Educational card game system

Abstract

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.

1 . An educational card deck, comprising a set of cards divided into at least three sets of cards,
 wherein the from of each card of the deck has at least one primary symbol in one of several pre-selected colors, and wherein the primary symbol is a letter, a vowel or a letter combination the vowel is a part of, or a word with, a vowel, a number, a shape or image, a blended phonic consonant or a word containing the blended phonic consonant,   and wherein the back of each card of the deck has a color-coded label designating which of the at least three sets it belongs to, and   wherein each respective set is comprised of three to ten cards, and   wherein the primary symbols each respective set of cards are within a pre-determined cognitive range of difficulty for a typical child to learn, and   wherein the respective color-coded sets of cards are grouped into a pre-determined progressive series of cognitive ranges of difficulty for a typical child, such that the sets are capable of teaching a typical child the sets of primary symbols in a cumulative manner.   
     
     
         2 . An educational card deck according to  claim 1 , wherein the primary symbol is a shape, and the shape is a circle, square, or other polygonal shape. 
     
     
         3 . An educational card deck according to  claim 1 , wherein the primary symbol is a shape or image, and the shape or image is a symbol of a geographic region. 
     
     
         4 . An educational card deck according to  claim 1 , further comprising a secondary symbol on the front of each card. 
     
     
         5 . An educational card deck according to  claim 1 , wherein the secondary symbol is a vowel, a letter combination the vowel is a part of, or a word with the vowel. 
     
     
         6 . An educational card deck according to  claim 1 , wherein the secondary symbol is a blended phonic consonant, or a word containing the blended phonic consonant. 
     
     
         7 . An educational card deck according to  claim 1 , wherein the primary symbol is in a language other than English. 
     
     
         8 . An educational card deck according to  claim 1 , wherein the card deck is in electronic form as part of a software application. 
     
     
         9 . An educational card deck according to  claim 1 , wherein the primary symbol is a letter, the color-coded deck has at least 26 cards and there are at least five sets of cards containing sets of letters related within each respective set 
     
     
         10 . An educational card deck according to  claim 1 , wherein, the primary symbol is a number, the color-coded deck has at least five sets of cards,
 Wherein each set is comprised of numerically related cards.   
     
     
         11 . An educational card deck according to  claim 1 , wherein the primary symbol is a shape, the color-coded deck has at least four sets of cards,
 and each set is comprised of cards having related polygonal shapes.   
     
     
         12 . An educational card deck according to  claim 1 , wherein the primary symbol is a shape, the color-coded deck has at least four sets of cards,
 and each set is comprised of cards having related, color-coded animal shapes.   
     
     
         13 . An educational card deck according to  claim 1 , wherein the color-coded deck has at least three sets of cards,
 and wherein each set is comprised of cards having related colors on the front of the cards.   
     
     
         14 . An educational card deck according to  claim 1 , wherein the primary symbol is a vowel, the color-coded deck has at least five sets of cards,
 and each set is comprised of cards having related, phonetic vowel combinations.   
     
     
         15 . An educational card deck according to  claim 1 , wherein the primary symbol is a consonant, the color-coded deck has at least four sets of cards,
 and each set is comprised of cards having related, phonic blended sound combinations.