Storymatic Kids – Writing Prompts for Young Writers – Storytelling Games – Teacher Tool

I bought this for a fun little game with my kids. We have used it so, so many times. It really invites imagination into the picture and encourages kids to think outside of contemporary ideas. We record all our stories in a little book. Lots of fun, great family time game. All the cards are on a really nice cardstock. Packaging is very eye catching as well.

When our kids were in elementary school we pulled this game out whenever the weather was bad or during the winter evenings when it got dark at 5pm. This was also fun to pull out when we hosted birthday parties when the kids were running out of things to do and it was near the time for parent pickup. This game is great to promote family bonding because you don't have to pit the kids against each other which usually ends up in tears for the youngest kid who doesn't quite get things yet. It seemed like 2nd grade was when my kids started to be able to use this in the classic way. It seems any younger than that and kids are still unsure about how stories are composed. My kids are in high school now and I'm pulling out this deck to use for a summer sports and arts camp my church is doing. I had put the rules somewhere safe and couldn't find them. I looked for the brochure online and I couldn't find anything of substance. I finally found the rules and put them all on one page in case anyone else comes here to find the same thing!

The system is set up perfectly. I purchased this item for my 2 oldest girls: ages 6 and 3. Each night, both children pick 2 cards: 1 blue one and 1 yellow one. The 6 year old can read the cards easily, which adds an extra layer of fun for her, and the 3 year old just love picking the cards. I proceed to tell a bedtime story which will center around the cards my kids drew. Each child makes sure that I make the story about what words were on their card, respectively. They love it! It helps me because after telling bedtime stories every night for a number of years, my creativity starts to wear and the kids went to bed a little less satisfied with my stories. This box adds a new element for kids: they get to decide, through the cards they pick, what the story will be about. My creativity is given a jump start, and we all have fun. This is a great either as a gift, a poke to your creativity, or just some good fun. I highly recommend!

Our daughter is seven and loves to make up stories, but has a hard time putting this concept together. The cards are actually great, so it's something that we do together. But she's just not ready to pull it together on her own. For more advanced readers who love writing and making up stories - absolutely fantastic and something we expect to have for years to come.

We are enjoying these and have written cute short stories. Better for 12 years than 8.

Very cool product. Lots of fun.

Very creative and vertical cards.

We originally got this game to influence our kids to write their own creative stories. Well, this worked beyond our expectations. We woke up the next day to our kids playing this without us prompting them to do so. That’s a win in our homeschooling day!