One of my favorite pastimes is perusing the aisles  at our local dollar stores and the toy sections of Walmart and Meijer for ideas for center activities.  My three children are now in college and instead of spending my time on the soccer fields I’m now spending that time shopping.  Insert HUGE sigh– I really miss my kids and I would go back to those days in a minute.  I’m not adjusting very well to my empty nest.  While shopping at Walmart the other day I stumbled upon the card section in the toy area and found a few relatively inexpensive games that would be a nice addition to your literacy centers. The first treasure was the Scrabble Slam! card