We are so excited to officially crown Nery Payne as the 2019 Early Childhood Educator of the Year! About the Award Early childhood educators are critical to a child’s development…
Turning Passion Into Quality Programming
Episode 183 – Every year, the Early Childhood Educator of The Year Award recognizes early educators for their hard work and the impact that they have on their communities. Nery…
January 2020 Product Update: What’s New
The HiMama team has been hard at work building bigger and better features. We’ve been especially focused on improving HiMama’s billing functionality, so if you don’t currently have access to…
How to Understand and Love the “Difficult” Child (With Free Behavior Chart)
When we think of our finest teaching moments, they often include sweet learning experiences where children succeeded in a task that made you proud. But what about the child who…
Practicing Mindfulness When Working With Children
Episode 181 – Early education can be emotional and stressful. In this episode, we interview Richard Cohen, consultant and coach about how he uses his meditation practice to support his…
How I Started My Child Care Business At 20 Years Old
The following is a guest post by Dani Christine. There are a lot of child care providers working for someone else that dream of opening their own program one day….
How to Use Books to Promote Diversity in Early Education Classrooms
Something I’ve seen many educators struggle with is how to introduce the topic of diversity and differences in a classroom. How do we manage to do this without making one…
The Top 10 Preschool Podcast Episodes of 2019
2019 has been a whirlwind of a year for us here at HiMama. We wanted to take the time this holiday season to thank all the wonderful guests that have…
Changing The Status Quo with Quality Early Education
Episode 180 – The Early Learning Neighbourhood Collaborative (ELNC) is making strides in the Grand Rapids community by supporting accessible early childhood education with its model that prioritizes local learning…
Demystifying What Being a Vegan Preschool Means With HiMama
Center Name The Learning Academy Location Port Elgin, Ontario, Canada Years in Operation Under 1 Center Locations 1 Classrooms 4 Capacity 58 Staff 12 Favorite HiMama Feature Sharing healthy recipes…