Flashcard for learning how to tie a shoelace
The flashcard with a graphic shoe motif and shoelace openings addresses the complexity and transportability issues of existing shoelace tying aids, offering clear practice and motivation through visual guides and real shoelaces, enhancing learning efficacy.
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- DE · DE
- Patent Type
- Utility models
- Current Assignee / Owner
- LEBENSHILFE HEINSBERG EV VEREIN FÜR MENSCHEN MIT BEHINDERUNG
- Filing Date
- 2026-03-11
- Publication Date
- 2026-05-28
AI Technical Summary
Existing learning aids for tying shoelaces are often complex, expensive, difficult to transport, and lack didactic guidance and playful motivation.
A flashcard with a graphic shoe motif, through-openings for a shoelace, and visual guides to facilitate clear and repeated practice of shoelace tying, incorporating real shoelaces and optional song lyrics or rhythmic instructions.
Provides a simple, cost-effective, and motivating learning aid that enhances understanding and ease of use, allowing multiple practice sessions and adaptability across educational settings.
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Abstract
Description
1. Title of the invention
[0001] Learning card for playfully learning how to tie a shoelace using a lacing system arranged on a card. 2. Technical field
[0002] The invention relates to a didactic learning and practice device, in particular a learning card for promoting fine motor skills in children when learning to tie a shoelace.
[0003] The invention lies in the field of educational learning aids and manual training devices, in particular flashcards or learning boards with integrated exercise elements. 3. State of the art
[0004] Tying shoelaces is one of the fundamental motor skills developed in childhood. This skill is usually learned directly on a shoe. Common exercises include, for example: • real shoes with laces, • Practice shoes or wooden shoe models, • Educational toys with lacing systems.
[0005] These known solutions have several disadvantages: • They are often relatively complex or expensive to manufacture. • They are difficult to transport or only of limited use in everyday educational settings. • Many models do not offer additional didactic guidance or playful motivation.
[0006] Therefore, there is a need for a simple, cost-effective, robust and easy-to-understand learning aid with which children can practice tying bows clearly and repeatedly. 4. Object of the invention
[0007] The invention is based on the objective of providing a simply structured learning aid with which children can learn how to tie a shoelace clearly and independently.
[0008] The learning aid is intended to: • be structured in an easy-to-understand way, • allow for multiple practice sessions, • Combine visual and motor learning processes, • be easy to manufacture and transport. 5. Description of the invention
[0009] This task is solved by a flashcard for learning how to tie a shoelace, which has the following features: • a flat backing card, preferably made of cardboard, plastic or similar material, • a graphic shoe motif arranged on the backing card, representing the shape of a shoe upper with eyelets, • a plurality of through-openings arranged in the area of the illustrated eyelets, • a shoelace guided through the openings, the guidance of which corresponds to the lacing of a shoe, • a visual guide arranged on the map, for example in the form of symbols, illustrations or text, • optionally, song lyrics or rhythmic instructions that support the individual steps of tying the bow.
[0010] The openings allow threading and practice with a real shoelace, so that the movements correspond to actually tying a shoe.
[0011] The learning card thus forms a simplified practice model of a shoe, realistically depicting the essential movements involved in tying shoelaces. 6. Example of implementation
[0012] In a preferred embodiment, the flashcard consists of a sturdy cardboard card.
[0013] The front features a stylized shoe motif with eyelets. Several holes are located around the eyelets, through which a shoelace is threaded.
[0014] The shoelace is inserted in such a way as to create a typical cross lacing, as is common with commercially available shoes.
[0015] The user - especially a child - can then use the two free ends of the shoelace to practice the individual steps of tying a bow.
[0016] Additionally, the map may include didactic instructions, for example: • graphical step-by-step illustrations, • Arrows or symbols, • an accompanying learning text or song lyrics that describe the sequence of movements.
[0017] The combination of a graphic shoe model and a real shoelace creates an easy-to-understand practice surface that allows for repeated training of the shoelace tying technique. 7. Advantages of the invention
[0018] The learning card according to the invention offers several advantages over known solutions: • Simple and cost-effective production • Realistic training situation through the use of a real shoelace • High level of clarity through graphic representation of a shoe • Easy transportability and storage • Didactic expandability, e.g. through texts, symbols or songs • Use in various educational contexts, such as in daycare centers, preschool programs or therapeutic exercises.
[0019] The learning card thus enables low-threshold and motivating learning of how to tie shoelaces.
Claims
Learning card for learning how to tie a shoelace, comprising: • a flat backing card made of cardboard, plastic or similar material, • a graphic shoe motif arranged on the backing card with a representation of a shoe upper with eyelets, • a plurality of openings arranged in the area of the depicted eyelets, • a shoelace guided through the openings, wherein • the openings are arranged in a manner corresponding to a typical cross lacing of a shoe, and • the shoelace is guided in such a way that a user can realistically practice the individual steps of tying a shoelace on the learning card. Learning card according to claim 1, characterized in that a visual step-by-step instruction for tying the bow is printed on the carrier card. Flashcard according to the preceding claims characterized in that the step-by-step instructions include symbols, arrows or numbered representations of the individual binding steps. Learning card according to the preceding claims, characterized in that a didactic text or song lyrics are additionally arranged on the carrier card. Flashcard according to the preceding claims characterized in that the carrier card is laminated or made of washable material.