Patent ID: 7077654

Claim:
A visual method of teaching elementary mathematics, comprising the steps of: displaying to students examples of elementary arithmetic calculations, wherein graphical representations of common objects having a shape generally of an Arabic numeral are substituted for a corresponding number; displaying to students said graphical representations of common objects, one by one, wherein the shapes of the objects resemble the shapes of the Arabic numerals 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9, and wherein each object is a different color; displaying to students the corresponding Arabic numerals overlaid on top of said graphical representations of common objects, wherein the overlaid numeral matches the numerical value suggested by the shape of the graphical representation of each object, and wherein portions of the object remain visible around the numeral; displaying again to students said examples of elementary arithmetic calculations, with the corresponding Arabic numerals overlaid on top of said graphical representations of common objects; and displaying to students graphical representations of groups of colored dots or balls, wherein the color of each group of dots matches the color of one of said graphical representations of common objects, and wherein each said group has a number of dots or balls which matches the number of its corresponding object.