Expanding your Language

I have recently purchased a program entitled Expanding Expressive Language Skills.  This program helps students increase there expressive language skills as well as writing skills.  You start by introducing a rope with 7 beads on it, each bead stands for a question for example, the green bead asks what group does it belong to the blue bead asks what does it do or what can you do with it, the third bead is white with an image of a human eye on it it asks what does it look like, the fourth bead is wooden, it asks what is it made of, the pink bead asks what are the parts, a plain white bead asks were do you find it, the final orange bead has a question mark on it and asks what else do you know.  These beads with there questions help students learn to identify categories, describe objects, and  ask questions.  As students progress the method assists them in writing paragraphs, stories, and organizing reports.  I have found that my students have liked this approach and find it very useful in organizing there thoughts.