Blog Posts - Kindergarten Cafe

You can't teach the child without teaching the WHOLE child! Welcome to Kindergarten Cafe, LLC - your home for teaching ideas, activities, and strategies to support you in teaching the whole child! 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-Second grade can find resources here for their students! I love to connect with other teachers so please reach out and say hello!

How to Stop Tattling and Build Problem-Solvers ~ Ep. 121

Classroom Management

How to Handle Tattling in Kindergarten: Teach Problem Solving and Reduce Interruptions Tattling can quickly take over a kindergarten classroom. Every few minutes, a student...

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Unpacking Mid-Year Assessment Data ~ Ep. 120

Classroom Activities and Lessons

How to Use Kindergarten Mid-Year Assessments to Guide Instruction and Support Students Mid-year assessments can bring up a mix of emotions for kindergarten teachers. You’ve...

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Easy Small Group Ideas for Blending and Decoding Success ~ Ep. 119

Literacy

How to Support Blending and Decoding in Kindergarten Literacy Small Groups When students know their letter sounds but struggle to blend them into words, it...

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Top Strategies for Teaching Personal Space in Kindergarten ~ Ep. 118

Classroom Management

Teaching Personal Space in Kindergarten: How to Set Boundaries with Love and Clarity If you're struggling with teaching personal space in kindergarten, you're not alone....

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Minimizing Disruptions During Kindergarten Small Groups ~ Ep. 117

Classroom Management

How to Maintain Classroom Management During Small Groups in Kindergarten Managing classroom behavior while teaching small groups is one of the biggest challenges in a...

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Help Kids Move Beyond Labeling to Writing Sentences ~ Ep. 116

Literacy

How to Help Kindergarten Students Transition from Labeling to Writing Full Sentences Teaching kindergarten writing sentences can be one of the most rewarding yet challenging...

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Kickstart the New Year with Growth Mindset Strategies ~ Ep. 115

Holidays

Apple Spotify Amazon Music You definitely want to one teach students about how our brains are working and why challenges and mistakes are important in the learning...

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A Developmental Approach to Teaching Writing with Melissa from Teaching to Transform ~ Ep. 114

Literacy

Apple Spotify Amazon Music If you don't allow that independent time where they are showing you whether they want to write or not, showing you whether they...

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Managing Math Expectations and Math Materials ~ Ep. 113

Math

Apple Spotify Amazon Music Counting collections are an awesome way to give kids lots of extra accounting practice. And as they get going through the year, they...

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A Kindergarten Social Studies Year-Long Plan ~ Ep. 112

Classroom Activities and Lessons

Apple Spotify Amazon Music We zoom out to our local community, Then we zoom out even further to our global community. And we can use that as...

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