Play Me a Story
For early
writers, there’s nothing like play to get the creative juices flowing, and
Lego’s StoryStarter can turn idea into essay. The kit is for
second-through-fifth graders and comes with five Lego bases upon which the kids
build a model of their story; it includes more than 45,000 individual Lego
pieces, from trees to people. The company’s Story Vizualizer software is a big
bonus, which gives kids the ability not only to put their ideas on screen
efficiently, but they can use it to create a comic book or newspaper version of
their writing. The StoryStarter kit will be available early next year.

