Sequence learning toy
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1. A caterpillar shaped educational toy comprising:
- a caterpillar shaped body formed of a series of segmented body portions, a plurality of switches associated with the caterpillar shaped body, each of the switches forming a leg of the caterpillar shaped toy, and each of the switches associated with a letter of the alphabet; and
a voice synthesizer associated with the plurality of switches so that when a switch is activated, the voice synthesizer vocalizes the letter of the alphabet associated with the switch.
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Abstract
An educational toy for teaching a child a sequence of letters, numbers, colors or other sequences. The toy would be provided with a plurality of segmented body portions, each of the body portions associated with a single indicia. A switch is provided on each of the segmented body portions. When this switch is depressed, an audio output associated with the indicia would be produced. After the child has memorized a series of indicia to produce a learned sequence, a switch associated with a segmented body portion having demarcation indicia would be depressed, allowing the entire sequence to be vocalized in order.
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1. A caterpillar shaped educational toy comprising:
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a caterpillar shaped body formed of a series of segmented body portions, a plurality of switches associated with the caterpillar shaped body, each of the switches forming a leg of the caterpillar shaped toy, and each of the switches associated with a letter of the alphabet; and
a voice synthesizer associated with the plurality of switches so that when a switch is activated, the voice synthesizer vocalizes the letter of the alphabet associated with the switch. - View Dependent Claims (2)
a second switching device connected to the caterpillar shaped body, wherein a sequence of alphabetic letters is recited when the second switching device is activated.
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3. An educational toy comprising:
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a series of connected body segment portions;
a series of legs attached to the body segment portions to form a caterpillar shape, each of the legs being associated with a letter of the alphabet; and
a voice synthesizer associated with the legs so that when a leg is pressed, the voice synthesizer speaks the letter of the alphabet associated with the leg.
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