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WelcometotheworldofMuzzyMuzzyispackedwithlotsofvideos, games, songs, books;soparents almost alwayshavethesamefirstques?on:

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Wheretostart?

AgoodplaceiswithTheBigMuzzystory.Ifchildrencanread,thenletthemreadthebooktobecomeacquaintedwithMuzzy,hisfriendsandthestory.OrbeAersBll,evenifyourchildrencanread,whynotreadthestoryoutloudtothem?

So,oncethechildrenarefamiliarwiththeMuzzystory,it’sBmetomoveontothevideos.Muzzyhastwovideostories:MuzzyinGondoland(Level1)andMuzzycomesback(Level2).TheseVideoStoriesarelikeamovie.Eachoneisdividedinto6parts(orunits)andcanbefollowedeitherinEnglish,ordirectlyinthenewlanguage.SothisisthesecondquesBon:

VideostoryinEnglishorthenewlanguage?

Eitherwayisfine,aslongasthestoryendsupbeingwatchedinthenewlanguage.Letyourchildrendecide.IftheychooseEnglishthisisperfectlyunderstandable.Atsomepointwhentheyhavewatchedthewholestory,maketheswitchtothenewlanguage.Sinceyourchildrenalreadyknowthestorythisiswhenthemagichappens:yourchildrenwillrelatethestorywiththenewlanguage.ThisisthepowerofMuzzy.

SubBtles,ifyourchildrencanread,areavailableeitherinEnglishorinthelanguagetobelearnt,orwithnosubBtlesatall.

Mychildwatchesthestoryoverandoveragain.Isthiscorrect?

Yes.RepeBBonisthekey.

Whatabouttheanimatedvocabulary?

TheAnimatedVocabularythatcomplementsthestorycanlikewisebewatchedinEnglishorinthelanguagetobelearnt,withthesamethreesubBtleopBonsastheVideoStory.

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ReadingandNon-ReadingChildren

Therearegamesforboth“Reading”and“Non-reading”children.AllgameshaveaudioinstrucBonsinEnglish.

BooksandPDFfiles

TheprintabledocumentsineveryunitincludeaVideoScriptofthestoryinbothlanguages(Englishandthenewone),aVocabularyBookinbothlanguagesandathirdbookwithwriAenexercisespu_ngintopracBceallthelearningpointsofthatparBcularunit.Andofcourse,youwillfindTheBigMuzzystorybook:

Readingchildrencandoallgames.Thebooksymbolmeansthatthegameisintendedforreadingchildren.Astheyprogressortheystartreadingyourchildcandobothtypeofgames

Non-reading childrenshouldstartdoinggamesthataremarkedwithanaudiobubblewithheadphones

TheTVseticonisforthevideosthatrelatetothegames.

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12Videostorymonolingualbooks

12ExercisemonolingualbooksplusAnswerKey

12Vocabularymonolingualbooks

TheBigMuzzystory–“StartHereBook”

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MuzzyContents

Eachofthe12unitshasthesamestructure:

NewAddi?ons:

Asaresultofmorethan25yearsofinvesBgaBonandparentalandeducatorfeedback,wehaverecentlyincludedtwomorenewsecBonsintotheonlinegames:

Aboveall,learningshouldbefun.Don’trushyourchild.Learninganewlanguageisapreciousgi[thatyourchildrenwillrememberforever.

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Videostory:TheadventuresofMuzzy.Letyourchildrenwatchthevideostoryoverandoveragain.RepeBBoniskey.

Watchandplay:HereyourchildrenwillhaveallthegamesandacBviBesbasedonthevideostorytoreinforcelanguageandvocabularylearntinafunandexciBngway.

Wordsandgames:ThissecBonispackedwithanimatedvideoswithplentyofvocabularyandfungamestorememberthewords.

Typing: Ifyourchildrencanreadandtype,letthempracBcethespellingofthenewwords.Thereareseveraltypesofgamesandeachonehasadifferentlevelofdifficulty.RecordingandPronuncia?on:thesegamesgiveyourchildrenachancetoheartheirownvoicesalongsidethatofanaBvespeakertoperfectpronunciaBon.Thereare3differentlevelsofdifficulty,eachonemorecomplexthantheprevious.

MorePrac?ce:ThissecBonincludesdifferenttopicslearnedinthevideostoryandtheanimatedvocabulary.Thesetopicsareintendedforreadingchildren.

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Video Story

Watch & Play

Words & Games

Typing

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Flashcards:withmorethan600imagestouseaselectronicorprintedflashcardsplustherecordingandpronunciaBongames.

Songs:Muzzyhas23songswithakaraokefeaturesoallchildrencansingalongwiththeMuzzycharacters.

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NoteforusersofiPadorAndroidtablets:

IfyourchildrenplantouseMuzzywithanyofthesedevicesyoumustdownloadasafebrowserforchildren.RegularbrowserslikeChromeorSafarihavenorestricBons,whileasafebrowserallowsonlypre-approvedcontentforchildren.SopleasegotoAppleStoreorGooglePlayanddownloadthePuffinAcademySafebrowser.OnceinstalledopenitandsearchforMuzzyandtheninstallMuzzy.

NoteforlearnersofKoreanorChinese:

WhilemostEuropeanlanguagesuseLaBn(Romanic)characters,ChineseandKoreanuseadifferentsetofcharacters.MuzzydoesnotteachChinese(calledSimplified)orKoreancharacters(calledHangul).Instead,MuzzyteachestheRomanicbasedChinese,calledPinyin,andRevisedRomanizedKorean(KoreanRR).BothofthemuseLaBnorRomaniccharactersthatallowlearnerstobeAerunderstandorreadthelanguage.SpokenChineseisthesameforSimplifiedandPinyinandthesameappliestoKorean.BothPinyinandRevisedRomanizedversionareofficiallyusedinthesecountries.

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