We’ve been learning how to not only read stories around here, but how to tell them. Of course, the best way to engage toddlers in stories is to appeal to their funny bones in the form of silly stories. (My son has been telling a few silly stories of his own lately!)
We have been utilizing eeBoo company’s Creative Story Cards to engage with the art of story telling and we’ve been having a marvelous time! Specifically, we’ve been using the Mystery in the Forest cards to make up stories that produce laughter and guffaws.
These cards are part of eeBoo’s Literary series and are created for toddlers on up to spark imagination and prompt children to think on the fly with little picture promptings. There are 36 flash cards in each of the Creative Story Card packages (and there are several themes to choose from). What we’ve done with our set, is to take the stack, shuffle the deck and lay the cards out one by one, trying to create a full story out of all 36 cards. Many of the cards carry a similar theme throughout. For example, in the Mystery in the Forest pack, there is a spool of thread and a lock and key which appear on many of the cards. It is fairly easy to craft a good story, even though the images on each card are different.
There are many ways to weave a good story with these cards. YOU can tell a story with them, your child can tell a story or you can play the Silly Story Game where you take turns choosing cards and adding to your tall tales. Being that the pictures are on 3×4 cards, it feels more like a game than “a learning activity.” These cards are warmly inviting, drawing children in with princesses, raccoons holding maps, birds, keys and presents. They are very fun and my 2 1/2 year old has had a ball playing with them! He refers to the cards as the “Silly Story Game” and asks to play it frequently. The best thing? Each time we play it, the story is different! There is a lot of variety packed into these 36 cards and I love them for that!
I think these are fabulous in their own right, but I’m also pretty pleased with pretty much ANYthing that eeBoo has to offer. All of their products are well-made and of high quality. I’ve been incredibly impressed with them. My admiration would seem to know no bounds as I am happy to tell you that not only are they are quality company, but also a generous one.
They have offered a package of the Mystery in the Forest Story Cards to one of you readers. In order to win? Take a peek at their Tell Me a Story Cards and come back here and leave a comment. That’s it. Take a peek. Leave a comment. (U.S. Residents only, please.)
If you are interested in learning the art of creative story telling with these cards, you will also be happy to note that they have Write Me a Story creative writing pads which match the theme of their card packs. This way, your children can craft and write down stories along with the cards and use the matching stickers to illustrate their personally made lores and legends. Not only is it cute – it’s quite fun. And FUN is what story-telling is all about, right?!
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These are such cute cards! The Circus Animal Adventures looks like fun!
I would love to win
We would have so much fun with these. And I think the cards are beautiful.
What a fun idea to encourage creative writing skills. I will be checking out more of their products to use with my girls.
All of the sets look like fun, and I love that there are memory games with the same themes as the story cards!
These are so cute!
my kids would just love this
I took a peek, with our little ones these would B a favorite around our household
I like the bright colors in the circus adventures book. They all seem to have engaging, timeless illustrations.
These look great! Definitely want to get GD a set for Christmas. The Circus Animals would be perfect for her. I’m also looking at the travel games since they drive 75 miles to come up and see us.
What a cool idea! I think the Little Robots Mission set looks so cute too!
I could use these with my 17 month old to make up stories.
these are great for little ones to practice writing and imagination
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These look great!
My granddaughter would love to tell you a story 🙂
I’d love to win.
cute-I think my grandkids would enjoy the Little Robots Mission
The Fairy Tale Mix-Ups look great, too.
I especially like the Circus Animal Adventures pack!
These would be great (and fun) for my daughter!!
I like the Little Robots Mission one, so cute!
My grandson would enjoy this.
The Fairy Tale mixup set looks so cute!
I’d love to win this for my grandson. So fun!
the circus animal adventures look cute
These look like such a cute way to show kids a fun side of reading, the princess ones are my favorite!
I love the fairy tale ones! My daughter would love these 🙂
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I would Like to Win a prize. Thanks for giving me a chance!
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i like the fairy-tale mix up set.
The forest set is my favorite.These would be great for my four kids.Thanks!
I love the idea of the story cards…great for inspiring little imaginations! Thanks!
They would love The Fairy Tale Set!
These look like a lot of fun
Looks like fun 🙂
how cute
These look like such fun! I may just have to get the Little Robot’s Mission cards for my son.
I would love to win these for my granddaughter.
So cute! Icould use these! Thank you.
The fairy tale mix-up set would also be a fun
OMG My daughter would love these! Beautiful artwork!
Please enter me for my son 🙂
How wonderful! We have a set of eeBoo playing cards (that are really artwork) and a set of story cards from somewhere else, but these look much more involved and I love that a “theme” runs through them. Considering we tell stories every night at dinner, this would be very timely!
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Another great idea for our homeschool!