Story Spoons: An Interactive Storytelling Game

You never know when inspiration will strike! I am always trying to think of new, interactive games to get my storytelling students up and moving, while advancing their storytelling skills.

Last year I found an Egg Relay Game at our local Christmas Tree Shop. I bought it thinking I would find a use for it in my storytelling program and tucked it away. Finally, last week I dusted it off, brought it in to class and Story Spoons © was born!

Setting Up the Game

This is an easy one, requiring little effort. I split my class of eighteen (one was absent that day) into three lines, six students each. I placed three chairs at the front of the class, spaced equally apart, a distance away from the students.

Playing the Game

• The first person in each line was given a spoon and egg.
• I instructed them that they had to tell their story aloud as they navigated the space.
• When I said, “Go” the student at the head of each line walked as fast as they could, holding out the spoon and egg in front of them (they couldn’t touch it with their other hand) to the chair in front of them.
• If they dropped the egg they had to return to the line and start again.
• They rounded the chair, back to their relay line, passed off the spoon and egg, and the next person repeated the journey until everyone had a turn.
• The first relay line to complete the task won!

We played this game four times and they were hooting and hollering, cheering each other on every time.

Object of the Game

At the end I asked the students, “What does this game have to do with storytelling?”

Jaelyn replied, “It helps us with our pacing.” Not exactly what I was thinking of, but she was right!
Keira replied, “It taught us how to concentrate on our story.”  Yes!

Next time I will add more obstacles they have to go around to make it a bit more challenging. The game was deemed a keeper by all of the students! Please feel free to use this idea in your work. I only ask for the courtesy of attribution.

If you are looking for more fun, interactive games, and classroom worksheets to complement your storytelling work, please consider my award-winning book, Story by Story .

 

 

 

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