INSTRUCTIONAL GAME

• US 3,665,618 A
• Filed: 08/17/1970
• Issued: 05/30/1972
• Est. Priority Date: 08/17/1970
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Margaret K. Hahn
• Original Assignee: Margaret K. Hahn
• Inventors: Hahn, Margaret K.
• Primary Examiner(s): Grieb, Wm. H.
• Application Number:
  US05/064,187
• Time in Patent Office: 652 Days
• Field of Search: 35/35R,35H,35C 273/135BC
• US Class Current: 273/270
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 17/006 with audible presentation of the material to be studied audio and audio-visual teaching apparatus in general G09B5/04, G09B5/06

Abstract

An instructional game for use by '"'"''"'"''"'"''"'"'beginning readers'"'"''"'"''"'"''"'"' in promoting early perception of letter patterns, particularly those including a vowel. The game is characterized by a plurality of master boards, each including thereon a compilation of words selected from a defined class of words, each word having a letter pattern common to the class and an established phonetic value, a multiplicity of similarly configured game boards, each being adapted to receive therein a replaceable game card, a plurality of replaceable game cards, each bearing a partial list of words selected from a given master board and displayed in parallel rows, and a plurality of word markers associated with each of the game boards. The game is played as words are chosen from a given master board, enunciated by a game director and simultaneously marked on game boards by a class of participants, through a digitation of the word markers, in order that a game winner be determined as the markers are by a winning participant grouped to conform to a predetermined pattern.

Claims

1. An instructional game for use in developing reading skill utilizing phonetic analysis, comprising:

A. a master board bearing indicia representing a compilation of words selected from a single class of words, said class being characterized by words having letters arranged in a common letter pattern of consonants and vowels for establishing multiple phonetic values, said words appearing on one face of the board in multiple parallel rows with the phonetic value for the letter pattern of the words of each row differing from the phonetic value for the letter pattern of the words of all other rows;

B. a plurality of game cards, each card including thereon indicia representing words selected from said master board and appearing on one face of the card in multiple parallel rows, with the phonetic value for the letter pattern of consonants and vowels of the words of each row differing from the phonetic value for the letter pattern of consonants and vowels of the words of all other rows; and

C. indicator means for selectively marking the words appearing on each of said game cards, whereby a notation of the presence of words selected from said compilation of words and appearing on said game cards is facilitated.

2. The game of claim 1 further comprising a plurality of sight cards, each of said cards being characterized by indicia representing a word selected from said compilation of words.

3. The game of claim 1 wherein each row of words appearing on said master board and on each of said game cards is surmounted by an indicia representing a word including a letter pattern having a phonetic value common tO the words of the row.

4. The game of claim 2 wherein the indicia representing a word borne by the sight card includes a pictorial representation of a word including a letter pattern having a predetermined phonetic value.

5. The game of claim 3 wherein said indicia representing said word including a letter pattern having a phonetic value common to the words of the row includes a pictorial illustration of the word.

6. The game of claim 5 further comprising a plurality of game boards, each comprising a substantially rigid, planar plate having means defining in one face thereof a plurality of mutually spaced openings arranged in parallel rows, means for receiving one of said game cards with each word of each row disposed in registry with one opening of said plurality of openings, whereby the words are displayed through said openings.

7. The game of claim 6 wherein said master board and each of said game boards include means defining therein a plurality of elongated slots, and said indicator means comprises slidably supported markers seated in said slots, whereby digitation of said markers is facilitated.

8. The game of claim 1 wherein the letter pattern includes a short vowel in combination with an initial consonant.

9. The game of claim 1 wherein the letter pattern includes a short medial vowel in combination with initial and ending consonants.

10. The game of claim 1 wherein the letter pattern includes an initial consonant blend with a medial short vowel, whereby the phonetic value of the letter pattern includes the sound of the initial consonant blended with that of the short vowel.

11. THe game of claim 1 wherein the letter pattern includes a consonant digraph.

12. The game of claim 1 wherein the letter pattern includes a vowel diagraph.

13. The game of claim 1 wherein the letter pattern includes a murmur dipthong.

14. The game of claim 1 wherein the letter pattern includes a vowel digraph having a first succession of orthographic letters and a sound of a vowel digraph including a second succession of orthographic letters.

15. The game of claim 1 wherein the letter pattern includes a medial vowel separated by a consonant from an ending silent '"'"''"'"''"'"''"'"'e, '"'"''"'"''"'"''"'"' whereby the phonetic value for the medial vowel is that of a long vowel.

16. The game of claim 1 wherein the letter pattern includes the phoneme '"'"''"'"''"'"''"'"'ah.'"'"''"'"''"'"''"'"'

17. The game of claim 1 wherein the letter pattern includes a true murmur-dipthong phoneme.

18. The game of claim 1 wherein the letter pattern includes a medial vowel attached to an ending combination of consonants including a letter '"'"''"'"''"'"''"'"'l.'"'"''"'"''"'"''"'"'

19. The game of claim 1 wherein the letter pattern includes a dipthong.