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US 6,629,845 B2Granted
Products & methods that harness the power of fun to motivate children
OwnerNancy A. Zwiersinventor
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Abstract
A method is disclosed of motivating a child to want to do what is beneficial, including the steps of (a) providing an item which the child interacts with to establish a play pattern that is fun for the child, (b) packaging the item in a manner that is convenient to use and wherein the packaging assists in establishing the play pattern.
Claims7
A method of enabling a caretaker of a child to play a game with the child that motivates the child to engage in a desired activity, said method comprising the steps of
- (a) assembling a plurality of cards into a deck, each card in the deck having one face with a common imprint and an opposite face imprinted with instructions for a play activity,
- (b) organizing said cards into different groups, each group corresponding to an activity especially suited to a certain situation, said different groups of cards being encoded to indicate the situation in which a selected card group is to be used,
- (c) selecting a group of cards and positioning the cards in the selected group with so the child cannot see the activity imprinted on the cards, and
- (d) with the cards in the selected group cards so positioned that the child cannot see the activity imprinted on the cards in the selected group, said child choosing a card from the selected group and then engaging in the activity imprinted on the chosen card.
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