Abstract: This invention relates to an educational board teaching tool for teaching young children or persons with learning disabilities the skill of applying information in a specific, desired position to an envelope, letter, box, or other information-receiving element. The invention comprises a board having a top compartmentalized surface. Some of the compartments include templates which guide an information receiving element into its desired position. The templates also retain the element in position and guide the placement of information onto the element. The educational device of the present invention may also include retaining means for retaining the board on a work surface. Preferably, the retaining means includes a retaining rib on the bottom surface of the board which fits into a complementary groove on a work table or work station at which the board will be retained.

Abstract: An educational device for teaching collating, assembling, and fastening skills. The invention includes a board having a top surface and a bottom surface. The top surface of the board is divided into a plurality of separate compartments. These compartments include a holding compartment having means for individually holding a supply of distinct papers to be collated. Additionally, the board includes a collating compartment for organizing distinct papers from the holding compartment into a collated set. A fastening compartment is also included on the board having means for fastening together papers into a collated set from the collating compartment. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the board also includes a storage compartment for storing collated, fastened papers from the fastening compartment. A retaining rib on the bottom surface of the board retains the board on a work surface.