Letter guide sheet
View Patent ↗A sheet assembly including a sheet and sequential instruction indicia on the sheet. The sequential instruction indicia includes discrete ordered steps that cue a user in proper writing strokes to write an associated letter or number. The sheet assembly further includes narrative indicia on the sheet having discrete portions that correspond to the discrete ordered steps of the sequential instruction indicia.
1. A sheet assembly comprising:
a sheet;
sequential instruction indicia on said sheet, said sequential instruction indicia including discrete ordered steps that cue a user in proper writing strokes to write an associated letter or number;
a pictorial representation of an object or activity on said sheet; and
narrative indicia on said sheet having discrete portions that correspond to said discrete ordered steps of said sequential instruction indicia;
wherein each discrete portion of said narrative indicia describes specific features of said pictorial representation of an object or activity that is symbolic of the associated step of said sequential instruction indicia.
2. The sheet assembly of claim 1 wherein there is a one-to-one correspondence between the discrete ordered steps of the instruction indicia and the discrete portions of the narrative indicia.
3. The sheet assembly of claim 1 wherein said sequential instruction indicia includes directional cues and associated numerical cues.
4. The sheet assembly of claim 3 wherein said sequential instruction indicia includes a traceable version of said letter or number.
5. The sheet assembly of claim 4 wherein said sequential instruction indicia includes directional cues that are positioned on or adjacent to said traceable version of said letter or number.
6. The sheet assembly of claim 5 wherein said traceable version of said letter or number is made of relatively light, shaded or incomplete lines forming the same general shape as said letter or number.
7. The sheet assembly of claim 1 wherein each discrete portion of said narrative indicia is associated by color with a discrete ordered step of said sequential instruction indicia.
8. The sheet assembly of claim 1 wherein said narrative indicia describes or illustrates the creation of a non-letter and non-number object or an activity having a shape or motion generally corresponding to a shape of said letter or number.
9. The sheet assembly of claim 1 further comprising a traceable version of said letter or number on said sheet.
10. The sheet assembly of claim 9 further comprising a partial traceable version of said letter or number printed on said sheet and positioned adjacent to said traceable version.
11. The sheet assembly of claim 1 further comprising a plurality of writing spaces printed thereon upon which said user can write said letter or number, each writing space providing progressively less guidance regarding the writing of said letter or number.
12. The sheet assembly of claim 1 wherein said letter or number is a capital letter of the English alphabet.
13. The sheet assembly of claim 1 wherein each sheet includes a hand cue for cuing a user to place the user's hand thereon to manually stabilize the associated sheet during use.
14. The sheet assembly of claim 13 herein said hand cue includes a representation of a hand.
15. The sheet assembly of claim 1 wherein said narrative indicia includes narrative text.
16. The sheet assembly of claim 1 further comprising a plurality of sheets coupled or bound together, and wherein said plurality of sheets collectively include sequential instruction indicia and associated narrative text instructing a user to write all twenty-six capital letters of the English alphabet.
17. The sheet assembly of claim 16 wherein said plurality of sheets group the twenty-six letters of the English alphabet into groupings having common characteristics, including
a first grouping consisting of the letters L, F, E and H,
a second grouping consisting of the letters T, I and J,
a third grouping consisting of the letters D, P and B,
a fourth grouping consisting of the letters C, O, Q, G and S,
a fifth grouping consisting of the letter U,
a sixth grouping consisting of the letters R and K,
a seventh grouping consisting of the letters V, W and Z, and
an eighth grouping consisting of the letters N, M, Y, A and X.
18. The sheet assembly of claim 1 , wherein said pictorial representation comprises at least one of a stick figure extending generally in a vertical direction, and an article of apparel extending generally in a horizontal direction.
19. The sheet assembly of claim 1 , wherein said pictorial representation comprises a slide and said associated letter or number is from the group consisting of N, M, Y, A, and X.
20. A method for using a sheet assembly comprising:
accessing a writing surface including sequential instruction indicia thereon, said sequential instruction indicia including discrete ordered steps that cue a user in proper writing strokes to write an associated letter or number, said writing surface further including a pictorial representation of an object or activity on said sheet, said writing surface further including narrative indicia having discrete portions that correspond to said discrete ordered steps of said sequential instruction indicia; and
writing an associated letter or number in the discrete ordered steps,
wherein each discrete portion of said narrative indicia describes specific features of said pictorial representation of said object or activity that is symbolic of the associated step of said sequential instruction indicia.
21. A sheet assembly comprising:
a plurality of bound sheets, each sheet having sequential instruction indicia instructing a user to write a letter thereon,
narrative indicia on said sheet having discrete portions that correspond to discrete ordered steps of said sequential instruction indicia;
wherein said plurality of sheets collectively include sequential instruction indicia instructing a user to write all twenty-six capital letters of the English alphabet,
wherein said plurality of sheets group the letters into groupings having common characteristics, including
a first grouping consisting of the letters L, F, E and H,
a second grouping consisting of the letters T, I and J,
a third grouping consisting of the letters D, P and B,
a fourth grouping consisting of the letters C, O, Q, G and S,
a fifth grouping consisting of the letter U,
a sixth grouping consisting of the letters R and K,
a seventh grouping consisting of the letters V, W and Z, and
an eighth grouping consisting of the letters N, M, Y, A and X;
wherein at least one of said plurality of sheets includes a pictorial representation of an object or activity associated with said sequential instruction indicia for a letter in at least one of said groupings;
wherein each discrete portion of said narrative indicia describes at least one specific feature said pictorial representation of an object or activity that is symbolic of the associated step of said sequential instruction indicia.