Random storytelling game - Staff site - TD Summer Reading Club

Description

Participants will roll storytelling dice to create stories.

For any number of participants

An open space (indoor or outdoor) is needed to fit all participants in a circle of chairs

Allow participants to create their own prompts using the customizable dice template.
Dice options
- Oversized dice
  - Create the list of six words for character, object and setting and assign a number to each, then use an oversized die to choose something from each list.
- Tactile sticker dice
  - Create dice using tactile foam stickers (space-related or animal stickers, etc.).
- Picture dice
  - Pictures can be drawn on the dice instead of using words.
Alternatives to dice
- Tactile items from a box
  - Put small objects or labelled pieces of paper in plastic eggs or plastic capsules for participants to select.
- Playing cards
  - Playing cards corresponding to numbered character, setting or object prompts (e.g., for settings: ace—moon, 2—spaceship, 3—Pluto) can be laid out facedown.
  - Participants can point to or select from the facedown cards.
- Numbered spoons/spoons labelled with prompts
  - Assign numbered spoons to characters, settings or objects.
  - Select spoons from a cup.
Playing method options
- Provide an option for group storytelling where the whole group creates story together.
- Group of three can create a story together, with each participant rolling a die.