US4398891A
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Body related teaching kit
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1981-12-28
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Granted: 1983-08-16
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Expires: 2001-12-28
Abstract
Abstract The present invention entails a body related teaching kit for teaching children letters of the alphabet, their sounds, and sounds of long and short vowels along with sounds of selected blends. More particularly the body related teaching kit of the present invention includes a sound recording device adapted to play a body alphabet song that relates letters of the alphabet or sounds of various letters to parts of the body. Also forming a part of the body related teaching kit of the present invention is one or more body figures with selected body parts being color coded in relationship to two sets of cards. One set of cards is referred to as poster cards or master cards that includes a particular letter or blend along with a diagrammatic sketch or pictorial representation of the related body part. In addition there is a set of drill cards having both the respective letters or blends thereon along with a representation of the respective body part represented. In the case of the drill cards, the respective letter or letters is separated from the represented body portion in order that either can be shown to the student without revealing the corresponding letter or letters, or the body portion.
Inventors
- 👤 Mildred D. King
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-29 02:47
CPC Classifications
G; G09; G09B; G09B17/00; G09B5/00; G09B5/06; G09B5/062
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim
296 words
A body related teaching program kit for teaching children letters of the alphabet and the sounds thereof by teaching a student various parts of his or her body and teaching the student to relate various letters of the alphabet and sounds to particular parts of his or her body, said body related teaching program kit comprising: a sound recording device having playable sound rcording means for relating each letter of the alphabet to a particular part of the human body, with each letter of the alphabet representing the initial letter of a particular body part or the initial letter of a word or phrase used in an expression referring to that particular body part; at least one master human figure forming a part of said teaching program kit and having various identifiable body parts forming the same with said identifiable body parts corresponding to letters of the alphabet and respective body parts referenced in said sound recording means; an array of master cards with each master card including a respective letter of the alphabet and a pictorial representation of the body portion for which that respective letter stands for or relates to as set forth in said playable sound recording means and referenced on said master human figure; an array of drill cards with each drill card having a respective letter of the alphabet thereon that stands for or relates to a body part as set forth in said playable sound recording means and as referenced on said master human figure; and wherein there is provided a body related word representation on each of either said master cards or drill cards with said body related word representation representing a body part that is representative of an associated letter of the alphabet provided on the same card.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
296 words
A body related teaching program kit for teaching children letters of the alphabet and the sounds thereof by teaching a student various parts of his or her body and teaching the student to relate various letters of the alphabet and sounds to particular parts of his or her body, said body related teaching program kit comprising: a sound recording device having playable sound rcording means for relating each letter of the alphabet to a particular part of the human body, with each letter of the alphabet representing the initial letter of a particular body part or the initial letter of a word or phrase used in an expression referring to that particular body part; at least one master human figure forming a part of said teaching program kit and having various identifiable body parts forming the same with said identifiable body parts corresponding to letters of the alphabet and respective body parts referenced in said sound recording means; an array of master cards with each master card including a respective letter of the alphabet and a pictorial representation of the body portion for which that respective letter stands for or relates to as set forth in said playable sound recording means and referenced on said master human figure; an array of drill cards with each drill card having a respective letter of the alphabet thereon that stands for or relates to a body part as set forth in said playable sound recording means and as referenced on said master human figure; and wherein there is provided a body related word representation on each of either said master cards or drill cards with said body related word representation representing a body part that is representative of an associated letter of the alphabet provided on the same card.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
49 words
A body related teaching program kit of claim 1 including two master human figures with each human figure having selected and identified body portions exposed from which students can study and learn, and wherein said selected and identified body parts correspond to body parts referenced in said sound recording.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
44 words
The body related teaching program kit of claim 1 wherein said array of master cards and said array of said drill cards each include at least twenty-six separate and distinct cards with each card having at least one letter of the alphabet provided thereon.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
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The body related teaching program of claim 3 wherein there is provided additional means for coordinating respective master cards with respective drill cards, and said coordinating means is provided by color and number coding on both said master and drill cards.
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