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Kindergarten Cafe

Welcome to Kindergarten Cafe - your home for teaching ideas, activities, and strategies across all content areas! I am Zeba McGibbon and I love creating resources for teachers and sharing my teaching experience with others. Kindergarten Cafe is aimed for kindergarten, but teachers of Preschool-First grade can find resources here for their students! I love to connect with other teachers so please reach out and say hello!

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Math

What’s in my Math Toolbox?

Zeba McGibbon

The same tools can be used to meet a variety of skills for math small groups or interventions. I keep my math...

Literacy

4 Tips for Teaching Sentences to Beginning Writers

Zeba McGibbon

When teaching beginning writers, it is important to teach them how to write a sentence. I have 4 tips for you when...

Science

Teaching Living and Non-Living Things in Kindergarten

Zeba McGibbon

Teaching about living and non-living things is a crucial foundation to all life sciences, life cycles, biology and ecology. Thinking about living...

Social Emotional Learning and Supports

Turning Misbehaviors In The Classroom into Teachable Moments

Zeba McGibbon

The secret to good teaching? Finding those teachable moments and running with them. Good social-emotional instruction involves...

Teaching Tips and Tricks

7 Tips for Difficult Parent-Teacher Conferences

Zeba McGibbon

I’m not sure about you, but I have Spring Parent-Teacher Conferences this week. With the upcoming conferences, I’m thinking ahead to some...

4 Tips for Teaching Sentences to Beginning Writers

LiteracyZeba McGibbon

When teaching beginning writers, it is important to teach them how to write a sentence. I have 4 tips for you when teaching sentences to beginning or struggling writers! Hearing comes first when teaching sentences https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Phonemic-Awareness-Interventions-5550853

Teaching High-Frequency Words in Kindergarten

LiteracyZeba McGibbon

When learning to read and write, learning high frequency words quickly and purposefully can make all the difference. In this blog post, I will go over my best tips for teaching high frequency words in Kindergarten so they actually stick! Want to read other...

Phoneme Segmentation

LiteracyZeba McGibbon

The best way to increase your students’ reading and writing development is to work on phoneme segmentation. There is a clear order to work on these skills to best support the students in your classroom. For all the skills, you want students to be...

Letter-Sound Correspondence

LiteracyZeba McGibbon

One of the most important concepts for kindergarteners to learn for their early literacy development is letter-sound correspondence. Children need to know that the written letters are connected to sounds we speak and they need to be able to match the two.

Benefits to Reading Strategy Powerpoints

LiteracyZeba McGibbon

I love using reading powerpoints to enhance my reading instruction. Reading powerpoints showcase different reading strategies, use powerful shared reading technique, and encourages transfer of the reading skills. Reading strategies There are so...

Literacy intervention for distance learning

Distance and Digital TeachingZeba McGibbon

With this new way of teaching, whether you are in-person or on a computer, you may be wondering how to make sure we are supporting students where they are with their literacy development. I am here to help! window.addEventListener('LPLeadboxesReady',function(){LPLeadboxes.addDelayedLeadbox('dzM3qhe5yNSQQhtoNvQy78',{delay:'100s',views:0,dontShowFor:'3d',domain:'kindergartencafe.lpages.co'});});

2019-20 Favorite #2: Teaching the Alphabet

Favorite Blog PostsZeba McGibbon

As we finish up a school year, and prepare for the next one, I wanted to re-share my top 5 favorite blog posts from the 2019-20 school year! Today we have #2 - Teaching the Alphabet! Learning the alphabet is one...

2019-20 Favorite #3: Authentic and Meaningful High-Frequency Word Practice

Favorite Blog PostsZeba McGibbon

As we finish up a school year, and prepare for the next one, I wanted to re-share my top 5 favorite blog posts from the 2019-20 school year! Today we have #3 - Authentic and Meaningful High-Frequency Word Practice! Since writing this blog post,...

2019-20 Favorite #4: Kindergarten Phonics 101

Favorite Blog PostsZeba McGibbon

As we finish up a school year, and prepare for the next one, I wanted to re-share my top 5 favorite blog posts from the 2019-20 school year! Today we have #4 - Kindergarten Phonics 101! window.addEventListener('LPLeadboxesReady',function(){LPLeadboxes.addDelayedLeadbox('oyw76Lr7Vhe8i4BQXrzqmR',{delay:'60s',views:0,dontShowFor:'0d',domain:'kindergartencafe.lpages.co'});});

Non-Fiction Reading

LiteracyZeba McGibbon

Teaching non-fiction reading is a key literacy skill in the younger grades. Students need to understand that there are different kinds of books and that some books are teaching books. Children should be exposed to non-fiction books, and most likely already are, long before explicitly teaching non-fiction reading...