Description: .com By combining the kid-friendly Nintendo DS with a proven reading curriculum developed and tested at the University of Colorado, My Virtual Tutor: Reading makes learning reading skills fun, affordable and portable! Through interactive books, school age and relevant phonics instruction and fun quiz modes, your will learn the comprehension, phonics, fluency and vocabulary necessary to become an expert reader, all while having fun with their Nintendo DS. Gameplay My Virtual Tutor: Reading greets your first with a fun story in Read to Me mode, where the story is read by the tutor, accompanied by fun sounds and animations. Once the story is read, your then accesses the story in Explore mode, which features comprehension questions which assess your ’s understanding of what they read. After Explore mode, I Can Read mode is unlocked, where your can read the story, play fun word-based minigames and even record and listen to him/herself reading aloud! These minigames offer more practice to expand reading comprehension and vocabulary. After playing I Can Read, your can unleash their inner artist in paint mode while the story is read to them by the tutor. Once your completes all four modes in the first book, an additional book is unlocked in their library to read and explore. These books were specially created at the University of Colorado to both engage readers and supply practice to gain fluent reading and comprehension. At any point your can also play phonics minigames building the skills necessary to become an independent reader. The phonics games focus building words that start, contain, and end with certain letters and sounds. These games progress along with your by evaluating performance on the current concept then moving on once that concept has been mastered. In addition to phonics practice, our challenge mode will test your ’s skills with survival-style gameplay. After your has explored a story and tested their phonics skills, he or she is ready for quiz mode! Quiz mode tests the skills and concepts your has learned up until that point in the game. By answering story comprehension questions, word matching, and coloring (just for fun!) your can unlock 20 great prizes! [Prize Pictures] Parents can access Parent Mode at any time to track your ’s progress and identify areas of mastery and areas needing more focus for deeper learning. Key Features Enhanced Learning – Reading as a fun activity My Virtual Tutor: Reading has fun as a top priority. By experiencing early reading through wonderful, hand-drawn animations and characters, along with fun mini-games, your will not only learn to read; they’ll learn that reading is fun! Successful The game is based on the National Education Association standards for teaching literacy, and derived from a system developed by researchers at the University of Colorado. Delivered on the Nintendo DS, learning to read is made fun and portable. Easy to Play Nintendo DS uses the touchscreen exclusively; no need for long, wordy menus to begin and play! Your can interact with the words and pictures in the game, and they can even paint a picture of the story while the virtual tutor reads. With the portability of a Nintendo DS, your can learn to read anywhere, anytime! Adaptive learning My Virtual Tutor: Reading teaches your new skills as they master previous ones. The activities are paced to correlate with their learning. As your performs better and faster, the game will dish out extra challenges to keep them excited and engaged. Self-Correcting Practices To help develop fluency, your can read the books out-load using the Nintendo DS microphone. After your reads, the tutor will play back the recording and it to what she reads for self-correcting practice. A Fun Reward System Animated and interactive quizzes are introduced to test your 's retention 8 Interactive Books 4 Different Play Modes Staged Learning - Through self-correcting practice, the different codes of interacting with the exercises and stories will advance along with player 5 Reading Areas - Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, Comprehension Proprietary software in My Virtual Tutor has been tested and proven effective with over 1200 students
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Location: Buford, Georgia
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EAN: 0851455002114
ISBN: 0851455002114
Package Dimensions LxWxH: 5.39x4.88x0.59 Inches
Weight: 0.79 Pounds
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Brand: Mentor InterActive
Publisher: Mentor Interactive
Rating: E-Everyone
Genre: Educational
Video Game Series: My Virtual Tutor Series
Platform: Nintendo DS
Game Name: My Virtual Tutor: Reading Kindergarten to First Grade