The present invention relates to educational toy sets and methods for generating an auditive signal. An educational toy set according to the present invention comprises a shape 2, 2′, 3, 4 having at least one shape-identifier 2, 1, 2, 2 corresponding to one or more shape-features. The toy set further comprises an identification element having at least one reader to detect and/or activate at least one shape-identifier inside an effective range of the at least one reader and a processing unit adapted at processing a detecting and/or activating of at least one shape-identifier by the reader. It also comprises an output unit adapted at giving an auditive input reflective of the processing of said detecting and/or activating in conjunction with the one or more shape-features.

An educational card game, designed primarily for children. A designated deck of cards are broken into several sets, with, the respective sets designated on the backs of the cards. The front of the cards has at feast one colored symbol. The cards, and therefore symbols on the cards, can be designated as number, letter, shape, image or other symbol, depending on what the child is to team from that particular deck of cards. The cards are meant to be played as one of a number of games, so that players can learn while having fun. In one embodiment, a player with a deck of cards attempts to match either the color or symbol of a card atop a “play” pile.

Methods of using a tool, comprising a computer implemented system, for improving language skills comprising selecting a language concept and then a word associated with the language concept; asking the patient to answer a question related to the language concept about the first word; scoring the patient's response to the based upon at least one or more of the following: the number of words given, the number of prompts the patient needed to be provided in order to illicit the first response, the amount of time the patient needed to produce the first response; and then moving the word to a first location, that physically represents to the patient the first word score they achieved.

Further aspects involve calculating a total therapeutic session score by totaling up all the individual word scores from the therapeutic session and producing a therapeutic session report. As well as comparing results across sessions.

A word and sentence forming game in English and in all International languages such as Devanagari, Gurumukhi, Bengali, Gujarati, Oriya, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Urdu, Sindhi, Sanskrit, Chinese, Russian, Arabic, Spanish, French, German and others. A set of letters are arranged in a programmatic fashion for each occurrence of the game. Rules are provided by which words and grammatically valid sentences ranging from simple to complex in any subject area are formed by each player or a machine in a finite amount of time. The game challenges the players to imagine some vowel characters to create grammatically correct word and sentence formation. The player who accumulates the predetermined number of points is declared winner.

A game having a playing surface with a first and second grid spaced a distance apart. Each grid has a plurality of fields arranged as a series of rows and columns that form one or more boxes, and each field of the first grid is linked to one field of the second grid that is in the same row and column as the field in the first grid. Fields are populated with images selected from image sets for each grid. Each row, column and box of each grid cannot contain identical images. Each image of the first set corresponds to only one image of the second set, and each field of the first and second grids is populated by one image of their respective image sets whereby each image inserted into each field of one grid has its corresponding image inserted into the linked field of the other grid.

Methods of using a tool for improving language skills comprising selecting a language concept and then a word associated with the language concept; asking the patient to answer a question related to the language concept about the first word; scoring the patient's response to the based upon at least one or more of the following: the number of words given, the number of prompts the patient needed to be provided in order to illicit the first response, the amount of time the patient needed to produce the first response; and then moving the word to a first location, that physically represents to the patient the first word score they achieved. Further aspects involve calculating a total therapeutic session score by totaling up all the individual word scores from the therapeutic session and producing a therapeutic session report. As well as comparing results across sessions.

Devices for providing language-like abilities for dogs. Using polygonal layouts, audible, scent, visible and other cues, the devices provide an efficient and novel ability to communicate with dogs in a granular manner. Devices for capturing and releasing scents are provided. Novel button designs and functions are taught with particular suitability for animal training.

Devices for providing language-like abilities for dogs. Using polygonal layouts, audible, scent, visible and other cues, the devices provide an efficient and novel ability to communicate with dogs in a granular manner. Devices for capturing and releasing scents are provided. Novel button designs and functions are taught with particular suitability for animal training.

Devices for providing language-like abilities for dogs. Using polygonal layouts, audible, scent, visible and other cues, the devices provide an efficient and novel ability to communicate with dogs in a granular manner. Devices for capturing and releasing scents are provided. Novel button designs and functions are taught with particular suitability for animal training.

Devices for providing language-like abilities for dogs. Using polygonal layouts, audible, scent, visible and other cues, the devices provide an efficient and novel ability to communicate with dogs in a granular manner. Devices for capturing and releasing scents are provided. Novel button designs and functions are taught with particular suitability for animal training.