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| | | Description: | | Using cards with a variety of images ranging from the charming to the ordinary, encompassing a range of situations, players improvise stories. Take a journey into storyland… Whether engaged in a friendly contest or creating a story together, you will love the way tell Tale gives your imagination a chance to shine. 7 great family games and thousands of short stories to tell are included in this tin. - Product Measures: 3.5" x 3.5"1"
- Recommended Ages: 6 years & up
| | | Features: | |
• Packaged in a sturdy round tin, the game is easy to take anywhere you go
• Tell Tale offers a new option to traditional storybooks, your little one can choose a few of these images for you to tell short, bedtime stories
• It develops literacy skills and concept imagery
• With unlimited possibilities and four variations to spice up the game, Tell Tale unlocks the creativity within everyone
| | | Product Details: | | | Product Length:
| 3.75 inches | | Product Width:
| 3.75 inches | | Product Height:
| 1.75 inches | | Product Weight:
| 6.4 pounds | | Package Length:
| 5.3 inches | | Package Width:
| 5.2 inches | | Package Height:
| 2.9 inches | | Package Weight:
| 0.3 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 20 reviews |
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16 of 16 found the following review helpful:
good value! Makes for quality time together.Nov 03, 2011
By M.Stamper
Seeing as my little girl knows how to read but insists on disregarding what's on the page to make up her own story, this was the perfect game (more like an activity I think...) for us to play together. There are different ways to go about it as outlined in the little booklet included in the tin, but the concept is fairly the same. You have to make up a story inspired by the pictures on each card you pull. I can't believe some of things she comes up with, this game really unleashes her creativity! For the 12 bucks I paid, I feel like I got a lot of value and it seems like this is a game that she will want to play for a while, which is more than what I can say for some of the other toys she gets!
8 of 8 found the following review helpful:
 Great gameSep 28, 2011
By D. Turner
My 5 year old loves playing this storytelling game. We pass out 4 cards to each of player and each of us takes a turn telling part of the story based on the picture on our cards. Sometimes we get cards that make the story very funny, sometimes we draw cards that make for a scary story and sometimes they just don't make any sense! But that's the fun of it! If your child likes telling stories then he'll love this game. Really gets the brain working!
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Conceptually Fun, Subjectively ExperiencedApr 29, 2012
By Ana Mardoll
Tell Tale / B004P13H5U
Tell Tale is probably one of the most unique games in our collection, and I'm still trying to decide what to do with it. The game features 60 round "cards", each with a unique image on each side, for a total of 120 images. The images are cartoony and simplistic and fairly American -- including a picture of the Golden Gate Bridge -- but convey a surprising wealth of information in many of them.
The object of the game is to tell a story based around these cards. This can either be done individually with each person telling a story, or with multiple teams creating a story, or in a round-robin style where each person tells part of the story before it is handed off to the next person and the next card. This last method was my favorite as it had immediate interaction between players but without the potential conflicts that can arise when trying to craft a story as a group. (I'm told by my family that I manage group projects a little TOO enthusiastically.)
The openness of the rules makes the game very subjective, and this will greatly affect whether or not you enjoy the game at all. This isn't necessarily something you can pick up and take to the next family reunion and be assured that a good time will be had by all; some people don't enjoy having to be creative on command. Others, we found, needed to be roped in with a timer or they'd go on all night long. The game is non-competitive and there's not a clear, objective way to declare a victor, so there's that to keep in mind as well.
We didn't have any small children on hand to help evaluate the product, so instead I'll point out that from an adult perspective, this is quite an intriguing toy beyond social gatherings. As an author and one who is always looking for ways to hone writing skills, I can't help but think that Tell Tale would be an ideal writing exercise. There's something very dynamic in turning over a previously-unknown card and being forced to work the result into an existing story, and the images have enough variance and detail that you can fudge the interpretation a little as needed.
So far, I've found solo play to be very satisfying, and I think that I, personally, will get more enjoyment out of this product as a writing tool rather than as a game. If they ever come out with "fantasy" and "science fiction" versions of this game, I'll definitely buy them to add to the collection.
NOTE: This review is based on a free Advance Review Copy of this product provided through the manufacturer.
~ Ana Mardoll
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Educational and fun, even before age sixApr 28, 2012
By Roberta Karchner
Probably one of the most difficult things for a parent to hear is that their child is facing the world with difficulties other children will not face. My daughter entered Head Start under the Special Needs program less than 30% intelligible. Over time, we discovered that she had an auditory processing problem. Her teachers worked hard with her and with us, and by High School, she was fully mainstreamed, and no one today knows of her early struggles.
Until she learned to read, pictures were an important part of storytelling, along with play, to help her to learn to express herself. Because of her intelligence (high), she needed to be challenged, and I only wish I had these cards back then!
If you are a parent of a challenged child, I encourage you to try these out! I wouldn't follow the directions, I would go at the speed of your child, picking out one picture and talking about it, then working up to a second picture and teaching your child to combine the stories into one. Once they have the hang of it, you can begin to introduce them to the idea that they can make up the stories themselves.
It is recommended for ages 5 to adult, but I wouldn't be afraid to begin using them with younger children to introduce them to the concepts.
I was given a complimentary copy of these for review, and have passed them along to a instructor in our local special needs class for use with her students. I am grateful that these are available to challenge children.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Open ended gameJan 18, 2012
By jhb music
"jhb music"
Tell Tale: Take a Journey Into Storyland is an interesting open ended game for children and their friends, which includes grandparents! We had a great time creating stories by looking at each pictures. Each time the stories were different. I first played it with a very precocious 4 year old, who chose how we would play, who would have turns, etc. It was such fun for all!!!
As an educator, I see the value of building vocabulary.
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