An Easy Story Starter Game for Kids (and Adults)

We love our story cubes, which are a set of dice with different pictures on each side. You roll them and then tell a story based on the images you see.

This printable story starter game from Growing Book by Book is even easier and better for little kids because the pictures are bigger and simpler. The pages also provide a structure for the story so you aren’t starting with nothing.

Just print out the pages, laminate or slip them in a protective cover if you like, grab some dice and roll to discover your characters, setting and the problem they are trying to solve.

This is a free download but you have to provide your email address.

This looks like a lot of fun and I’m definitely printing some out to take on our next road trip!

[Photo: Growing Book by Book.]

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Halloween Dice Games for Kids

I’m in deep denial about the fact that new year is almost upon us again! It’s been the fastest and the longest year at the same time, and I can look back and see some good things as well as some things I wish had gone differently.

Doing a year in review with your kids — whether in the classroom or at home — is a good way to capture some of their memories and the things they really liked about the year gone by.

There are a lot of different printable year in review worksheets you can use if you want to make this super easy. Here are links to a few (often part of larger posts about NYE celebrations with kids that are worth a read, too):

Teach Beside Me has lots of fun printables fro the end of the year, including a year in review that covers favorite memory, funniest memory and the best book they read, among other topics.
NurtureStore‘s version has space for a self-portrait and prompts like favorite toy, best day out this year and future dream job.
Remember favorites, their “best idea” of the year and have room for setting goals for next year with this one from The Keele Deal.
The year in review from Yes We Made This has room for drawing or writing and includes things like something they learned, a memory they made and a place they visited.

Of course you could pretty easily make your own year in review for the whole family to do that asks questions based on what you most want to remember. (Favorite video game? Best friend? Favorite family memory?)

And if after the year in review you’re ready to look ahead a bit, Mrs. Merry has new year’s resolution printables to inspired kids to look ahead and set goals for things they want to try. You can totally fill this one out as a grownup, too.

[Photo: Mrs. Merry]

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