When I used to teach a lot I got very annoyed with having to duplicate all those boards for each lesson. Inspired by the french "coded cards" I developped the program MagiPDF that allowed me to produce my own coded cards. The general idea is to generate stickers for a set of hands, one for each card. The resulting coded cards are my MagiCards.
This PDF-File - 35k showing the hands for
my course on counting (in german) gives an idea
of those MagiCards. On each page there are 7 x 3 stickers that have to
be placed onto the corresponding cards. The structure of the 3 pages is
as follows:
| Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3 | ||||||||
| Anfang Pik | Spade 8 | Anfang Coeur | Heart 8 | Anfang Karo | Diamd. 8 | Anfang Treff | Club 8 | |||
| Spade A | Spade 7 | Heart A | Heart 7 | Diamd. A | Diamd. 7 | Club A | Club 7 | |||
| Spade K | Spade 6 | Heart K | Heart 6 | Diamd. K | Diamd. 6 | Club K | Club 6 | |||
| Spade Q | Spade 5 | Heart Q | Heart 5 | Diamd. Q | Diamd. 5 | Club Q | Club 5 | |||
| Spade J | Spade 4 | Heart J | Heart 4 | Diamd. J | Diamd. 4 | Club J | Club 4 | |||
| Spade 10 | Spade 3 | Heart 10 | Heart 3 | Diamd. 10 | Diamd. 3 | Club 10 | Club 3 | |||
| Spade 9 | Spade 2 | Heart 9 | Heart 2 | Diamd. 9 | Diamd. 2 | Club 9 | Club 2 | |||
The Files are optimized for my printer (Apple LaserWriter Select 360) and two sticker sizes (both for printing on A4 pages): 70mm x 42,3mm and 65mm x 38mm that are easily available - at least in Germany.
If you have access to a cutting device you can also print the file on whole A4 pages and cut them afterwards. It is a good idea, however, to mark the back side of the card fields to avoid mixing them up.
By the way, I do not sell MagiPDF. If you would like to use it for non-commercial purposes however, don't hesitate to write.
Of course if you have questions, comments, or suggestions on MagiCards please mail me.
