The idea of the toy came from the parameters of something that could not only be fun to play with and could teach the child some basic skills but could also expand and grow as the child did. I picked a 2-5 age group. Initially, I came up with the idea of a centipede with a slot for a block to be placed.

The blocks would have letters on all sides, and depending on a letter selected (by a wheel, or a book) the child would match the “look’ of the word (four year olds can recognize up to 30 “sight” words) The idea would be a 2 or 3 year old would like to play with the blocks and pull the centipede, a 4 year old could assemble sight words with 4 blocks and the. help of an adult, and a 5 year old could spell out 4 and 5