Word play ideas 15/10/2009 by Cathy James Try adding these reading and writing ideas into your play to help your child develop their literacy skills. Alphabet games Make a sensory alphabet Make a song bag I-spy letters Baking the alphabet Language Dice Game Guess who game Writing poems with children Fairy tale fridge magnets Learning about emotions Rhyming game Build a story tent Hangman spelling game Action word game What’s in the sock game Memory game