Patent Document ID: 20030099920
Application ID: 10003517
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A device for teaching the sounds, shape, pronunciation, and name of letters and numbers and the value of numbers utilizing the senses of multi-sensory tactile impression to learn reading and writing, comprising: a book, generally rectangular in shape, consisting of a plurality of pages, each of said pages containing an illustration of a letter or a number, and an illustration of a commonly associated word with said letter or number; said illustration of said letter or number further comprising a plurality of raised structures, said raised structures being evenly distributed along said letter's and number's shape, wherein when a user traces its fingers in a predetermined directional path over said plurality of raised structures in order to recognize said letter's or number's shape, while simultaneously vocalizing said letter's or number's associated sound, pronouncing said letter's or number's name, hearing said associated sound and name, while feeling said user's musculature movement of its mouth in order to relate said letter or number with said associated sound; wherein a plurality of said letters with said associated sounds can be combined to blend said associated sounds to form words; said page further comprising a predetermined number of pictorial illustrations of common objects corresponding to the numerical value of said number drawn adjacent to said number, wherein said pictorial illustrations are comprised of one said raised structure each in order for said user to associate said number with said numerical value for said number.