common vocabulary denoting position. A beach bag, bucket or sandcastle appears on the screen with two spades placed in different positions. Become familiar with the actual positions. Children are asked, ‘Can you find my spade?’. They are then told the position of the
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SHERSTON TIZZY’S TOYBOX SPECIAL EDITION Level 2 Caterpillar Learning Objectives: Overall Learning Match two identical items when the distracters share more Objectives: features with the target pair. Match items that are Continue to develop observation and concentration skills. identical. What happens? Develop awareness of ‘same’ and ‘different’. Caterpillar appears on the screen. He is wearing a shoe on his right foot but not on his left. Develop ability to look closely at individual items.
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SHERSTON TIZZY’S TOYBOX SPECIAL EDITION Level 2 Counting Learning Objectives: Overall Learning Reliably count a set of objects independently. Objectives: Find the correct set for a given number name. Accurately count a set of 1 – 10 objects. Model the correct numeral to match total of a set. Recognise numerals 1 – 10 What happens? and know what they Two water trays with a different number of boats in each represent. appear on the screen. Match a numeral to the Children are asked to click on
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SHERSTON TIZZY’S TOYBOX SPECIAL EDITION Level 2 Dressing Up Learning Objectives: Overall Learning Develop vocabulary based on objects and people familiar to Objective: them. Child to develop an Use previous experience in order to sort objects according to awareness of roles played the role played in society. in society by different people and how these What happens? roles can be distinguished. An outfit and related items, or ‘props’, used by a familiar role within society, appear on the screen.
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SHERSTON TIZZY’S TOYBOX SPECIAL EDITION Match a common 2D shape with the space into which it will Jigsaw fit. Overall Learning What happens? Objectives: A jigsaw appears on the screen. Three pieces are missing. Discriminate between The missing pieces are common 2D shapes. regular and irregular A missing jigsaw piece appears below the jigsaw and all of shapes. the empty spaces in the jigsaw glow. Match a shape with the Children are asked to click on the empty space that fits the space that it wi
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SHERSTON TIZZY’S TOYBOX SPECIAL EDITION What happens? Opposites A target picture card appears at the top of the screen. Three Overall Learning other picture cards appear below it (the opposite card and Objective: two distracters). Recognise connections and Children are asked to click on the card displaying the patterns. opposite of the target card. Apply previous knowledge Three opposites must be selected to complete one turn. from a variety of learning areas. Level 3 Apply early thinking skill
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SHERSTON TIZZY’S TOYBOX SPECIAL EDITION Three pencils must be correctly selected to complete one Pencils turn. Overall Learning Level 3 Objectives: Learning Objectives: Compare by size, two or three items. Confidently recognise the language and visual comparisons: tallest/shortest, biggest/smallest, longest/shortest, Develop a basic language thickest/thinnest. of comparison. What happens? Three pencils appear on the screen. Children are asked to select a pencil using words from the target vocab
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SHERSTON TIZZY’S TOYBOX SPECIAL EDITION Level 2 Picture Book Learning Objective: Overall Learning Show a clear understanding of the sequence of events in a Objectives: story. Predict ‘what comes next?’ What happens? in a sequence of events. A picture book appears on the screen with three empty Develop an understanding spaces. Three pictures are displayed beneath the book. of the main parts of a story. Children are asked to place each picture into the book in the correct order. Each empty space
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SHERSTON TIZZY’S TOYBOX SPECIAL EDITION Level 2 Rhyming Words Learning Objectives: Overall Learning Develop listening skills. Objectives: Complete a rhyming couplet. Hear a sequence of rhyming words. What happens? Continue a sequence of A target card appears on the screen. A rhyming couplet is rhyming words. narrated, eg ‘Once Tizzy had a bun and it melted in the…’. Three cards containing different words appear at the bottom Become increasingly of the screen. familiar with rhymes and rhyming wo
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SHERSTON TIZZY’S TOYBOX SPECIAL EDITION Level 2 Sheep Learning Objectives: Overall Learning Recognise and identify a sheep by its combination of two Objectives: common colours. Recognise the most Listen carefully to a familiar song. common colours. What happens? Know the names of the most common colours. Three sheep appear on the screen. Each sheep is made up of two different colours. Apply the correct name to its representative colour. Children hear a line of a song, eg ‘Baa, baa,green and yel
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SHERSTON TIZZY’S TOYBOX SPECIAL EDITION the children to move to the ‘more’ corner if their necklace Educational Notes has more beads than the given number, the ‘fewer’ corner if Each activity within Tizzy’s Toybox Special Edition focuses on their necklace has less beads, or stay in the middle if they developing and consolidating one or more basic skill. Of course, have the same number. the activities in the program provide only one of the many ways Bears: Identifying sounds that each skill can
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SHERSTON TIZZY’S TOYBOX SPECIAL EDITION given position around the bag. The other children need to Each day, lay out groups of 10, 9, 8, 7, 6 etc items around guess which positional word was whispered to the volunteer the setting, eg pencils, rubbers, paintbrushes, shapes, pieces by looking at the position of the spade. The child who of paper. Ask the children to keep their eyes open for groups correctly guesses the whispered position is the next volunteer. of (x) and tell you when they find one
