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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

Simple Dice Games for Kindergarten for the Year

Zeba McGibbon

Simple dice games for kindergarten are probably my most loved math stations and activities I give my students. They love the routines,...

Classroom Activities and Lessons

An Awesome Family Unit for Kindergarten

Zeba McGibbon

A family unit for kindergarten is an important social studies unit to start the year for several reasons. A family unit for...

Science

Exciting Activities for the Life Cycle of Pumpkin

Zeba McGibbon

The life cycle of pumpkin is a fun way to continue learning about life cycles while staying in the festive fall spirit....

Classroom Activities and Lessons

A Kindergarten Name Project to Help Value Student Names

Zeba McGibbon

A kindergarten name project is critical to the start of the year in kindergarten. Learning student names is important for both teachers...

Teaching Tips and Tricks

Sub Tub for a Smooth and Easy Absence

Zeba McGibbon

Most teachers will tell you that it is easier to come to work sick than make sub plans… enter the Sub Tub!...

A Kindergarten Name Project to Help Value Student Names

Classroom Activities and LessonsZeba McGibbon

A kindergarten name project is critical to the start of the year in kindergarten. Learning student names is important for both teachers and other students. Names are a very important part of a person’s identity, and it is important that as teachers we value...

End of the Year Writing Prompts

LiteracyZeba McGibbon

With the end of the year approaching, I like to think about what end of the year writing prompts I can provide that help my students reflect on all that they have learned, the classroom community we have built, and all the fun we...

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,...