Number writing development guide
View Patent ↗A number writing development guide including a number guide sheet having sequential instruction indicia. The sequential instruction indicia includes discrete ordered steps that cue a user in proper writing strokes to write an associated number. At least one of the discrete ordered steps relates to a common childhood activity or experience to thereby form an association between the activity or experience and the sequential instruction indicia. The guide further includes a challenge sheet coupled to the number guide sheet and having number challenge indicia. The number challenge indicia cues the user to arrive at a numerical answer to the number challenge and write the numerical answer thereon.
1. A method for teaching a person to write a number on a number writing development guide comprising:
providing sequential instruction indicia on said number writing development guide, the sequential instruction indicia including discrete ordered steps that cue a user to use proper writing strokes to write an associated number;
wherein at least one of said discrete ordered steps relates to an object or activity that is symbolic of at least one of the writing strokes; and
providing number challenge indicia on said number writing development guide, wherein said number challenge indicia cues the user to arrive at a numerical answer to said number challenge indicia and write the numerical answer thereon.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein the number challenge indicia cue a user to mathematically manipulate numbers.
3. The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of providing narrative indicia having discrete portions that correspond to the discrete ordered steps of the sequential instruction indicia.
4. The method of claim 3 wherein each discrete portion of said narrative indicia is associated with a discrete ordered step of the sequential instruction indicia by a color.
5. The method of claim 3 further comprising the step of providing a visual representation, said visual representation including components that visually correspond to text in said narrative indicia.
6. The method of claim 5 wherein said visual representation relates to a common childhood activity or experience.
7. The method of claim 5 wherein said components of said visual representation correspond to said text by color.
8. The method of claim 5 wherein said components of said visual representation are arranged to have a shape generally corresponding to said associated number.
9. The method of claim 1 wherein each of said discrete ordered steps relates to a common childhood activity or experience.
10. The method of claim 1 wherein said sequential instruction indicia includes a traceable version of a number, and a number and an arrow cuing a user where to begin a writing stroke.
11. The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of providing at least one manipulable item which a user is cued to separate from said supplemental challenge sheet and use in association with said challenge sheet.
12. The method of claim 1 wherein said number challenge indicia cues a user to undertake physical activity.