I like the idea of magnetic words and encouraging language arts development. Personally I think the Story Maker title is misleading as there is not enough variety of words to create good stories, it works ok for making detached sentences. Also none of the words begin with capital letters so you're forced to omit punctuation which I do not think is a good habit when making stories with written language. Good idea, my 3-year old was amused by some of the combinations he could come up with, but would not recommend it for older children who are more advanced.