Method for educating children

• US 6,814,579 B2
• Filed: 10/03/2003
• Issued: 11/09/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 10/27/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Kim Suzanne Bent
• Original Assignee: Kim Suzanne Bent
• Inventors: Bent, Kim Suzanne
• Primary Examiner(s): Fernstrom, Kurt
• Application Number:
  US10/679,142
• Publication Number:
  US 20040081950A1
• Time in Patent Office: 403 Days
• Field of Search: 434/156, 434/162, 434/167, 434/170, 434/178, 434/188, 434/207, 434/267, 434/365, 434/373, 434/433
• US Class Current: 434/433
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 19/00 Teaching not covered by other main groups of this subclass teaching or practice apparatus for gun-aiming or gun-laying F41G3/26

Abstract

The method uses vehicles as mascots for different subject areas. Each vehicle is named after a subject area and is decorated. The vehicles serve as a means to generate enthusiasm for the subject areas. Each car has its own color combination corresponding to a given subject. Each subject area has an instructor that is knowledgeable in that subject. The instructors wear clothing colored to match the color of the vehicle named after the subject area that he/she teaches. The instructors teach the pre-planned lessons on a topic in a subject. area. The pre-planned lessons also incorporate supporting information from other subject areas to the topics. The instructors drive the vehicles to sites of instruction where students are located to perform a pre-planned lesson on a topic. The sites of instruction have or utilize concepts that will be used in the pre-planned lesson. In the presentation of the lesson, an instructor uses teaching materials colored to match the color of the vehicle that he/she drives.

Claims

1. A method for teaching children comprising

providing a commercially available vehicle having an exterior of uniform and having, said name related to one of several educational subject areas;

said vehicle having indicia selectively applied on said exterior providing a unique appearance to said vehicle;

selecting an educational topic within said subject area of said vehicle name to be taught;

planning a lesson on said topic;

providing one or more instructors to teach said topic;

said one or more instructors wearing clothing of a color substantially similar to said uniform color of said vehicle;

providing teaching materials that have a portion of said teaching materials colored to match said uniform color of said vehicle;

utilizing said vehicle to transport said one or more instructors and said teaching materials to an instruction site where students are present;

introducing said name of said vehicle to said students by said instructor;

instructing said students on said topic by said instructor utilizing said teaching materials;

whereby said lesson is taught by introducing said vehicle with said vehicle name related to said subject area and with similar colors for said vehicle, said clothing of said one or more instructors, and said certain portions of said teaching materials throughout said lesson;

whereby said students are provided with a visual means to recognize, classify and integrate information from said subject areas by the use of said colors.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein said step of providing a vehicle comprises providing a dome-shaped vehicle.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein step of selecting a topic includes the step of selecting from the group consisting of science, history, reading, and math.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein said vehicle providing step includes the step of associating the name Science Bug therewith with said exterior uniform color green with black spots and with black antennae.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein said vehicle providing step includes the step of associating the name History Bug therewith with said exterior uniform color dark blue with orange spots and with orange antennae.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein said vehicle is for reading and said vehicle providing step includes the step of associating the name Reading Bug therewith with said exterior uniform color yellow with blue spots and with blue antennae.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein said vehicle is for math and said vehicle providing step includes the step of associating the name Math Bug therewith with said exterior uniform color silver with red spots and with red antennae.

8. The method of claim 4 wherein the color of said teaching materials is green and black.

9. The method of claim 5 including providing the color of said teaching materials as dark blue and orange.

10. The method of claim 6 including providing the color of said teaching materials as yellow and blue.

11. The method of claim 7 including providing the color of said teaching materials as silver and red.

12. The method of claim 8 including the step of providing the color of said one or more instructor'"'"'s clothing as green and black.

13. The method of claim 9 including the step of providing the color of said one or more instructor'"'"'s clothing as dark blue and orange.

14. The method of claim 10 including the step of providing the color of said one or more instructor'"'"'s clothing as yellow and blue.

15. The method of claim 11 including the step of providing the color of said one or more instructor'"'"'s clothing as silver and red.

16. The method of claim 1 further includes the step of providing said teaching materials and additional teaching materials from other ones of said subject areas.

17. The method of claim 1 further including the step of providing an audiovisual record of said lesson to students who are not at said instruction site.

18. The method of claim 3 wherein said group further consists of biology, astronomy, engineering, chemistry, oceanography, meteorology, hydrology, botany, zoology and physics.