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Tool device, system and method for teaching reading
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Inventors: Robotham, Teresa;
Assignee:
Primary Examiner: Fernstrom; Kurt
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Lhota, Esq.; David P., Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson, P.A.
A book-like reading teaching tool having a plurality of columns wherein each column contains each letter of the alphabet in ascending format, which are simultaneously viewable, a picture corresponding to each sound of each letter in the alphabet and structure for interchanging, mixing and matching letters and identifying and selecting long vowel and short vowel sounds. The reading tool includes a front cover, back cover, spiral binder, instructions, alphabet indicia, plurality of pictures corresponding to each letter and sound in the alphabet, plurality of windows or cutouts corresponding to selected letters and sounds, short vowel sound indicia, long vowel sound indicia and plurality of flip panels arranged in columns wherein each panel in each column contains a letter indicia. The covers, pages and panels have a plurality of apertures that are joined at coinciding ends by the spiral binder. The windows are formed in the second page over pictures corresponding to letters having only one sound or one common sound, such as the letter "B." The instructions indicate how to form words and sounds using the panels and also include suggested beginning sounds, set of suggested complex beginning sounds, set of suggested ending sounds and set of suggested complex ending sounds. |
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION With reference to the drawings, FIGS.
1-6 depict the preferred embodiment of the instant invention which is generally referenced as a teaching tool and, or by numeric character 10.
With reference to FIGS.
1-6, the teaching tool 10 comprises a book-like structure having a front cover 12, back cover 14, spiral binder 16, cover indicia 18, first page 20, first set of instruction indicia 22 on the first page 20, second page 26, alphabet indicia 28 on a first side 26a of the second page 26, plurality of pictures 24 on the first side 26a of the second page 26 corresponding to selected letters 27 having more than one sound, short vowel sound indicia 29, plurality of windows or cutouts 30 defined by the second page 26 corresponding to selected letters 28 having one sound, third page 32 having a second set of alphabet indicia 34 and plurality of pictures 25 on a first side 32a of the third page 32 wherein each picture corresponds to a different letter 34, long vowel sound indicia 35, second set of instruction indicia 36 on a second side 32b of the third page 32, and plurality of flip panels 40 arranged in columns wherein each panel 40 in each column contains a letter indicia 42.
The covers 12, 14, pages 20, 26, 32 and panels 40 have a plurality of apertures 27 that are joined at coinciding ends by the spiral binder 16.
The windows 30 are formed in the second page 26 over pictures corresponding to letters 28 or 34 having only one sound or one common sound, such as the letter "B.
" The first set of instructions 22 provide overall instructions for forming words and sounds using the teaching tool 10.
The second set of instructions 36 provide instruction indicia related to using the panels 40 to form words and sounds and indicia comprising a set of suggested beginning sounds, set of suggested complex beginning sounds, set of suggested ending sounds and set of suggested complex ending sounds.
With reference to FIGS.
5 and 6, the invention 10 preferably comprises twenty-six (26) panels 40 in each column, one for each letter, and a first blank panel 42 for covering the first row of letters, i
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