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New game with 5 yo: Make an animal noise, then describe the imaginary animal that makes it.

Good thing to do with a 6 yo: type stories they dictate. At that age, the physical act of writing is a bottleneck, so this can release a torrent of imagination. They love seeing their stories printed, like “real” stories they read in books. And it's a fun thing to do together.

Good game to play with small children: go through the alphabet naming some category of things (countries, animals, professional football players) beginning with each letter.

Trick that delights 7 year olds (n=1): Show how you can draw a pyramid with any shape base by drawing a polygon, drawing a dot above it, and drawing a line from each corner of the polygon to the dot.