This is a good game to encourage students to be creative, flexible and express themselves. The game features nine cubes with different pictures on each side (e.g. smiley face, lightning bolt, parachute). One player rolls the cubes and must create and verbalize a story that links the pictures on all the cubes. Students can play on their own or with a group taking turns making up parts of the story with each picture. When used as an instructional tool, parents and teachers can use this game to help students with their expressive language and creative thinking. With the right group this game can be great fun. However, if the group is not fully engaged the pictures on the dice could lead to dull stories and boredom.

• Provides sufficient and varied types of practice problems to maximize understanding and generalization of the targeted skill/concept
• Manufacturer claims alignment with Common Core/Known Standards
• Presents educational concepts accurately
• Explains answers so students can learn from mistakes
• Better for teaching the skill to new or struggling learners
• Better for practicing or refreshing the skill
• Skills are practiced through authentic, meaningful problems (not just rote practice)

• Appropriate for a broad age range to use and enjoy
• Visually appealing to children in the target age range
• Adults would enjoy playing with a child
• For electronic games, gives positive or encouraging feedback
• Offers ongoing, progressive challenge
• Overall - Enjoyable. Given the option, students would choose this option

• Provides teaching guidance for adults to support the child and set appropriate goals
• Student should be able to use independently after first use
• Student graduates to the next level or topic only after meeting a benchmark
• Can effectively understand and monitor student's progress (email report or in product)
• Does not require excessive set-up time after first time use
• Can be fun as a single player game
• Multi-player game which fosters collaboration or cooperation
• Well-made for the cost
• For electronic games, can play without sound
• For electronic games, allows user to save work
• For electronic games, voice/sounds are appealing and pronounces words properly
• Provides options to play in languages other than English/Good for ELL
• Presents information in multiple formats (voice over, pictures and text, etc.)
• Overall - Easy to use

• Attention
• Auditory Processing
• Requires recall of spoken information without text or visual cues
• Self-regulation
• Multi-player activity that requires cooperation or has potential for disagreements
• Social Awareness
• Multi-player activity that requires cooperation or has potential for disagreements
• Verbal Memory
• Requires recall of spoken information without text or visual cues

There are infinite ways to play with Rory's Story Cubes. You can play solitaire or with others. Here are some suggested uses: Party game or ice-breaker, Literacy development, Speaking & listening skills, Creative inspiration, Mental workout, Problem solving. Rory's Story Cubes is a pocket-sized creative story generator, providing hours of imaginative play for all ages. With Rory's Story Cubes, anyone can become a great storyteller and there are no wrong answers. Simply roll the cubes and let the pictures spark your imagination!