Patent Document ID: 4344626
Application ID: 06176817
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. An educational board game apparatus for a plurality of young child players to teach them how alphabetic symbols are formed, comprising: a gameboard having a main course of sequential board positions for player markers; respective distinctive player markers for each player; chance means for determining player marker movement along said main course; a plurality of differing symbol component pieces corresponding in shape to fractionalized prescribed alphabetic symbols, symbol component pieces of the same shape being marked with differing colors; said main course positions having indicia thereon identifying respective component pieces; a reference item having indicia thereon depicting said prescribed alphabetic symbols and the manner in which said symbol component pieces may be combined into alphabetic symbols; and a color chart having groups of indicia thereon conforming in size and shape to said symbol component pieces, each group having a unique color substantially matching one of said differing colors of said symbol component pieces, and each group forming a symbol, whereby a player can place symbol component pieces conforming in size, shape and color upon said color chart to duplicate substantially the symbol of each color chart group, thereby to associate a color with a symbol.