Write and Wipe Center

Write and Wipe cards are perfect in the early years classroom. They make perfect center and small-group-rotation activities and they are always a HIT with students!

They are fabulous as an activity for fast-finishers and are essentially a 'task card' equivalent for the Kindergarten and First Grade classroom.

I have just made some poster cards to help you create a center procedure in your classroom. 

Have a permanent corner of my room set up with Write'n'Wipe cards at the ready! Store them in a pocket chart, shoe organiser or in little plastic tubs. Include a tub of markers and cleaners and you are all set. You might like to read a blog post about setting up a Bee Busy center - perfect for Write-n-Wipe activities!

A good idea is to also include some clipboards, pencils and paper or worksheets. Ask students to RECORD some of the learning that took place on their cards before they wipe it all away! 

Write and Wipe cards can cover just about any skill or content area in your curriculum. You can also prepare additional cards easily, by just laminating page from a textbook or worksheets. I did this in my first year of teaching, when my budget was minuscule!

You can use these procedure posters to introduce and reinforce how you would like your students to behave when they are in the Write'n'Wipe Center. How to stay on task and get work done.

I have also included BLANK versions of each poster, so you can create your own rules!

Write'n'Wipe is a great activity to teach your students independence, so some basic rules will be a great addition to your classroom structure and management. It will help foster that independence that you are aiming for!

You can find the posters in my TpT store by clicking on the image below:

Our new range of tracing line cards are perfect for a write-n-wipe center!