Kindergarten Writing Center Activities, Thank You Letters, Notes, and Cards

Need writing center activities for your kindergarten, first grade or homeschool writing center? Try these Thank you Letters, Notes, and Cards writing templates to help kids practice their emergent writing skills, while showing gratitude for family, friends, school staff, or community members.

✅How Does This Writing Center Work?

Teaching children to be thankful is an important mindset that we can strengthen through thank you notes and letters. Place copies of the writing templates in your writing center. Children can use these thank you letters and cards to show gratitude to those around them.

Read Writing Center Activities for Beginning Writers to read more about this center and other writing activities.

✅What's Inside This Writing Center Resource?

• Letter Writing Templates
• Card Making Templates

Each comes with 2 different types of closings and handwriting lines.

Check out the preview to see pictures of what's included!

✅How Can I Use These Thank You Letters and Cards:

Here are some classroom occasions where it might be appropriate for your children to write thank you letters or cards:

• National Days that recognize school personnel (i.e. School Nurse Day or National Custodial Workers’ Day)
• Mother’s Day and Father’s Day
• Guest speakers
• Field trips
• Donations or gifts
• Parent volunteers

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✅Which Writing Skills Will Kids Practice?

• Letter Formation
• Spelling
• Sentence Writing
• Concepts of Print
• Print Conventions
• Writing Organization
• Writing Expression
• Letter Writing

✅More Kindergarten Center Activities:

• Math Center Invitations
• Makerspace Invitations
• Science Center Invitations
• Block Center Invitations
• Storytelling Invitations
• Writing Center Invitations
• Art Center Invitations

✅More Writing Center Activities:

• My Writing Journal
• Draw it! Label it! Directed Drawings
• Dear Teacher Mini Notes
• My News Writing
• Trace and Lace Cards
• Whole Class Journals
• Thank You Cards and Letters

⭐Need help setting up a writing center in your classroom? Check out this Writing Center Setup Guide for tons of ideas to get you started.

✅What Teachers Say About This Writing Center Activity:

❤️"This was perfect for thanking our classroom support at the end of the year. The sentence frame, heading, and closure options are perfect.!" Lauren A.

❤️"I used this as a writing center during the month of November leading up to Thanksgiving. My students loved writing thank you letters to their families, friends, and specials teachers. Thank you so much for this great resource." Elizabeth L D.

❤️"I bought this to help my first graders write thank you notes to their sub while I was on maternity leave. I liked the different options for cards or as a single piece of paper. I also like all of the line options and options for pictures. " Morgan D.

❤️"Kindness and gratitude are kind of an unofficial theme this year in my school. These cards are great to have on hand for students to use to write notes to staff and other students." Second Helpings

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