Card game for spelling improvement and education

Claim 1

Playing apparatus comprising a first set of playing pieces, said first set of playing pieces being generally flat, said first set of playing pieces each having a top side and a bottom side, said bottom side of each piece bearing thereupon indicia, said indicia bearing upon said bottom side of each piece of said first set of playing pieces is a numerical indicia having positive integers, a second set of playing pieces, each said piece of said second set of playing pieces being generally flat, said second set of playing pieces each having a top side and a bottom side, said bottom side of each piece bearing thereupon word indicia, said word indicia bearing upon said bottom side of each piece of said second set of playing pieces includes a plurality of words having different lengths, and wherein said words are in the form of a list, said words having lengths from and including three letters up to and including n letters.

Claim 7

A method for players to practice spelling, said players using first and second sets of playing pieces having top and bottom sides, said bottom sides of said first set of playing pieces having numerical indicia bearing thereupon, said numerical indicia of said first set of playing pieces representing points to be added to or subtracted from the score of said players, said bottom sides of said second set of playing pieces having multiple word indicia of varying lengths bearing thereupon, each player having a discard pile, said method for practicing spelling comprising the steps of keeping the bottom sides of all playing pieces not yet played hidden from the view of the players, dealing a first set of playing pieces to players, exposing numerical indicia on a bottom side of a piece of said first set of playing pieces, commanding a player that exposed said numerical indicia on said bottom side of said first set of playing pieces to spell a word, reading a word aloud from a bottom side of a piece from a second set of playing pieces to said player being commanded to spell said word, said word having a letter length equal to said numerical indicia exposed from said piece of said first set of playing pieces, attempting to spell correctly said word by said player being commanded to spell said word, scoring points by said player commanded to spell said word when said word is spelled correctly, and subtracting points from said player commanded to spell said word when said word is spelled incorrectly.

Claim 8

A method for players to practice spelling, said players using first and second sets of playing pieces having top and bottom sides, said bottom sides of said first set of playing pieces having numerical indicia bearing thereupon, said numerical indicia of said first set of playing pieces representing points to be added to or subtracted from the score of said players, said bottom sides of said second set of playing pieces having multiple word indicia of varying lengths bearing thereupon, each player having a discard pile, said method for practicing spelling comprising the steps of keeping the bottom sides of all playing pieces not yet played hidden from the view of the players, dealing a first set of playing pieces to players, exposing numerical indicia on a bottom side of a piece of said first set of playing pieces, commanding a player that exposed said numerical indicia on said bottom side of said first set of playing pieces to spell a word, reading a word aloud from a bottom side of a piece from a second set of playing pieces to said player being commanded to spell said word, said word having a letter length equal to said numerical indicia exposed from said piece of said first set of playing pieces, attempting to spell correctly said word by said player being commanded to spell said word, scoring points by said player commanded to spell said word when said word is spelled correctly, and subtracting points from said player commanded to spell said word when said word is spelled incorrectly.