Page 2 - User Guide
© Sherston Software Limited 2005 User Guide and Educational Notes
Page 3 - Contents; What is
Contents Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 What is Tizzy’s Toybox Special Edition? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 How do I use Tizzy’s Toybox Special Edition? . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Introductor y Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
Page 4 - Introductory sequence; Start; Main Menu; Options; Introduction; What is Tizzy’s Toybox Special Edition?; Tizzy’s Toybox Special Edition
How do I use Tizzy’s Toybox Special Edition? Introductory 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 beaccessed from the MainMenu screen. Each activity isrepresented by an icon. Clickon an activ...
Page 5 - General tab
O Setting the volume level. The default volume setting is HIGH. When the volume is turned down to LOW the Repeat Speech button will not be available on screen. Tizzy will appear on the screen but you will NOT be able to hearanything. Bears and Rhyming Words will automatically bemade unavailable sinc...
Page 6 - Inclusion & Support Tab; The Activities
T I Z Z Y ’ S T O Y B O X S P E C I A L E D I T I O N 9 Inclusion & Support Tab Features of the Inclusion & Support tab include: O Selecting the font style, font colour and background colour. If Text is turned OFF on the General tab, these options are notavailable and appear greyed out. Text...
Page 7 - Beads; Level 1; Children must correctly select two necklaces within one turn.; Level 2; Two necklaces appear as circles on the screen.; Level 3
T I Z Z Y ’ S T O Y B O X S P E C I A L E D I T I O N 11 S H E R S T O N Beads Overall LearningObjectives: O Compare the total of twosets of items, identifyingthe set that has ‘more’(then ‘fewer’). O Develop comparison of twonumbers, knowing which is‘more’ or ‘less’. Level 1 Learning Objective: O Ap...
Page 8 - Bears; Identify initial phonemes.; Identify which object makes the sound that is being played.; Identify objects that begin with the narrated phoneme.
T I Z Z Y ’ S T O Y B O X S P E C I A L E D I T I O N 13 S H E R S T O N 12 What happens? O A bear appears on the screen holding a bag on which aletter is displayed. O Children are asked, ‘What begins with this sound?’. Thetarget phoneme is then narrated. O Three objects appear at the bottom of the ...
Page 9 - Four spades must be correctly selected to complete one turn.
T I Z Z Y ’ S T O Y B O X S P E C I A L E D I T I O N 15 S H E R S T O N 14 Level 2 Learning Objective: O Widen vocabular y of positional terms: behind, in front,above, below, and next to. What happens? O A beach bag, bucket or sandcastle appears on the screenwith two spades placed in different posi...
Page 10 - Continue to develop observation and concentration skills.; Caterpillar; Observe closely sets of items.
T I Z Z Y ’ S T O Y B O X S P E C I A L E D I T I O N 17 S H E R S T O N 16 Level 2 Learning Objectives: O Match two identical items when the distracters share morefeatures with the target pair. O Continue to develop observation and concentration skills. What happens? O Caterpillar appears on the sc...
Page 11 - Reliably count a set of objects independently.; Counting
T I Z Z Y ’ S T O Y B O X S P E C I A L E D I T I O N S H E R S T O N 18 Level 2 Learning Objectives: O Reliably count a set of objects independently. O Find the correct set for a given number name. O Model the correct numeral to match total of a set. What happens? O Two water trays with a different...
Page 12 - Dressing Up; Develop vocabular y based on familiar objects and people.; Sort objects according to the role played in society.
T I Z Z Y ’ S T O Y B O X S P E C I A L E D I T I O N 21 S H E R S T O N 20 Dressing Up Overall LearningObjective: O Child to develop anawareness of roles playedin society by differentpeople and how theseroles can be distinguished. Level 1 Learning Objectives: O Develop vocabular y based on familiar...
Page 13 - Jigsaw; Recognise missing parts of a simple picture.; Match an irregular shape with the space into which it will fit.
T I Z Z Y ’ S T O Y B O X S P E C I A L E D I T I O N 23 S H E R S T O N 22 Jigsaw Overall LearningObjectives: O Discriminate betweenregular and irregularshapes. O Match a shape with thespace that it will fit intoexactly. Level 1 Learning Objectives: O Recognise missing parts of a simple picture. O ...
Page 14 - Opposites
T I Z Z Y ’ S T O Y B O X S P E C I A L E D I T I O N 25 S H E R S T O N 24 Opposites Overall LearningObjective: O Recognise connections andpatterns. O Apply previous knowledgefrom a variety of learningareas. O Apply early thinking skills. O Use new vocabular y. Level 1 Learning Objectives: O Identi...
Page 15 - Pencils; Four pencils must be correctly selected to complete one turn.
T I Z Z Y ’ S T O Y B O X S P E C I A L E D I T I O N 27 S H E R S T O N 26 Pencils Overall LearningObjectives: O Compare by size, two orthree items. O Develop a basic languageof comparison. Level 1 Learning Objectives: O Recognise the words and the visual comparisons: tall/short,big/small, long/sho...
Page 16 - Picture Book; Place each section of a simple stor y in a sensible order.; Confidently organise and sequence ideas and events.
T I Z Z Y ’ S T O Y B O X S P E C I A L E D I T I O N 29 S H E R S T O N 28 Picture Book Overall LearningObjectives: O Predict ‘what comes next?’in a sequence of events. O Develop an understandingof the main parts of astor y. Level 1 Learning Objective: O Place each section of a simple stor y in a s...
Page 17 - Rhyming Words; Become familiar with hearing sequences of rhyming words.; Develop listening skills.
T I Z Z Y ’ S T O Y B O X S P E C I A L E D I T I O N 31 S H E R S T O N 30 Rhyming Words Overall LearningObjectives: O Hear a sequence ofrhyming words. O Continue a sequence ofrhyming words. O Become increasinglyfamiliar with rhymes andrhyming words. Level 1 Learning Objectives: O Become familiar w...
Page 18 - Sheep
T I Z Z Y ’ S T O Y B O X S P E C I A L E D I T I O N 33 S H E R S T O N 32 Sheep Overall LearningObjectives: O Recognise the mostcommon colours. O Know the names of themost common colours. O Apply the correct name toits representative colour. Level 1 Learning Objectives: O Recognise and name the mo...
Page 19 - Educational Notes; Each activity within; Beads: Comparison of totals of sets, then numerals
T I Z Z Y ’ S T O Y B O X S P E C I A L E D I T I O N 35 S H E R S T O N 34 Educational Notes Each activity within Tizzy’s Toybox Special Edition focuses on developing and consolidating one or more basic skill. Of course,the activities in the program provide only one of the many waysthat each skill ...
Page 20 - Caterpillar: Matching and close observation
T I Z Z Y ’ S T O Y B O X S P E C I A L E D I T I O N 37 S H E R S T O N 36 given position around the bag. The other children need toguess which positional word was whispered to the volunteerby looking at the position of the spade. The child whocorrectly guesses the whispered position is the next vo...
Page 21 - Pencils: Vocabulary and concept of size; Create a rhyming words display table.
T I Z Z Y ’ S T O Y B O X S P E C I A L E D I T I O N 39 S H E R S T O N 38 O Play ‘shape’ pairs. Draw different shapes (and objects) ontosquares of card and place them face down on the floor. Askpairs of children to come and turn over a card each, to tr yfind matching shapes/compatible shapes and o...
Page 22 - Sheep: Indentifying simple colours and their names; Index
T I Z Z Y ’ S T O Y B O X S P E C I A L E D I T I O N 41 S H E R S T O N 40 O Hide a series of items underneath a blanket and give thechildren a word which rhymes with the hidden item, eg hidea pen and give the children the word ‘hen’. The childrenmust suggest words that rhyme with the given clue wo...
