Simple learning to read and write games please

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My DS is in reception and is learning to read and write. Please could I ask for ideas for little things we could do to make it more fun and get odd little bits of practice in without it becoming a boring chore?

My ideas so far:

I sometimes hide a chocolate coin somewhere and then write him a note saying where it is. If he can read the note then he can have the chocolate. I do struggle a bit to think of easy to read hiding places, but so far "in your welly", "in the lego box", "in my yellow boot" etc have worked well.

He has a list of chores he can do for a sticker, and one of them is something I make up off the top of my head. I've had him write a short sentence like "Mortimer is a silly cat" for a few.

I think he'd love discovering that he can tell me something without saying it, but I can't think how to make this a game yet.

Anyone have any similar ideas?

I've just written out "I am cat boy I have super cat speed" for him to copy, I think he'll go for that.

I wonder if he'd read a book to the cat... I wonder if the cat would tolerate having a book read to him...

I did DS a little scavenger hunt in the garden eg find and tick off 'a small stone' 'a green leaf' etc but am sure you could adapt for indoors!

We have an easel with a blackboard side and a magnetic/whiteboard side that I write silly words on.

The ‘teach your monster to read’ app is good.
As is the free stuff on ‘phonics play’.

There are lots of games in the ‘letters and sounds’ document and resources for them online. Things like- coins with real and silly words printed on them. (I usually bury them in the sand tray) Children have to find them and sort them into the treasure chest (real words) and bin (fake words).

Thanks for the ideas, those should keep us going for a bit!

Magnetic letters for the fridge door/bath. Write him a message to come down to every morning!
Get him to write you a shopping list. And write him one, where he has to go and get the things on the list.
Let him write a postcard, or letter, to grandparents/aunties/uncles/cousins etc. Preferably, people who will respond!

we have a large white board easel and the 'fairies' do messages and challenges e.g. write words beginning with r, or read and copy these tricky words.

also doing bingo at mealtimes, number bingo (I read number out, dd finds on sheet so name number are connected), word bingo with tricky words, practicing sh words etc. I have a 2yo and include simple ones for her, e.g. letters in her name, numbers 1-6

a fun one is a treasure hunt where you give a piece of paper saying e.g. welly, that has one saying plant pot, that one says sink etc. until the last one is the prize.

or write an item e.g. pen and they have to run and get it for you.

Writing shopping lists
Choosing and writing postcards for granny.
Writing menus and place cards for supper parties
Sticky letter so for the bath

My DS loved his car play mat. I used to place words around the roads and ask him to drive his car to the right one.