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    • Keep a journal
    • Write letters and postcards
    • Keep score at sporting events
    • Make greeting cards
    • Mark a calendar
    • Start a scrapbook
    • Write captions on photos
    • Create invitations
    • Write thank-you notes
    • Write lists: grocery, to do, wish, party guests
    • Hunt for words in books that follow a pattern or make a certain sound
    • Play Scrabble, Boggle, Hangman, and Upwords
    • Play with magnetic letters on an old cookie sheet
    • Use A-Z rubber stamps to make words
    • Practice spelling using shaving cream in the tub or on a table