Thank you for bringing home the Pooh Learning Pond. This is a wonderful
educational product for your child. What could be more exciting than learning
from Pooh and his friends?
With the Pooh Learning Pond, your child will learn letters, numbers, shapes
and phonics. These are fundamental skills that combine to form the building
blocks for future development.
Please read the instructions carefully and learn about the many different
features of the Pooh Learning Pond. This will allow you to easily explain
them to your child in a way that is easy for them to understand.
Please note: The Pooh Learning Pond will not understand a button push if
it is made while the unit is talking or making a sound. Please
be sure not to answer any questions while the unit is talking
or making a sound or it may not understand your response.
MESSAGE TO PARENTS:
FUNCTION BUTTONS: Use the letter, shape and number keys to answer
questions in all learning modes.
LCD SCREEN: Displays the letters of the alphabet to reinforce
learning.
HOW TO USE POOH LEARNING POND
INSERTING BATTERIES:
IMPORTANT NOTE: Battery installation should always be done by an adult.
1. Pooh Learning Pond requires: 4 x 1.5 V "AA" or "LR6" batteries.
2. The battery compartment is located on the back of the unit.
3. Open the battery compartment door by unfastening the screw with a
universal Philips ®
screwdriver (ILLUSTRATION 1).
4. Remove discharged batteries if necessary and insert new batteries
according to the diagram provided in the battery compartment
(ILLUSTRATION 2).
5. Close the battery compartment door.
ILLUSTRATION 1
ON
BUTTON
OFF
BUTTON
LCD SCREEN
MODE
SWITCH
FUNCTION
BUTTONS
FUNCTION
BUTTONS
ILLUSTRATION 2
ADJUSTING THE LCD SCREEN CONTRAST
1. Hold the button "A" and turn the unit on. Pooh's face will show on the
LCD.
2. Press the button "G" to decrease the LCD contrast.
3. Press the button "F" to increase the LCD contrast.
4. Press the button "E" to quit or wait for the automatic time out.
Note: These instructions are also stamped onto the back of the product for
future reference.
ON BUTTON: Press this button to turn the unit ON.
OFF BUTTON: Press this button to turn the unit OFF.
MODE SWITCH: Slide this switch to select one of the three different modes
of learning, FIND, IDENTIFY or WHAT COMES NEXT?
The Pooh Learning Pond combines fun animation on a large LCD screen for
visual reinforcement with the friendly world of Pooh to encourage learning.
With phonics, shapes, numbers and letters the learning fun goes on for hours.
1. Press the ON button. You will hear a friendly greeting from Pooh:
"Hello!" "I wonder what we shall learn today?"
2. Choose the mode/way you wish to play: FIND, IDENTIFY or
WHAT COMES NEXT?.
FIND MODE: In find mode Pooh might ask you to find a specific letter, or
Tigger might ask you to find a shape or number. After each
question, the corresponding letter, shape or number will be
shown on the LCD screen providing a visual clue. This helps
reinforce word/image association. Your child can respond to
the question by pressing the matching letter, number or shape
key on the keyboard.
IDENTIFY MODE: Pooh or Tigger will prompt the child to push a button. Each
time a button is pressed, Pooh or Tigger will identify the
button and the corresponding image will appear on the
LCD screen. Every so often, Pooh or Tigger will respond
with an encouraging phrase.
WHAT COMES NEXT?: Pooh or Tigger will ask your child, "What comes after
the letter _____?" or "What comes after _____?" for
number buttons. Your child can respond to the
prompt by pressing the corresponding key.
FRIENDLY AND ENCOURAGING FEEDBACK:
In all the play modes, Tigger and Pooh will gently tell the child if
he/she has answered correctly. If the child answers correctly, Pooh
or Tigger will respond with an enthusiastic congratulations such as
"That's right!" or "Very good!" If the child answers incorrectly, Tigger
or Pooh will provide an encouraging response such as "Oopsie, try
again," or "Almost, try again." The child will be given several attempts
to correctly respond. At that point Pooh will move on to another
question or prompt. If the child does not respond to a prompt with
a button press, Pooh or Tigger will wait for a short period of time and
then repeat the prompt. If there is still no action taken by the child,
then the prompt will be repeated again. At that point, if the child
does not respond, Pooh or Tigger will ask a new question or provide
a new prompt.
HOW TO PLAY
AA / LR6
AA / LR6
AA / LR6
AA / LR6
