Patent ID: 6491524
Filing Date: 2002-12-10
Classification: G09B

Abstract:
A reading device for teaching or learning reading, comprising:a two-layer structure including a first layer, an opposite second layer, viewing slots formed in corresponding portions of the first and second layers, and a hollow pocket defined between the first and second layers, wherein the first layer has printed on a front face thereof a letter/image chart containing all the letters of the alphabet, a plurality of single-sound letter combinations, proximate to each letter and single-sound letter combination an image of an object the name of which is indicative of the sound of the letter or single-sound letter combination, and a number proximate to each letter and single-sound combination on the letter/image chart, and wherein the second layer has printed on a back face thereof a numerical listing of the names of the objects represented by the images on the letter/image chart; and a flat card having a front face which is blank and a back face which has printed thereon one or more sample words or sentences, the flat card being disposed for insertion into the hollow pocket defined between the first and second layers.