Books of the Holy Bible learning activity

• US 7,631,870 B1
• Filed: 06/22/2007
• Issued: 12/15/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 06/27/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Daina T. Bennett
• Original Assignee: Daina T. Bennett
• Inventors: Bennett, Daina T
• Primary Examiner(s): WONG, STEVEN B
• Application Number:
  US11/767,203
• Time in Patent Office: 907 Days
• Field of Search: 273/157.R, 273/157.A, 273/153.R, 434/171, 434/172, 434/154
• US Class Current: 273/157.00R
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 3/001 Board games concerning astrology, religion, or fortune-telling fortune-telling games A63F9/181
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 9/10 Two-dimensional jig-saw puzzles

Abstract

A system for teaching information about a topic, a subject, or a book such as the Holy Bible employing at least one puzzle to challenge and convey the information to the user. The information may include may be the names and the books of the bible in the Old and New Testaments. The system can include a information leaflet and a certificate of completion. The certificate of Completion may be in the form of computer readable media. The at least one puzzle includes at least one baseboard, each baseboard for receiving a plurality of pieces. Each baseboard having a game layer with at least one hint, where a single hint on a game layer corresponds to a single one of the plurality pieces.

Claims

1. A game for teaching information from the bible, the game comprising:

a flat baseboard having a peripheral lip,

a loose game layer on said baseboard enclosed by said peripheral lip, said loose game layer having distributed thereon hints related to different books of the bible, said hints having a particular degree of difficulty,

a set of interlocking play pieces, each play piece having a name of a book in the bible and corresponding to a hint on said loose game layer,

said set of play pieces adapted to be arranged and interlocked on a top surface of said loose game layer within said peripheral lip whereby when completely assembled each play piece is directly above the hint for that play piece, and

another loose game layer for use with said set of interlocking play pieces for being received by said baseboard enclosed by said peripheral lip having distributed thereon hints related to said book of the bible, and having a different degree of difficulty, whereby said game can be used to teach a user information about the bible by proceeding through different degrees of difficulty on loose game layers.

2. The game of claim 1, having a second baseboard along with a second set of loose game layers wherein one baseboard and associated loose game layers are devoted to the Old Testament and a second baseboard and set of loose game layers are devoted to the New Testament.

3. The game of claim 2, wherein the two baseboards are mounted side by side.

4. The game of claim 1, wherein said hints include information about or contained in a book in the bible.

5. The game of claim 4, where each hint is selected from the group consisting of a letter, a symbol, and a picture.

6. A method of teaching the bible comprising the steps of:

placing a first loose game layer on a flat baseboard in an area enclosed by a peripheral lip, said first loose game layer having distributed thereon hints related to different books of the bible, said hints suitable for the skill of a user,

placing interlocking play pieces on a top surface of said first loose game layer, each play piece having a name of a book in the bible, placing said play pieces on top of corresponding hints on said first loose game player,

whereby said set of play pieces become completely interlocked covering all of said first loose game player when all of said play pieces are directly over a corresponding hint on said first loose game layer, and

replacing said first loose game layer with a second loose game layer having distributed thereon hints related to said books and requiring a different degree of skill,

placing said interlocking play pieces on a top surface of the second loose game layer, whereby said game is used to teach a user information about the bible by proceeding through different degrees of difficulty on loose game layers.

7. The method of claim 6 in which two baseboards are used side by side, one for the Old Testament and one for the New Testament.

8. The method of claim 6 in which a single hint requires more than one interlocked play piece.

9. The method of claim 6 in which the hints include graphical illustrations of content of the books.

10. The method of claim 6 in which a certificate of completion is issued for completion of each puzzle.