Educational treasure hunt game
First Claim
1. An educational game, comprising:
- a series of cards, including at least a first card, a second card, a penultimate card, and a last card;
a marking board and means for marking said marking board;
said second card through said last card each having a first face including a pictorial representation of an article thereon and the name of the article; and
said first card through said penultimate card each having a second face including at least one clue provided thereon, with said at least one clue corresponding to said pictorial representation of a successive said card in said series.
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Abstract
An educational treasure hunt game provides for teaching young children or others the basics of writing and reading, by conducting a physical search for cards placed or concealed throughout a predetermined area in accordance with clues provided. A series of cards include pictorial representations of various articles or objects on the front face thereof, with the cards having one or more written clues on the reverse face thereof. Each clue corresponds to a pictorial representation shown on the front face of the next successive card in the series, with all of the cards being arranged in alphabetical order according to the first letter of the name of the object or article pictured. The back faces of the cards may include more than one clue, with a corresponding number of cards being provided in order to provide sufficient pictorial symbols. The game is played by placing or concealing the cards adjacent to articles or objects corresponding to their pictorial representations. The game supervisor then reads the first clue, and players engage in a physical search for the object or article corresponding to that clue. When the object and its associated card are found, the supervisor reads a clue from the discovered card, and the process continues. Players are provided with a board and marker to record the first letter or the name of the object depicted on each card found. One or more prizes may be provided at the end of the search, if desired.
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19 Claims
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1. An educational game, comprising:
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a series of cards, including at least a first card, a second card, a penultimate card, and a last card;
a marking board and means for marking said marking board;
said second card through said last card each having a first face including a pictorial representation of an article thereon and the name of the article; and
said first card through said penultimate card each having a second face including at least one clue provided thereon, with said at least one clue corresponding to said pictorial representation of a successive said card in said series. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method of playing an educational game, comprising the following steps:
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(a) providing a series of cards, including a first card, a second card, a penultimate card, and a last card, with the second card through the last card each having a first face including a pictorial representation of an article thereon and the name of the article, and the first card through the penultimate card each having a second face including at least one clue provided thereon, with said at least one clue corresponding to the pictorial representation of a successive said card in said series;
(b) providing a supervisor and plurality of players;
(c) placing the second card through the last card in various locations corresponding to the respective pictorial representation of each card;
(d) providing a goal placard, and placing the goal placard in any suitable location;
(e) reading the at least one clue of the first card to the players;
(f) searching for the location of the second card by the players, according to the at least one clue provided by the first card;
(g) finding the location of the second card and the second card located therewith, by at least one of the players;
(h) writing the first letter or name of the article corresponding to the pictorial representation of the second card; and
(i) continuing in the above manner until arriving at the goal placard. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
(a) determining an end point for the game according to a predetermined time; and
(b) proceeding directly to the goal placard upon reaching the predetermined time.
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