A Guide to Using
Alphabert and Sprocket
The Ready To Read Robots™
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ALPHABERT AND SPROCKETALPHABERT AND SPROCKET
ALPHABERT AND SPROCKET
ALPHABERT AND SPROCKETALPHABERT AND SPROCKET
THE READY TO READ ROBOTS™THE READY TO READ ROBOTS™
THE READY TO READ ROBOTS™
THE READY TO READ ROBOTS™THE READY TO READ ROBOTS™
ALPHABERT'SALPHABERT'S
ALPHABERT'S
ALPHABERT'SALPHABERT'S
ANIMATRONICANIMATRONIC
ANIMATRONIC
ANIMATRONICANIMATRONIC
EYESEYES
EYES
EYESEYES
VOLUME CONTROLVOLUME CONTROL
VOLUME CONTROL
VOLUME CONTROLVOLUME CONTROL
SWITCHSWITCH
SWITCH
SWITCHSWITCH
ON/OFF BUTTONON/OFF BUTTON
ON/OFF BUTTON
ON/OFF BUTTONON/OFF BUTTON
SPEAKERSPEAKER
SPEAKER
SPEAKERSPEAKER
ACTIVITYACTIVITY
ACTIVITY
ACTIVITYACTIVITY
BUTTONSBUTTONS
BUTTONS
BUTTONSBUTTONS
26 LETTER/OBJECT26 LETTER/OBJECT
26 LETTER/OBJECT
26 LETTER/OBJECT26 LETTER/OBJECT
BUTTONSBUTTONS
BUTTONS
BUTTONSBUTTONS
TO BEGIN PLAYTO BEGIN PLAY
TO BEGIN PLAY
TO BEGIN PLAYTO BEGIN PLAY
1. To begin play, press the
keyboard. You will hear an opening short tune, and
Alphabert and Sprocket will say, “Alphabert and
Sprocket.”
ON/OFFON/OFF
ON/OFF
ON/OFFON/OFF
BUTTONBUTTON
BUTTON or just open the
BUTTONBUTTON
LCD SCREENLCD SCREEN
LCD SCREEN
LCD SCREENLCD SCREEN
SPROCKET'SSPROCKET'S
SPROCKET'S
SPROCKET'SSPROCKET'S
ANIMATRONICANIMATRONIC
ANIMATRONIC
ANIMATRONICANIMATRONIC
HEAD ANDHEAD AND
HEAD AND
HEAD ANDHEAD AND
MOUTHMOUTH
MOUTH
MOUTHMOUTH
ARROWARROW
ARROW
ARROWARROW
BUTTONSBUTTONS
BUTTONS
BUTTONSBUTTONS
ENTERENTER
ENTER
ENTERENTER
BUTTONBUTTON
BUTTON
BUTTONBUTTON
HELP BUTTONHELP BUTTON
HELP BUTTON
HELP BUTTONHELP BUTTON
2. Press any
sixteen activities. The friendly robots will guide you
through each of the following activities:
1. Learning Letters
2. Uppercase & Lowercase Letters
3. Alphabet Order
4. Sounds Of Words
5. Word Challenge
6. Beginning Letters
ACTIVITYACTIVITY
ACTIVITY
ACTIVITYACTIVITY
BUTTONBUTTON
BUTTON to select from one of the
BUTTONBUTTON
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7. Missing Letters
8. Missing Vowels
9. Beginning & Ending Blends
10. Rhyming Words
11. Word Groups
12. Word Scramble
13. Letter Catch
14. Hangman
15. Memory Challenge
16. Hear A Song
HELPHELP
3. Press the
or receive the answer to a question.
BUTTONBUTTON
HELP
BUTTON to hear a question repeated and/
HELPHELP
BUTTONBUTTON
4. To adjust the volume, slide the
the left for low volume or to the right for high volume.
TO BEGIN PLAYTO BEGIN PLAY
TO BEGIN PLAYTO BEGIN PLAY
TO BEGIN PLAY
5. Alphabert’s eyes will turn to his pal Sprocket as he asks
questions.
6. Sprocket’s head will turn to Alphabert when Alphabert is
asking a question.
7. Sprocket’s mouth will move when he speaks.
8. To turn the learning toy off, press the
or just close the keyboard.
VOLUME CONTROL SWITCHVOLUME CONTROL SWITCH
VOLUME CONTROL SWITCH to
VOLUME CONTROL SWITCHVOLUME CONTROL SWITCH
ON/OFFON/OFF
ON/OFF
ON/OFFON/OFF
BUTTONBUTTON
BUTTON again
BUTTONBUTTON
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