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Customer reviews of Rory's Story Cubes by Gamewright/Ceaco
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Rory's Story Cubes has been reviewed 42 times with an average rating of 4.67
Rory's Story Cubes
Posted 8/11/2010 by hpatterson
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Perfect for the pre-reader who wants to tell stories. Lots of combinations and some images on dice can be interpreted in different ways.
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Best Activity Ever for Language Learners
Posted 7/24/2011 by Jerry L Ruth
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My wife and I both teach English at a university in China. Rory's Story Cubes is a fantastic tool for getting students to open up and speak freely in small groups. This activity requires almost no instruction; the students instantly are playing the game and having a great time producing unique English sentences. It's also great for helping them learn new vocabulary as they encounter symbols they don't know the words for. This could easily be used in American high schools for students to practice Spanish, French, etc.
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3 of 3 customers found this review helpful.
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Awesome
Posted 12/14/2011 by Jonathan Gogan
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Bought it for my daughter. Now my wife, who is a grade 3 teacher, has taken them - lol. I will be purchasing another set for my daughter.
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Love This
Posted 5/10/2011 by COLETTE
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This game is great at home or in the car. We use this for fun, and I also send it to school with my 6 year old to give him ideas to write about in their journals at school. The kindergarten teacher loved this and wants this game for her classroom as well. Fun and easy.
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Great Classroom Addition
Posted 1/18/2011 by Tina Hansen
- EDUCATOR
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This actually being used as a tool for creative writing. The children have not had a chance to use independently (such as a rainy day activity) for story telling. Children like being able to roll the dice on their own and the freedom to write their story with little direction.
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Posted 8/31/2011 by Jean Val Jean
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We played with Story Cubes on a weekend getaway. We used predetermined themes and tossed the dice to frame a story around those themes - with the constraint that the stories were truthful. We both liked it because of the insights and creativity used in sharing stories that we don't get via day-to-day conversations. We also found that a bottle of champagne enhanced the enjoyment - include in game instructions??? ;-)
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A great kinestic activity
Posted 6/19/2011 by Norman Holmes
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I used this product with a 6th - 8th grade Special Needs M. R. class in Washington, DC. The class aide assisted me by recording the student's responses. It proved to be a very insteresting activity once the students began to understand the activity. For this particular student population, the cubes need to be larger. The three stories that were created were posted on a large sheet of paper so that the students could see their creation. This was a great kinestic activity.
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Super Imagination Tool
Posted 1/17/2012 by Pete Bottiglier
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Great quality, almost indestructible (a serious plus), great stories every time from all ages of our family, which is 4 to 40. A super product, highly recommended for everyone and all ages. Thank you very much!
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A rating of Rory's Story Cubes
Posted 12/14/2011 by Sharyn Vien
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The product does require imaginative thinking and I find my child who uses creative imagination in her play time more interested in this game than the child who requires more action in her playtime. I think the game is fun and I play it with the children to spur on their imagination. However, it seems that compared to their other "action" toys this one gets to spend a lot of time in the background. Unfortunately, because it really is a splendid prompt for story telling. I recommend it.
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Perfect
Posted 12/14/2011 by Holly Hoelting
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Great game for kids and families to play together. Perfect for all ages.
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Story Cubes
Posted 12/8/2011 by Janice Enos
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Great for creativity and imagination!
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Great toy to bring out the imagination!
Posted 11/2/2011 by DAWN
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These cubes are great. Our 8 year old and 5 year old both play with them. They come up with the best stories from the pictures on the cubes. Always something different and hilarious!
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My rating of Rory's Story Cubes
Posted 10/13/2011
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We play it at dinner and have a blast!
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My review on Rory's Story Cubes
Posted 10/6/2011 by Grandma D.
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I bought this for my grandson age 11 and grandaughter age 9.
They loved it instantly. They even play it alone together without
fighting. lol We all play it as a family too. I think it's super and so do they. I would highly recommend this. It's fun for kids and adults
and great for a family get-together. Anyone that buys this game won't be sorry. It's a wonderful gift to give someone, I think. I can't say enough good things.
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Information about Rory's Story Cubes
Posted 8/23/2011 by Jane Simon
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Simple, but imaginative product that encourages thoughful, rational processing.
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Posted 8/5/2011 by B. Sambrook
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I bought this for my 6 year old daughter and 4 year old son, because one of their favorite ways to pass the time in the car is to take turns telling stories they've made up. They do enjoy this "game", though they have trouble (and so do I) identifying what some of the pictures on the die are supposed to be. But I think that's part of fun, since YOU decide what the symbol means and go with it. I've also found the dice in the back end of my son's dump truck, so one does need to keep an eye on things so one doesn't lose pieces!
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Review of Rory's Story Cubes
Posted 1/4/2011 by Al Breitenbach
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I bought this for my two grandkids 8 & 9. The one that is always telling and making up stories with a big imagination did not give them much time. I thought he was the one to really like them. The other one that does not make up a lot of things really took to them and played with them quite a bit and had fun with them. Go figure.
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Great for English classroom
Posted 8/18/2011 by Kim Carnahan
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I plan to use these as one of a set of writing stations in my eleventh grade English classroom. There are enough cubes and icons to provide a great start to any story or poem. I will give students a set of guidelines and a time limit at this station and they will need to generate stories based on the toss of the cubes.
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Enjoyed our visit
Posted 6 days ago by MELODIE M CRISTO
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We Drove from across town for the mini anals at the front counter. My daughter loves them!
Rory's Story Cubes
Posted 28 days ago by Tatum Hartvigsen
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I love having these in my 4th grade classroom. I use them as a station during reading/writing time. I feel that it keeps kids' creativity going and gives them the ability to think outside the box.
Great way to use imagination!!
Posted 4/13/2012 by JULIE M SMITH
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It gets my kids to put the electronics away and use their imaginations! Fun for the whole family!
Awesome
Posted 4/2/2012 by Martha McGowan
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My kids love it, they played with ehyer are who is almost 80 for almost an hour, then they took it to school, the teachers love it, their friends thought it was awesome and cool.
Easy-to-Use, Fun and Engaging!
Posted 3/29/2012 by Vanessa Rivera
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The nine dice engage your imagination immediately with the pictures shown. It is fun to come up with a story in no time. My seven year old loves it! :)
Review of Rory's Story Cubes
Posted 2/28/2012 by Holly Woodard
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It is a great way to increase imagination in an easy format. My 3yo son loves to tell us how to do it. I like it soo much I will definitely incorporate it into our everyday routine.
rory's story cube
Posted 2/4/2012
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This toys very good it stimulates a child's imagination. I believe this will also help her with her school writing.
Review for Rory's Story Cubes
Posted 1/16/2012 by L MORTON
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I gave the story cubes to my niece for Christmas. At four years old, she has a great imagination and likes to make up stories. When she first opened the gift, she wasn't sure about it and I was concerned about the size of the pictures and didn't realize the level of steps to the instructions. But, in a follow up call to my sister, she said my nieces spent all morning playing with them and making up stories together. They weren't following the "instructions", but with each roll, coming up with adventures to tie all the pictures together. It kept their attention, the eldest is 7 and from what my sister said, will grow with them, providing additional ways to spark their storytelling as they get older.
Rory's Story Cubes in the classroom
Posted 1/10/2012 by M. Sisson
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I bought Rory's Story Cubes to use in my creative writing class. For a fun activity, I had each of the students roll three of the nine dice and write down what they rolled (i.e. sheep, castle, plane). Then, the students were asked to write a ten-word story using the three words that were rolled. The kids enjoyed the random nature of the activity, compared the words they had to work with to those of their peers, and launched into the writing task with gusto. It is not hard to get students to write lengthy stories; it is a challenge to get them to write succinctly. The fun aspects associated with the story cubes made them forget how difficult it is to be brief but thorough, and they seemed to enjoy the activity.
Review of Rory's Story Cubes
Posted 1/5/2012 by heather hay
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I gave the Story Cubes as a gift to my 7yr old Nephew, who loves it! He, his 4yr old sister and I played the game every night before bed, a new story time. The imaginations these kids have are amazing and very funny. I used the game to also test their memory, after they used the cubes to develop their story, I would take the cubes away and have them repeat story, they would receive points for getting the story right and if they could remember we would make new stories and have a good laugh!
We also discussed how great it will be for the 7yr old to play by himself and be tasked with writing down the stories to practice creative writing and penmanship, since computers are taking over the education process. Ultimately, it’s a fantastic gift to bring kids out of their shell and/or develop great communication and creative skills.
Going forward, I will buy this forever kid I know!
My rating of Rory's Story Cubes
Posted 1/3/2012 by Elizabeth Fuszner
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Setting: Home
Gave as a gift...she loves it! Family uses it at the dinner table and when appropriate to help with homework.
Great for the whole family
Posted 1/3/2012
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We use the story cubes as a family activity and my children love it! I can finally get them to do something other than play video games, and they are using their creativity to come up with great stories!
Story Cubes
Posted 1/3/2012 by Brady Rogers
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Very good idea. Gets the imagination juices flowing.
Rorys Cubes
Posted 12/26/2011 by Donna Williams
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We already have this product so I bought it as a duplicate for another location..we like it...
Unlimited possibilities
Posted 12/23/2011 by Suzanne
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The packaging is clever and easy to use (magnetic closure and dice contained in reversible tray), portable (fits in a pocket), and adaptable (can use the tray to contain the dice if playing in a limited space). The images chosen for the dice faces are interesting, evocative, and well-executed (engraved into the face and heavily inked). The ambiguity of some of the images ("what the heck is THAT supposed to be?") just adds to the number of possible interpretations by the story teller. I must say I do wonder at the choice to use 3 out of 54 faces for lock-and/or-key symbols (say anything about the creator, would you say?)
Good toy for a family vaacation
Posted 12/2/2011 by a grandmother
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The cubes have intriguing icons on them. I intend them for family play, grandparents to small children. I didn't realize they were as small as dice - three-quarters of an inch -- and the box fits in your pants pocket. We'll enjoy making up our own game rules.
Rory's Story Cubes
Posted 9/7/2011 by rochelle weiss
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We all played it, ages from 70 to 7 years old. The kids really laughed a lot and were very creative.
Information about Rory's Story Cubes
Posted 5/8/2011 by Linda Wessell
- GRANDPARENT
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Setting: Home
Excellent, very fun! No need for reading, but best for 5 years and up. Start with 3 or 4 and work up to all 12.
Evcellent
Posted 12/8/2011 by Susan zarachowicz
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Can't stop playing given to adult. Get ice breaker, or family memory maker. All ages can play and enjoy many laughs and memories.
Great product!
Posted 9/26/2011
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Setting: Homeschool
It is a great product! I think it will be great to help my son with his writing process.
Story Cubes
Posted 6/21/2011 by C. Rogers
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Lot's of options to choose from. This has created some motivation for my son to write in his journal over the summer. We take turns making up stories together.
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