Archives December 2022

What a year it’s been! We are so thankful for our community of educators who joined us every Thursday to level up their professional development with us in the HiMama Helps Webinar Series! We really couldn’t have done this without our amazing community of educators.

As we reflect on this incredible year, we’ve rounded up the top 5 webinar sessions of 2022 in case you missed them! Ready to dive into our most popular webinars? And don’t forget to save your spot for our first webinar of 2023!

Tom Hobson, also known as Teacher Tom, from Teacher Tom’s World joined us to discuss effective play-based learning in early childhood education and how we can encourage children to be leaders in their own learning. With play-based learning on the rise among early learning centers, Tom shared some timely strategies and real-life examples of the benefits of play-based learning.

Mariana

These cute free printable Christmas placemats are holiday activity pages that double as table placemats. Simply download and print the Christmas placemats on legal size paper and kids can play and color the placemats at the Christmas table. You can also use these Merry Christmas placemats for a Christmas party in the classroom or at home!

Christmas Placemats for kids

Adding Christmas placemats to your table settings that can act as Christmas placemat activity sheets. The dinner is almost ready, just a few minutes more… And then the questions start:

• Mom, how long?
• When will the dinner be ready?
• Mom!

Related: DIY placemats

These printable and fun color your own placemats with a Christmas theme should pass the table time quickly!

Free Printable Christmas Placemat Set Includes

These Christmas themed placemats or Christmas table mats will bring lots of fun and

Do you need an amazing keepsake gift for your preschool or kindergarten kids to make for their parents this winter? A waterless snow globe featuring a picture of their child is a gift every parent will treasure forever. This is a great choice if you’re looking for an inclusive winter keepsake gift all your students can participate in making.

How to Make a Snow Globe

Some of you may remember making snow globes as a kid with glass baby food jars, but now you can find plastic snow globes at your local dollar or craft store. Sometimes you can even find small plastic mason jars designed just for this purpose at the same stores. The best thing about the plastic globes is that they won’t break if dropped on the floor.

You can make snow globes at your winter classroom party, for Cub Scouts, Girl Scouts, Sunday School and more-

If you are looking for a way to start the new year off on the right foot, the 2nd Grade January Morning Bins are here for you! These bins will give your students an opportunity to practice skills they have learned in a fun and hands-on way. What’s more, they offer immediate structure to your daily routine. Keep reading to see all of the 2nd Grade January Morning Bins in action!

Is your morning routine a bit chaotic? Do you feel like you are wasting the first 10 minutes or so of the day? Do you panic when you realize that you forgot to print out some type of morning work for your students? You are not alone and we all hate it! Many teachers struggle with implementing productive morning routines, but I have a solution for you!

Simply put, our students come into the classroom with a lot of

Something about the title of this book screamed “Hallmark Movie!!!” to me, so I had to pick up my own copy and see if my thoughts were spot on. The City Baker’s Guide to Country Living, by Louise Miller was equal parts endearing a charming and I’m SO glad I finally read it!

Olivia Rawlings is an executive pastry chef at a Boston dinner club. After she inadvertently starts a fire in the club with her baked Alaska dish, Olivia relocates to Guthrie, Vermont and lands a job baking at the Sugar Maple Inn. Livvy and her dog, Salty, move into the sugarhouse on the inn’s property and immerse themselves in the small town life. She becomes close with her neighbors, the McCrackens, and forms a special connection with their son, Martin. Orphaned as a young girl, Livvy starts to feel like she finally belongs, but will