Education and demonstration – Language – Writing or printing by hand
Reexamination Certificate
1999-12-23
2001-10-16
Ackun, Jr., Jacob K. (Department: 3712)
Education and demonstration
Language
Writing or printing by hand
C434S165000, C283S045000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06302696
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND
1. Technical Field
The present disclosure relates generally to the field of instructional writing paper, and more particularly, is directed to an improvement in the format of spaced lines making up instructional writing paper.
2. Background of the Related Art
The present disclosure is directed to instructional writing paper for teaching hand writing skills to children who are learning to read and write. The instructional writing paper is also particularly useful to those with special needs to assist in their learning process. Common practice in the aid of such instruction is the use of specifically formatted lined paper. The lined writing paper generally includes horizontal parallel guiding lines spaced at various increments along a writing face. The guiding lines are generally divided into two equal parts by a horizontal dotted or dashed line which is designed to guide the children in the proper formation of upper and lower case letters as well as numerals.
Various kinds of such lined writing paper have heretofore been used in the instruction of writing skills to children. Typical among such instructional writing paper is described in U.S. Pat. No. 3,638,332 to Jones. The Jones writing paper includes a series of wide colored bands separated by a series of manuscript areas. The separation between the manuscript areas and the colored bands is designed to help focus the attention of a child to write within the manuscript areas. Similarly, U.S. Pat. No. 4,173,082 to Niquette discloses instructional writing paper including separate modules containing three contiguously shaded colored bands. The Niquette patent utilizes the center colored band as a starting point for writing rather than on a separate line. As such, the ascending or descending portions of the letters are formed on upper or lower colored bands surrounding the center colored band. Likewise, in U.S. Pat. No. 4,268,256 to Moskowitz, instructional writing paper employing writing areas consisting of two colored adjacent bands is described. The writing bands are each separated by a spaced non-writing area. The Moskowitz patent discloses consecutive sheets of instructional writing paper including colored writing bands having a decreasing degree of color intensity until finally a complete fade-out of color is reached.
Heretofore, the advantages offered by instructional writing paper have primarily been based on writing paper containing broad colored bands which are used to separate writing and non-writing portions. Such devices, however, are not conducive to real world writing habits which primarily include the use of plain, non-colored, lined paper. In addition, the formation of capital letters, numerals and certain lower case letters such as: b, d, f, h, k, l and t have been difficult since there has been no reference point to indicate where to begin or end the formation of these letters and numerals.
In view of the foregoing drawbacks of previously known instructional writing paper, it would be desirable to provide instructional writing paper and associated methods of use for using the presently described writing paper which will instruct a child or mentally handicapped person to write in a proper format. Accordingly, the present disclosure overcomes the disadvantages of the prior art by providing instructional writing paper that is primarily void of wide colored bands and which utilizes plain writing paper that is formatted to closely resemble paper normally used in the real world. The present disclosure also solves the problems associated in forming capital letters, numerals and certain lower case letters by providing visual as well as verbal/audio cues which acts as a frame of reference to guide children in forming specific letters and numerals.
The embodiments herein disclosed throughout the present disclosure achieve the intended purposes, objects, and advantages through a new, useful and unobvious combination of component elements, at a reasonable cost to manufacture and by employing readily available materials.
SUMMARY
The present disclosure is directed to improved instructional writing paper for instructing primarily young children to write letters and numerals. The writing paper and method of use is designed to easily instruct children on the basic formation of letters and numerals with the minimum of instruction.
Accordingly, instructional writing paper for instructing children to write letters and numerals is disclosed. The instructional writing paper preferably includes writing paper having a plurality of spaced parallel lines, the parallel lines forming at least one segment, each segment having a top and bottom line, wherein the top line includes indicia indicating a starting point and the bottom line includes indicia indicating a direction of letter and numeral formation. The indicia are preferably parallel lines having highlighted color portions, wherein the highlighted color portions are the colors blue and/or green. The starting point is generally at the top line of a particular segment of the writing paper and the direction of letter and numeral formation is generally directed toward the bottom line of the corresponding segment of the writing paper.
Also disclosed is a system for teaching persons to form letters and numerals. The system includes a writing medium for forming letters and numerals thereon. The writing medium includes spaced parallel lines forming writing segments. Each writing segment includes top and bottom lines, wherein the top line includes indicia indicating a starting point and wherein the bottom line includes indicia indicating a direction of letter and numeral formation. The indicia are preferably parallel lines having highlighted color portions, wherein the highlighted color portions are the colors blue and/or green. The starting point is generally directed at one of the top lines of the writing medium and the direction of letter and numeral formation is generally directed toward a corresponding bottom line of the writing medium.
Preferably, the system further includes a teaching phrase for providing an audio cue to persons forming letters and numerals on the writing medium. The teaching phrase includes syntax indicating a starting point and a direction of letter and numeral formation from the starting point, wherein the syntax of the teaching phrase includes the words sky and/or grass.
A method of teaching persons to form letters and numerals is also presently disclosed. The method includes the steps of providing writing paper for forming letters and numerals thereon. The writing paper includes a plurality of spaced parallel lines which form at least one segment. Each segment includes a top and bottom line, wherein the top line includes a first indicia indicating a starting point and the bottom line includes a second indicia indicating a direction of letter and numeral formation from the starting point. The method also discloses providing an audio cue associated with the indicia of the top and bottom lines of the writing paper, wherein the audio cue provides instruction for the formation of the letters and numerals from the starting point as well as the direction of letter and numeral formation. The starting point is at a top line of a particular segment of the writing paper and the direction of letter and numeral formation is directed toward a bottom line of the corresponding segment of the writing paper.
Preferably, the step of providing writing paper includes the step of providing writing paper which includes first and second indicia as parallel lines having highlighted color portions.
The method of teaching persons to form letters and numerals also includes the step of providing an audio cue. The audio cue is a teaching phrase including specific syntax which includes the words sky and/or grass.
REFERENCES:
patent: 3638332 (1972-02-01), Jones
patent: 3939588 (1976-02-01), Hockaday
patent: 4035652 (1977-07-01), Schroeder
patent: 4173082 (1979-11-01), Niquette
patent: 4669986 (1987-06-01), Yokoyama
Ackun Jr. Jacob K.
Dilworth & Barrese LLP
Miller Bena B.
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