Jackson Tizzy's Toybox User Manual
User Guide
and Educational Notes
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A box full of educational fun
for young children
© Sherston Software Limited 2005
User Guide
and
Educational Notes
Contents
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
What is Tizzy’s Toybox Special Edition? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
How do I use Tizzy’s Toybox Special Edition? . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Introductory Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Main Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
General tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Inclusion & Support tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
The Activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
Beads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
Bears . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Bucket and Spade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
Caterpillar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
Counting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
Dressing Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
Jigsaw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
Opposites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
Pencils . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26
Picture Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28
Rhyming Words . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30
Sheep . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
Educational Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41
Tizzy’s Toybox Special Edition Credits and Copyright
Based on the original Tizzy’s Toybox by Sue Rankin, Hans Rijnen and Mike Matson
Project Editors: Kerry Jackson and Hannah Gleed
Project Manager: Lucy Lawrance and Victoria Robbins
Educational Consultant: Paul Hollin
Project Leader: Vinay Varrier
Developers: Arun Lal, Balasubramanian K. J., G. Senthil Kumar, and M. V. Siva Kumar
Lead Artist: Madhu Kumar
Animation and Graphics: D. Johni Moses, Hassan Ussaman K. H., M. Vishal, Manoj
K. G., Manoj Krishnamoorthy, Paul Hutchinson, P. R. Dhanesh Kumar, Sajay Kumar
and Sanil Sukumaran
Graphical Consultant: Paul Hutchinson
Music: Will Lawton
Narration: Jaqui Tong
Sound processing and effects: Kerry Lawrance
Lead Testers: Fami Chandanan and Thom Wickham
Testing: Andy Davies, Ben Christie, Charlie Law, Juran Wilson, Kiran Chandran and M.
Sridevi
User Guide and Educational Notes: Kerry Jackson
Print: Leah Poppy Holmes
Print Design and Production: S. Baskar and Paul Hutchinson
Program and Documentation: © Sherston Software Limited 2005
First Published in 2005 by Sherston
Sherston Publishing Group,
Angel House, Sherston,
Malmesbury, Wiltshire
SN16 0LH, England
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All rights reserved
If you have purchased one CD, it is a single-user version and may only be used on a
single computer. If you wish to use Tizzy’s Toybox Special Edition on more than one
computer, you will need to upgrade to a multi-user licence. Contact Sherston for
details.
Tizzy’s Toybox Special Edition is sold on the condition that it will not be hired or used
by software clubs, or be made available as part of a lending library system.
No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means,
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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 be
accessed from the Main
Menu screen. Each activity is
represented by an icon. Click
on an activity’s icon to
access the activity.
Practitioners can make
activities unavailable to
children by deselecting them
in Options. If an activity is
deselected, its icon will not appear on the Main Menu.
Buttons available on the Main Menu:
Click on this button to access the Options area.
Click on this button to quit the program.
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Introduction
What is Tizzy’s Toybox Special Edition?
Tizzy’s Toybox Special Edition is a stimulating and enchanting
resource designed to support the teaching and development of
basic skills. It includes simple, interactive activities that are fun to
complete and focus on a wide variety of statements from the
Foundation Stage curriculum.
The 12 activities on the Tizzy’s Toybox Special Edition CD-ROM
each have three levels of difficulty, allowing them to be used with
a range of ability groups. The Options screens enable the
program settings to be tailored to meet the needs of individual
children and to target specific learning objectives.
A description of each activity and its learning objective(s) can be
found on pages 10 – 33. Suggestions for further teaching
activities that link to, reinforce and develop the skills covered in
the program are provided on pages 34 – 40.
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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 hear
anything. Bears and Rhyming Words will automatically be
made unavailable since these activities require sound.
O
Selecting the difficulty level suitable for your children.
There are three levels of difficulty. Level 1 is the easiest and
Level 3 is the hardest. The default setting is Level 2.
O
Protecting access to the Options screens by activating the
password. When this is switched ON, each time you try to
access Options, a prompt will appear asking you to type in
the password control. The password will be OFF by default.
O
Selecting the number range used within an activity. This
applies to the Counting and Beads activities. The number
range 1 – 10 is selected by default. This means that, during
the relevant activities, any number between 1 and 10 could
be presented for the child to work with.
O
Setting the number of times each activity is played before
children are asked, ‘Do you want to play again?’. The
range is between one and five turns. Three turns is selected
by default.
Other buttons on the General tab include:
O
Restore all Option defaults. Restores all default settings on
the General and Inclusion & Support tabs.
O
Return to Main Menu.
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Options
Click on the Options button on the Main Menu to access the
Options area. Here you will be able to view and change the
program settings. You can also access the Options area by
holding down CTRL and pressing T on the keyboard.
The Options area consists of two sections: General and Inclusion
& Support.
General tab
Features of the General tab include:
O
Selecting the activities that are available for children to use
on the Main Menu. To select or deselect an activity, click on
its icon.
O
A brief description of the educational objective(s) of each
activity. To view the educational objectives for each activity,
hold the mouse cursor over the icon of the activity you are
interested in and details will appear in the text box below.
O
Turning the text on and off. The text is ON by default.
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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 not
available and appear greyed out. Text is ON by default. Font
style and font colour refer to the on-screen text. Background
colour refers to the colour in the text box that surrounds the
on-screen text.
O
Selecting switch access and adjusting scan speed. If switch
access is turned ON, scan speed becomes available and can
be adjusted using the green arrows either side of the box. The
maximum scan speed is 20 seconds. Switch access is OFF by
default.
O
Customising the pointer by adjusting the size and colour. If
custom is selected, the pointer size and colour become
available and can then be adjusted.
O
Selecting the Tizzy character. If the Tizzy character is turned
OFF she does not appear on the Main Menu screen or in the
bottom right-hand corner of the screen during an activity. Tizzy
is ON by default.
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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 bottom left-hand
corner of every screen, to repeat the last given instruction.
If the mouth appears greyed out, the Repeat Speech
button is unavailable.
Click on this button, available in the top right-hand corner
of every screen, to return to the Main Menu or hold down
CTRL and pressing the Q key on your keyboard.
Click on this button to quit the program.
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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’.
Level 1
Learning Objective:
O
Apply with understanding the term ‘more’ in relation to
comparing two sets of objects that can be compared using
one-to-one correspondence.
What happens?
O
Two necklaces appear horizontally across the screen.
Children are asked to choose one of the necklaces and
count the beads with Tizzy. They will then count the beads
on the second necklace.
O
Children are then asked ‘Which necklace has got more
beads?’.
O
Children must correctly select two necklaces within one turn.
Level 2
Learning Objective:
O
Apply with understanding the term ‘more’ in relation to
comparing two sets of objects.
What happens?
O
Two necklaces appear as circles on the screen.
O
Children are asked to click on the necklace that has more
beads.
O
Children must correctly select three necklaces within one
turn.
Level 3
Learning Objective:
O
Apply with understanding the terms ‘more’ and ‘fewer’ in
relation to comparing two sets of objects.
What happens?
O
Two necklaces with different sized beads are presented in a
circular fashion.
O
Children are asked to click on the necklace that has more or
fewer beads.
O
The concepts of ‘more’ and ‘less’ in relation to numerals are
modelled to the child.
O
Children must correctly select three necklaces within one
turn.
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