Create "Heart Word" cards and read through all your cards to someone in your family.

Write 3 (or more) sentences or questions using one or more "Heart Words".

Make and spell "Heart Words" using a different materials (noodles, etcha-sketch, magnetic letters, sand, shaving cream, magnadoodle, Alphabet cereal, cookies, pretzels, clay, rice, glitter, paint, foam, felt, or wood letters from the craft store, letter beads, string, etc. ).

Write a short story, poem, rhyme, play or song using "Heart Words".

Play Spelling Bee with someone in your family using your "Heart Words" (parents/guardians say the word to your child and the child repeats the word, spells it, and repeats it).

Look in magazines for letters to make a collage of "Heart Words".

Play I SPY in your favorite book at home for "Heart Words".

Put the "Heart Words" words in alphabetical order.

Type the "Heart Words" words on the computer in any font three times each.

Read the "Heart Words" and think of at least 2 words that rhyme with each. Write them down.

Unscramble the "Heart Words" words after an adult writes the letters scrambled up.

Have a parent/guardian dictate sentences or questions made up of "Heart Words" and write them down. Check for finger space between words, spelling, upper and lower case letters, and punctuations if you can.

Practice writing "Heart Words" that a parent/guardian says to you. 

Play Hangman with "Heart Words". Take turns being the guesser and the writer.

Make up a cheerleader cheer for the "Heart Words".

Write "Heart Words" three times using special pens or gel pens.

Play “Guess my Heart Word” (Parent/guardian thinks of a "Heart Word". Child makes Guess #1. Parent/guardian gives one clue about the word (example: it has 3 letters, it has 2 vowels, it has an e in it, it ends with the /t/ sound, and/or it rhymes with pan). The child makes a new guess each time until they guess the word. Start with little clues and move to bigger ones. This game works best with 15 or more words. Children can think of a new word and learn to give clues as well.)

Speed read the "Heart Word" cards. Time how many seconds it takes to read all of your words clearly and accurately.

Play “How much is that Heart Word worth?”  (Consonants are worth one cent and vowels are worth five cents.  Add up the value of your Word Wall words. For a challenge you can make consonants worth different values.