Education and demonstration – Language – Alphabet letter formation – recognition – or sequencing
Reexamination Certificate
2005-07-15
2008-12-02
Fernstrom, Kurt (Department: 3711)
Education and demonstration
Language
Alphabet letter formation, recognition, or sequencing
C434S159000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07458813
ABSTRACT:
A pre-writing teaching aid and method assists beginning writers in creating letters. The teaching aid includes a tray having a recessed area surrounded by a tray frame. A plurality of cards respectively depict alphanumeric characters, where each of the cards includes a start indicator designating a starting point for forming the depicted character. The students use dough having a consistency that is moldable into strips for forming the alphanumeric characters depicted on the cards in the tray. The teaching aid utilizes multi-sensory teaching methods to make it easy and fun for students to form letters and numbers correctly.
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Knapton Emily
Olsen Janice Z.
Fernstrom Kurt
Handwriting Without Tears, Inc.
Nixon & Vanderhye P.C.
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