Personalized Plates

Have your child think of words starting with the letters on a license plate. For example, 7-year-old Kevin Iwai, of Mountain View, California, says that the "EHH" on his mom's license plate stands for "Elephants Hug Hippos."

Rocket Launch

This is a politically-correct variation on hangman. Draw a rocket with 5-10 squares up the middle. Have students guess letters just as in hangman, but for every incorrect letter fill in a square. They need to try and guess the word before the rocket is "launched."