From: The Mailbox
Here's
a simple way to reinforce skills during snacktime and lunch. Every
month have each student make a placemat. Laminate the placemats and then
use a permanent marker to program each placemat with letters, numbers,
or personal information such as the child's address and phone number.
Throughout mealtime, ask youngsters questions about the information on
their placemats.

Make several placemats. On each one, include a different skill: letter, numeral, color, or shape naming, patterning, student's name, sight words, objects of different sizes or lengths etc. Before giving a student a placemat, instruct him/her to name the letter/numeral/color/shape, what comes next in the pattern, read the sight word, name the biggest/smallest or shortest/longest object etc.