Tell Me a Story by eeBoo

When I saw the eeBoo Tell Me a Story cards, the special ed teacher in me immediately thought how great these would be for speech and language therapy.  Many of the pictures are fairy tale related and would allow for familiar fairy tale retelling in traditional or more creative manner.  Justin immediately got to work telling a story, quickly rejecting the first half of his story because it was going to be too scary.

There are directions for a few different ways to play, but basically the point of the cards is to get kids (or adults) coming up with fun creative stories.  I think it would be fun to have a child make up a story and then type it up for them.  Justin likes to try to use most, if not all, of the cards and has a lot to say about each one.  His would be more like a novel than a story.  No way I can remember what he says!

This was a Grandma gift.  I am probably too cheap to buy something like this (unless it is on sale).  It could be made my printing out pictures or drawing some of your own.  Of course by the time I found what I wanted, printed them out, and laminated them for durability, I am sure it would be more cost effective to just buy the things.  In the future I might add a few cards to add some additional variety.  Right now 36 is enough though.

Our first time playing the "game" we played for almost 30 minutes.  I was getting bored rather than the kids.  I have a feeling that this will be a regular in our house.  Would be good for small groups, for a child playing with an adult, for a child playing alone, or for speech/language or ESL sessions.

The 36 story cards fit inside this sturdy cardboard box.

Justin trying to put his story in order.

Ryan trying to do whatever Justin is doing.