Education and demonstration – Language – Spelling – phonics – word recognition – or sentence formation
Patent
1997-04-10
1999-09-14
Ricci, John A.
Education and demonstration
Language
Spelling, phonics, word recognition, or sentence formation
281 151, 283 99, G09B 1700, B42D 100, A63H 3338
Patent
active
059512989
ABSTRACT:
An interactive coordinated book assembly, comprising a plurality of pages, which are bound along an edge to form a book. Each page contains textual material, key indicia and an activity area. Each activity area contains instructions for conducting an activity. The activity is coordinated with the key indicia appearing on a simultaneously visible one of the plurality of pages. The key indicia can be any device capable of visually or tactilely distinguishing a portion of the text, allowing it to be associated with the activity. The key indicia are preferably selected from a group consisting of a word, a phrase, a sentence, a symbol, an object, a font, highlighting, an icon, and a color code in the textual material and are visually distinguishable from the surrounding textual material on the pages. The activity area typically, but not necessarily, contains pictorial material that is related to the activity, which is described in the activity area. Examples of activities include pictures, puzzles, mazes, and other graphical or textual instructions. Each activity may have a code associated therewith for designating the age level appropriate for the particular activity and for designating the activity type. The assembly can further include an age level translation guide associated with the assembly, wherein the translation guide contains the code designations of the age levels and the activity types, as well as a translation into understandable equivalents.
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