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