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Dino Beach
Game Summary:
This game consists of five question-and-answer activities that
flow into one another and advance in difficulty as the game
progresses. Your child is in phase 2-4. These phases are designed
to move quickly through a very limited set of elements.
This game is intended for those children on the brink of fully
comprehending letter-sound relationships and who are almost
ready to form words. If your child has played the Phonics Toy
successfully or has had some prereading instruction in school, he
or she will be very comfortable with Dino Beach.
Let's Play:
Phase two:
In this phase a picture still appears in the surfboard but the
meteors contain consonant onsets. Mick tells your child to "Find
the letter that sounds like" the onset of whatever object is pictured
in the surfboard. A correct answer will again result in
congratulations from Elvis the Dinosaur or Jimi, as the red
lightning bolts appear at the bottom of the screen.
If your child makes an incorrect selection, the same sequence will
occur as was indicated for phase one. Mick will repeat the word
being asked for and the word will appear in a yellow box. Your
child will then have an opportunity to answer this question again.
Phase three:
This phase begins when the pictures in the surfboard are
accompanied by meteors that contain rimes, rather than onsets.
Mick will tell your child to match the pictures in the surfboard
with the rimes that are contained in the meteors. Any errors are
followed by the already-established correction sequence.
The first three phases of Dino Beach are intended to be played
quickly, since the pictures provide a concrete reference point for
your child. If your child has difficulty with any of these first three
phases, they should go back to the Main Hub, single-click on the
Phonics Toy screen, and play that game until they have gained
confidence with letter-sopund correspondence. You will know
when your child has entered the final two phases of Dino Beach
when all of the pictures have been removed and only letters
appear on the surfboard and in the meteors.
Phase four:
For this more challenging phase Mick asks your child to pair an
onset or a rime that is on the surfboard with a selection of onsets
or rimes in the meteors to create the word he is playing. For
example, if the surfboard shows the onset c, and Mick is playing
the word cat, Mick asks your child to find the rime among those
on the meteors that will complete the word cat. By this stage your
child is mastering letter sounds and their combinations. If your
child has difficulty with this phase, you may want to comfort him
or her by returning to the Phonics Toy and playing along for a
while. Five to ten minutes a day of practice will work wonders.
When this phase is over, a series of yellow boxes will appear in
the center of the screen. In these, Mick will review your child's
progress by slowly sounding out words that your child has learned
in the game thus far. When this sequence has ended and the
surfboard and meteors can be viewed once again, the most
difficult part of Dino Beach will commence.
Printing Note:
You can print this file, for your personal use, by loading
HELPB.TXT into your text editor.
Copyright 1993 D.C. True, Ltd.