Patent ID: 9501939
Filing Date: 2016-11-22
CPC Classification: G09B

Claim Text:
1. A literacy instruction system cooperating with a writing instrument having a tip, the system comprising: a plurality of pieces each having a body having a top face, an opposite bottom face, and an external edge; a raised outline extending outward from the top face and defining a groove therewithin, the groove having a groove bottom surface, wherein the raised outline is adjacent to the external edge; and, a flexible, erasable writing surface permanently adhered to the raised outline, covering the groove without contacting the groove bottom surface, and sized so as not to extend beyond the external edge; each groove being a continuous path in the shape of a character; the external edge of each piece forming the shape of at least one character; and, each writing surface configured to receive the tip of the writing instrument and resiliently depress into the groove below, whereby the raised outline guides the tip to aid in writing the character for which the groove is shaped.