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Rory's Story Cubes: Language and Narrative

Before my son could read or write, he was able to make up vivid stories with his imagination thanks to these wonderful all-ages prompting devices.

Honestly, I should not have to tell you about them, but since the internet and all the social media sites aren't riddled with Rory's based memes I am assuming I'm in the minority of people who've been blessed by the awesomeness that is breaking writer's block with this toy.


I am no affiliate anywhere, and that's probably a shame, because here's how it works:

Rory's Story Cubes are dice. They come in a set of nine inside a convenient box that closes with magnets. On each cube are 6 glyphs, and each glyph is an easy to interpret symbol. 9 cubes x 6 glyphs = 54 in total, with a ridiculous number of possible combinations.

There are multiple sets with different sets of symbols. 

You'll get as much mileage out of them as your students.
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