Learning kit for children with learning disabilities

摘要

A learning kit is provided which is particularly useful in the teaching of children suffering from learning disabilities of the type which are evidenced by the fact that the child displays very poor fine motor skills and although of an age at which the ability to do so should exist is unable to read and can not identify the letters of the alphabet. The subject kit consists of a multiplicity of individual cards arranged so as to comprise a set thereof. Each of the cards in a set has provided on at least one face thereof the outline of one of the letters of the alphabet. The outline of the letter is formed by positioning a plurality of balls which are suitably spaced relative to each other in a preselected pattern. The center of each of the balls is colored a different color so that no two balls on the same card are of the same color. A reading script is provided which is designed to be employed with each card in the set. Namely, with a given card before him, the child is told a story about that card. During the story, the child is instructed to interconnect the balls in a prescribed fashion. More particularly, starting with a particular ball which is identified by its color, lines are drawn by the child to the other balls in accord with a preselected sequence. This procedure is followed in turn for each of the cards in the set. Thus, by utilizing the ability of the child to recognize colors, he is taught to form the letters of the alphabet and to recognize their shapes so as to be able to distinguish therebetween.