Rory's Story Cubes Review - Fun Way to Practice Speaking English

I was blown away by these.  Rory's Story Cubes are such a simple and fun idea that I was a little shocked that I hadn't seen anything like that before.  I've seen several schools that use games like Taboo Game, Boggle, and Scrabble Deluxe Edition, but never this before.  Check this out:

These are dice that you can role - each side has a picture of something that's easy to recognize and probably not so unfamiliar to your students.  Take 2 or 3 dice for a beginner, roll them and have your student make sentences to connect the pictures together.

Adults may feel a little embarrassed playing games to study in a business-type situation, but if it is a casual or group class it can be a lot of fun.  They do make "expansion packs" for the dice in case the regular set doesn't have enough, but the basic set is enough to practice with for most classes.

Obviously Story Cubes would be a big hit in any kids type class - it's also good if you are trying to raise your own children to be bi-lingual.  Once younger kids realize that the pictures don't need to be literal, and that they can represent something, you'll be surprised at their creativity.