Each team has to figure out the correct spelling of the scrambled word and which category it would fit into. After time is up, each team checks their answers and then uses the dictionary to check the correct category. Write a limerick but in every other line, leave out the last word. Then have the child or children think of a missing word that would rhyme with the word that was given in the other lines. They have to think about what the word is, remember how it should be spelled and then insert the correct letters that were left out.
Words can either have just vowels missing or consonants or a mixture of both.
These words can come from school, books or even a newspaper. Then have the child look the words from their list up in the dictionary and when they become comfortable with them, they can cross them off the list in their journal. Then as they land on a space, they have to spell the word that is on the numbered card in order to stay. This game can work for any age child that plays hopscotch. Write various letters in boxes, which form the shape of a square.