Patent ID: 8257086
Filing Date: 2012-09-04
Classification: G09B

Abstract:
1. A learning device for facilitating a child practicing writing the letters of their name and then writing their name for the first time, and for memorializing such event comprising: (a) a plurality of learning and practice sheets secured together along one edge by a binding means, each of said sheets containing information relating to a letter in the name of a child, said sheets being arranged serially in order according to the child's name, the information arranged in facing sheets with at least one of said facing sheets being provided with a graphic representation of a finished letter, each of said sheets additionally containing at least one work area for practicing the manual strokes required to form the letter with a writing tool by tracing of said letter and then practicing writing the letter without tracing; (b) at least one final practice sheet connected to said plurality of learning and practice sheets for the child to practice writing their name, said final practice sheet containing at least one practice area having a graphic representation of the child's name which can be traced by the child; and (c) a keepsake sheet connected to the plurality of learning and practice sheets and final practice sheet having a writing area for the child to write his or her name without assistance for the first time, said writing area including a ruled section in a single row sized according to the length of the child's name, the keepsake sheet being detachable from the plurality of learning and practice sheets and final practice sheets and adapted for memorializing the event of said child writing his or her name for the first time.