THREE-DIMENSIONAL TEACHING AID FOR USE IN DEVELOPING STORY TELLING SKILLS

A tactile teaching aid adapted to improve a person's discourse skills includes a braided strand having a plurality of indicia secured thereto that represent the elements of a story. The indicia are disposed along the strand from an upper to lower portion of the braid in the sequential order of the elements of a logical, comprehensive story. The elements of a story, in sequential order, are the characters represented: (by a pom-pom), the setting (by a star), the initiating event or problem (by a shoe), an internal response of the character to the problem (by a heart), a plan by the character to solve the problem (by a hand), the actions by the character to carry out the plan (by a plurality of beads), the direct consequences of the action (by a bow), and the resolution of the problem (by a plurality of beaded hearts).