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Need help getting the creative writing flowing? Â Learn how we made some story starter blocks to use for creative writing!
I had some plain wooden craft blocks left from another project and decided to try something fun. I made some story starter blocks with them. Â I have been trying to come up with creative ways to teach my son to write. Â Writing is not his favorite thing to do. Â We are really having lots of fun and giggles with these.
Since making these I’ve come across these awesome
dry erase cubes. This would be a simple way to create the same activity and make it changeable with new words!
How to Make the Story Starter Blocks:
On one all of the yellow cubes I wrote nouns.
We had fun brainstorming nouns. Â This is educational in itself because kids can learn the parts of the sentence as they help you come up with words and phrases! Â Think of nouns that would make good story starters, things they would be interested in writing about.
These are the words I used, but be creative and come up with whatever ones you like.
Nouns for Story Starters:
policeman
gorilla
Grandma
birds
mom
dinosaur
farmer
monster
my pet
king
pirate
clown
fairy
Dad
octopus
superhero
baby
teacher
On the blue colored cubes, Â I wrote action phrases with verbs.Â
Again, get creative and come up with your own phrases. Kids think this is a lot of fun and like to get really silly here when they brainstorm ideas.
Verbs for Story Starters:
rode a bike
slips on a banana
drives a bus
reads a book
dances around
milks a cow
jumped on me
swims underwater
rides a pony
sings a song
jumped rope
eats candy
flies an airplane
plants a garden
paints a picture
saves the day
Finally on the green blocks I wrote places or locations.Â
These locations are part of what makes these story starters so interesting. Â This is what sets the theme for this creative writing project! Â Let kids help you choose interesting places.
Places for Story Starters:
at the zoo
at the park
in the garden
on an airplane
in the barn
on the moon
at the beach
in a castle
in a rainstorm
on a ship
at the circus
in a tree
in outer space
in my bedroom
in candy land
at a pet shop
at home
at the garbage dump
How To Use the Story Starter Blocks:
To play, roll one of each color and make funny sentences, or really great story starters. They can be used to help kids generate silly stories for writing, or just for fun!
Here are some of the silly sentences we made using the story starter blocks:
An octopus jumped rope at the garbage dump.
The king drives a bus at the beach.
The monster rode my bike in a rainstorm.
The superhero eats candy in outer space.
Have fun!
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Great idea! Love it!!
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Alex
Saw this on one pretty thing and had to come for a look! What a great idea! Thanks for sharing it!
Jill @ Be Our Best
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This is so awesome! I’ve been wanting to make these for the kids & I keep forgetting. Thanks for all the ideas of what to write – that was another thing keeping me from making these. I’m going to do this now w/ blocks out of their block pile & then we are going to use them at bedtime! Here from oneprettything.
This is a fantastic idea. My daughter is in Grade 1 and going ahead in leaps and bounds but needs some work on her story telling. This would be excellent for her. Thanks so much!
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Lovely idea…popped over from the carnival of homeschooling. Had a quick look at your blog-you have some lovely ideas!
Hi! I enjoyed reading your post today at Latterday Homeschooling.
I really like this idea. I can see this being helpful for kids just learning to read, too.
Loved it so much we linked and made it.
http://www.alinasadventuresinhomemaking.com/2011/08/storytelling-with-story-blocks.html
Great idea!! I may incorporate this into my WordSmithery lessons at some point!
Clever! Great way to add a hands-on/game element into writing. I’ll bet your son loves it.
Stopping by from No Time for Flashcards! Cool idea and surely would bring lots of laughs!!
How fun!! Thank you for sharing at Sharing Saturday! I hope you will share with us again this week!