Patent ID: 8529265
Filing Date: 2013-09-10
Classification: G09B

Abstract:
1. A method for teaching using a computer, the computer including a display and a keyboard having a plurality of letter keys, said method comprising: assigning each letter on the plurality of letter keys to a different musical note; presenting a sentence to a student on the display, said sentence including a word to be taught to the student, said word being a noun, verb or adjective; reading the portion of the sentence preceding the word to be taught; playing a harmony associated with the type of word to be taught using the computer, said type being one of noun, verb and adjective; displaying a representation of the keyboard on the display, wherein representations of the letter keys bearing letters that form the word to be taught are highlighted on the keyboard representation; reading and spelling the word to be taught, wherein spelling the word includes (a) sequentially pressing the letter keys on the keyboard that are highlighted in the keyboard representation on the display and (b) playing the musical note associated with the letter on each pressed letter key that is highlighted in the keyboard representation; playing the harmony associated with the noun, verb, or adjective using the computer; and reading the portion of the sentence following the word.