Welcome to Kindergarten Cafe!
I’m Zeba, and I’m here to help you find the *kindergarten magic* in your classroom. I create resources and share strategies to make your teaching easier, more engaging, and focused on those magical moments of growth with your students. Whether you teach kindergarten, preschool, or first grade, you’ll find ideas and activities to bring that *kindergarten magic* to life. Feel free to reach out—let’s make teaching kindergarten magical again
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Caring Critters
I wrote the Caring Critters series when I noticed a huge need for more developmentally appropriate social emotional curriculum and resources for young children. I have used these stories with my students for many years and have seen firsthand how the children gravitate towards the characters, identify with the characters, and learn strategies from the characters. They also love how the characters keep appearing in each other's stories!
Felipe the Feeling Frog
Walk around the neighborhood with Felipe the Feeling Frog, who learns that there is no such thing as a bad feeling! In this kid-friendly social and emotional learning book, children will learn different strategies for regulating emotions and identifying their feelings.
My Kindergarteners love Felipe! This book follows a frog named Felipe who learns it’s okay to have all kinds of feelings and learns strategies to cope with those big emotions. The author Zeba finds a way to introduce emotional regulation strategies in a kid-friendly way, which is so helpful to have as a classroom teacher! My class loved reading this story and made so many connections to their own lives. I am so happy to have this book in my classroom library!
Kerry
Kindergarten TeacherThe author is a kindergarten teacher and it is evident in the developmental way she addresses feelings in this book. This is such a great tool to use in the classroom when teaching students that all feelings are okay to have while also teaching self-regulation strategies to manage feelings in healthy and productive ways.
Sara
First Grade TeacherTrixie the Thoughtful Turtle
In Trixie the Thoughtful Turtle, children follow Trixie as she learns the valuable lesson of making expected choices and thoughtful decisions that respect her friends' learning and enjoyment.
I use this book as a K-2 counselor to teach my kids how their actions impact others. The hard to teach concept of thoughtfulness is so beautifully demonstrated by the author in a way kids will understand. Every elementary teacher or parent should have this in their class or home library! It's a must read book for kids!
Heather
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