What’s in my writing center

While there are no shortage of preschool lessons and activities on Pinterest (Follow me!), sometimes it is harder to find great activities that can stand alone in a center.  I thought I’d start a new feature where I shared what is in each of my classroom centers.  I rotate the materials in each center every two weeks, so these change constantly!

Here is what I have out in my writing center at the moment:

Lowercase letter shape match-up. This is a simple activity that is easily differentiated.  Children who are struggling with their lower case letters simply match up the shapes of the magnet letters with the outlines on the paper – like a puzzle.  Children who have mastered recognizing each letter can make the letter sound as they match each letter to its’ outline.  This is also super easy to make, just trace your magnet letters on a large sheet of paper and laminate for durability.

These are the items that are always available in the writing center – A variety of pencils with a variety of grippers, name cards, fun pens (they would rather use these than pencils, and I’m all for anything that makes writing fun), and crayons.  Of course, I always have paper available too, but I didn’t think you needed to see a picture of that.

It doesn’t seem like much, but when you consider that I also have daily language arts lessons, and I switch it all often, my students get a lot of experience, with a lot of materials, over a long period of time. Hopefully my ideas will help inspire something new in your own writing center!