Creative Projects and Recipes to Share with Kids Today is Saint Patrick’s Day. Start the day with the kids by serving them some shamrock-shaped pancakes and green milk, make lunch with rainbow toast or Irish Soda Bread, serve corned beef and cabbage for dinner, and share Irish Potatoes (a candy) for dessert. Don’t forget to have the little ones follow a […]
Saint Patrick’s Day Fun By far my favorite activity to do with kids on Saint Patrick’s Day is a game in which I have the kids follow leprechaun footprints. All you need to do is cut out foot prints from green construction paper or spray your footprints in the snow with green water. Then hide […]
Books Make the Perfect Christmas Gift Reading Christmas books to children is a great holiday tradition. It enhances their beautiful memories of Christmas, as they are snuggled up close and warm, feeling secure, and loved. Reading Christmas books add to that certain magic only a child’s imagination could create. The best fictional Christmas books are […]
Thanksgiving Arts N’ Crafts As nannies one of our most important roles is to help the kids in our care develop positive self-esteem and self-worth. And with Thanksgiving right around the corner, there’s no better time to help kids appreciate all they have. We should make an effort to make thankfulness the topic of conversation […]
Coping With Difficult Bosses No one wants to be criticized. When you try your best at a job and try to keep a good attitude it’s really hard to remain motivated if you are consistently criticized. If you have a boss that micro-manages your work or nit-picks, remember that their criticisms are in no way […]
Do the Kids Know What a Democracy Is? When I asked nannies if we should share our own political beliefs with the children left in our care I was expecting everyone to answer, “No,” because we obviously want to shield kids from nasty campaign ads and mean-spirited comments from presidential candidates attacking one another. But then, […]
Arts n’ Crafts Jessica Eulo, a nanny in New Jersey, was kind enough to send us some project ideas to do with acorns. Jessica had the kids gather acorns and then paste them to cardboard in the shapes of the first letters of their names (see her photo to the left). Acorns have the natural shape […]
A nanny can charge more when their services are likely to be in higher demand, such as on holidays. We recommend you charge more than your usual rate if you plan to work on New Year’s Eve. Ask yourself if you even want to work on New Year’s Eve. If you would rather have the […]
https://bethebestnanny.com/ What is Your Favorite Nanny Blog? I hope you enjoy visiting How to Be the Best Nanny Blog regularly. We aren’t the only nanny blog available. There are tons of resources for nannies online but it’s really hard to find blogs specifically written for nannies that post regularly. If a blog hasn’t posted at […]
Cooking With Kids It is apple harvest time and no apple treat is more loved and easier to make than Apple Crisp. Let the kids mix up the dry ingredients to make this quick and easy dessert. It’s so yummy my charges and I made this Betty Crocker Apple Crisp recipe twice this week! The kids […]
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