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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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8 Easy Impulse Control Activities for Kids

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Kids don’t automatically learn impulse control and self-regulation – you have to teach them strategies to use! I have 8 impulse control activities for kids that work well for my students! Give them a try! https://youtu.be/nBf9DPsroIg Bossing your body I love to teach my students that they are the...

Sub Tub for a Smooth and Easy Absence

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Most teachers will tell you that it is easier to come to work sick than make sub plans… enter the Sub Tub! The Sub Tub not only makes my life easier when planning to be absent, it also makes things easier for my substitute teachers. And...

Ideas for classroom jobs and why they are important

Classroom Design
Classroom jobs are a critical part of the classroom community. They teach students responsibility, independence and teamwork. Not all classroom jobs are created equal though! In this blog post I write some different ideas for classroom jobs and why they are important! https://youtu.be/gQXMrQlYTmQ Ideas for Classroom Jobs that...

5 Steps to Making an Interactive Seesaw Activity

Distance and Digital Teaching
Are you using Seesaw this year or considering it for any hybrid or remote learning? It is a wonderful website and app for supporting learning at home, but it is also awesome to use in the classroom. There are many benefits to using Seesaw for communicating...

Quick and Easy Movement Breaks for Distance Learning

Distance and Digital Teaching
No matter if you are teaching in a classroom or on a computer, your students will need movement beaks and your normal movement breaks might not work in this new setting. Here are my favorite go-to activities to use with students! P.S. Some of these slides and...

Easy Morning Meeting Greetings and Activities for Digital and Socially Distant Classrooms!

Distance and Digital Teaching
Looking for easy interactive morning meeting greetings and activities that can work on a computer and/or in a socially distanced classroom? I’ve got a bunch of ideas for you that worked really well for me! Looking for other distance learning support? Check out these blog posts...

2019-20 Favorite #1: Establishing Math Routines and Expectations

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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 the most popular blog post from 2019-20... drumroll please... Establishing Math Routines and Expectations! Starting up...

2019-20 Favorite #2: Teaching the Alphabet

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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 of the major concepts that all...

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

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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, I have...

2019-20 Favorite #4: Kindergarten Phonics 101

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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! Phonics can be an overwhelming area of instruction for teachers – just...
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