Patent Document ID: 9043195
Application ID: 13244993

Base Claim:
1. A system for teaching phonemic awareness, the system comprising: a plurality of phonemes, each phoneme comprising a unique sound and an indivisible unit of sound in a spoken language; a plurality of graphemes, each grapheme comprising a written representation of one of the plurality of phonemes; a plurality of distinct graphical images; a plurality of unique names: each unique name associated with only one of the graphical images; each graphical image associated with only one of the unique names: and each unique name comprising a unique grouping of multiple graphemes selected from the plurality of graphemes; a plurality of sets of display pieces, each set of display pieces comprising: one of the graphical images and the unique name associated with that graphical image; and a plurality of individual display pieces and each individual display piece comprising; at least a portion of the graphical image associated with the set of display pieces; and one or more graphemes from the unique grouping of multiple graphemes constituting the unique name associated with that graphical image; wherein each grapheme and its associated phoneme is separately represented within any given individual display piece; and a predefined instructional environment, the instructional environment comprising a predefined spatial context and predefined rules governing acquisition, dispersement and utilization of individual display pieces within the predefined spatial context.

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Claim 11:
11. The system of claim 1 , wherein each portion of one of the graphical images on each individual display piece within a given set of display pieces comprises an additional graphical representation of the unique name associated with that graphical image.