Illustrating Words

• Illustrate words with your child to help her not only remember and how to spell them, but to improve her overall reading comprehension. Your drawing skills do not need to be stellar, just good enough so that she will remember what word the picture corresponds to. This game can be used for other subjects such as math. Change it around so she draws out the addition problem. This type of game stimulates a child's hand-eye coordination.
  
  

Vocabulary Charades

• Place a few of your child's vocabulary words in a hat. Have him pick one and act it out. You and any other children will have to guess what the word is. If you home school multiple children, you can give a prize to the winner at the end of the game.
  
  

Model the Words

• Make a list of the lesson's vocabulary words and put it somewhere visible, such as on the blackboard. Use them through out the day. The child is not only seeing the words, but she is hearing and using them in conversation as well. You could also give extra credit points when she uses them correctly. This can be applied to math as well. Instead of posting vocabulary words, post times tables.
  
  

Play Bingo

• Instead of numbers, use vocabulary words that have been learned over the course of a few weeks. Create your own cards out of construction paper and make five columns and five rows. Write the words on cards and place them in a bag. Pull out a card and read the word out loud. When the child has the word on his card, have him place a coin on the word. When he has a complete line, he has Bingo and is the winner.
  
  This game can also be adapted for other subjects such as math or history. Instead of vocabulary words, use answers to math problems that the children solve. You could also use terms from the history unit you are teaching.