COLOR CODED LETTER GUIDE
A writing sheet assembly including a sheet-like body portion and a guide portion on the body portion. The guide portion includes at least three generally parallel spaced apart lines defining first and second portions therebetween such that a user can write on the portions while using the spaced lines to guide the writing thereof. The first portion is of a first color and the second portion is of a second color different from the first color, and the first portion is positioned on top of the second portion. The first color is blue or green and the second color is green or brown.
1 . A writing sheet assembly comprising:
a sheet-like body portion; and
a guide portion on said body portion, said guide portion including at least three generally parallel spaced apart lines defining first and second portions therebetween such that a user can write on said portions while using said spaced lines to guide the writing thereof, wherein said first portion is of a first color and said second portion is of a second color different from said first color, said first portion being positioned on top of said second portion, wherein said first color is blue or green and said second color is green or brown.
2 . The sheet assembly of claim 1 wherein said at least three lines include an ascender line, a baseline and an intermediate line positioned between said ascender line and said baseline, and wherein said guide portion further includes a descender line positioned below said baseline.
3 . The sheet assembly of claim 2 wherein said first portion is positioned between said intermediate line and said ascender line and said first color is blue, and wherein said second portion is positioned between said baseline and said intermediate line and said second color is green, and wherein the guide portion further includes a third portion positioned between said descender line and said baseline, and wherein said third portion is brown.
4 . The sheet assembly of claim 3 further comprising instructions coupled to or packaged with said sheet-like body portion, wherein said instructions correspond said first portion to the sky, correspond said second portion to vegetation, and correspond said third portion to earth to provide vertical context to a user of said sheet assembly.
5 . The sheet assembly of claim 3 further comprising instructions coupled to or packaged with said sheet-like body portion, wherein said instructions correspond said first portion to the sky, correspond said second portion to grass, and correspond said third portion to dirt to provide vertical context to a user of said sheet assembly.
6 . The sheet assembly of claim 1 wherein each portion is substantially entirely filled with the associated color.
7 . The sheet assembly of claim 1 wherein each portion is partially filled with the associated color.
8 . The sheet assembly of claim 1 wherein said sheet-like body includes a plurality of vertically-spaced, horizontally extending guide portions thereon.
9 . The sheet assembly of claim 1 further comprising sequential instruction indicia on said sheet-like portion, said sequential instruction indicia including discrete ordered steps that cue a user in the proper writing strokes to write an associated letter or number.
10 . The sheet assembly of claim 9 further comprising narrative indicia on said sheet-like portion, said narrative indicia having discrete portions that correspond to said sequential instruction indicia.
11 . The sheet assembly of claim 10 wherein each discrete portion of said narrative indicia describes an object or activity that is symbolic of the associated step of said sequential instruction indicia.
12 . The sheet assembly of claim 10 wherein each discrete portion of said narrative indicia is associated by color with a discrete ordered step of said sequential instruction indicia.
13 . The sheet assembly of claim 9 wherein said sequential instruction indicia includes directional cues and associated numerical cues.
14 . The sheet assembly of claim 9 wherein said sequential instruction indicia includes a traceable version of said letter or number.
15 . The sheet assembly of claim 9 wherein said letter or number is a lower case letter of the English alphabet.
16 . The sheet assembly of claim 1 wherein said sheet-like body includes a hand cue for cuing a user to place the user's hand thereon to manually stabilize said sheet-like body during use.
17 . The sheet assembly of claim 16 herein said hand cue includes a representation of a hand.
18 . The sheet assembly of claim 1 further comprising a plurality of sheet-like body portions coupled or bound together, and wherein said plurality of sheet-like bodies collectively include sequential instruction indicia and associated narrative indicia instructing a user to write all twenty-six lower case letters of the English alphabet.
19 . The sheet assembly of claim 18 wherein said assembly groups the twenty-six letters of the English alphabet into groupings having common characteristics, including a first grouping consisting of the letters c, o, s, v, x, w and z, a second grouping consisting of the letters l, t, i, j and k, a third grouping consisting of the letters a, d, g and q, a fourth grouping consisting of the letters r, n, m, p, h and b, and a fifth grouping consisting of the letter f, e, u and y.
20 . A method for using writing sheet comprising:
accessing a writing sheet having a guide portion including three generally parallel spaced apart lines defining first and second portions therebetween, said guide portion including a first color on said first portion and a second color on said second portion, said second color being different from said first color, said second portion being positioned below said first portion, wherein said first color is blue or green and said second color is green or brown; and
writing on said portions while using said spaced lines and colored shading portions to guide the writing thereof.
21 . The method of claim 20 wherein said three lines include an ascender line, a baseline and an intermediate line positioned between said ascender line and said baseline, and wherein said guide portion further includes a descender line positioned below said baseline.
22 . The method of claim 20 wherein said writing sheet is coupled to or packaged with instructions, and wherein said instructions correspond the color blue to the sky, correspond the color green to vegetation, and correspond the color brown to earth to provide vertical context to a user of said writing sheet.
23 . The method of claim 21 said writing step includes writing a lower case letter on said baseline such that the x-height portion of said letter is entirely positioned in said second portion.
24 . A sheet assembly comprising:
a plurality of bound sheets, each sheet having sequential instruction indicia instructing a user to write a letter thereon, wherein said plurality of sheets collectively include sequential instruction indicia and instructing a user to write all twenty-six lower case letters of the English alphabet, wherein said assembly groups the letters into groupings having common characteristics, including a first grouping consisting of the letters c, o, s, v, x, w and z, a second grouping consisting of the letters l, t, i, j and k, a third grouping consisting of the letters a, d, g and q, a fourth grouping consisting of the letters r, n, m, p, h and b, and a fifth grouping consisting of the letter f, e, u and y.