Education and demonstration – Question or problem eliciting response
Patent
1998-06-10
1999-08-31
Hafer, Robert A.
Education and demonstration
Question or problem eliciting response
434167, 434169, 434327, G09B 300
Patent
active
059445335
ABSTRACT:
The present invention comprises a teaching toy that invites a child's interaction using an attractive play figure, for example a stuffed animal, to present more than one instructional modality in mixed formats. The child is presented with a declarative instruction, quizzing, and logical connections are induced in the child's mind via problem solving games, songs, and visual stimuli. Particularly, the present invention teaches and reinforces a child's knowledge of letter names, letter phonetics, colors, numbers, and social manners by use of visual, audial, and kinesthetic involvement of the child. If the inventive is presented in the form of a stuffed animal, the exterior of the animal would have a plurality of indicia that the child could press. The indicia is connected to switching circuitry and those switches activate a logic circuit containing preprogrammed instruction modalities and play methods. The instruction modalities are communicated using a variety of preprogrammed fun speech patterns so that the toy appears to talk to the child and provide instruction. Each inventive toy presents least two distinct instruction modalities, for example, i) stating the name of a symbol and ii) querying a name of a symbol and providing response as a function of the answer given.
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Hafer Robert A.
Knowledge Kids Enterprises, Inc.
Miller Bena B.
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