Children tell amazing stories with their toys. Having toys and a world in which they can immerse themselves help them tell their stories. In fact, they don't think about making stories. They narrate naturally with their toys. Instead of letting those stories slip away, STORYMAT captures the stories, the motion of the toys, and the place they were told, for them or other children to see and hear later.

The mat recognizes the toys and their movement.  When children tell their stories on the mat, the mat tells stories back that are related to the children's stories.

Children see and hear their stories and other children's stories that were played on the mat previously.  In listening to the stories of others as well as their own, children react by telling more stories and telling stories collaboratively.