What Are Your Favorite Easter Books for Children?Click here to see what the basic symbols of Easter mean and our children’s books about Easterlast year.
April Showers Bring May Flowers Children’s Books and Activities About Rain
April 16, 2011 3 Comments
Weekly Trip to the Library It is Spring and in many parts of the country it rains a lot in the Spring. Below we recommend some great children children’s books about rain with corresponding activities to do with your charges with and/or in the rain. So, read these books and put on your rain slickers […]
How Do Seeds Grow?
April 9, 2011 1 Comment
Weekly Trip to the Library for Nannies and Au Pairs It’s Spring and a great time to teach kids about how plants grow. We suggest reading How a Seed Grows by Helene J. Jordan. Then, do a simple project of planting a bean so your charges can watch a seed germinate. How a Seed Grows […]
Children’s Books and Activities About Rain
April 2, 2011 1 Comment
Weekly Trip to the Library for Nannies and Au Pairs In many parts of the world, spring brings rain. After reading books about rain (see below) teach your charges about the parts of the water cycle: precipitation, collection, evaporation, and condensation. Make a terranium to show the cycle of rain. Get a small plastic container […]
"Colic Solved" by Dr. Bryan Vartabedian
March 26, 2011 2 Comments
Weekly Trip to the Library for Nannies and Au Pairs This week on the Be the Best Nanny Newsletter blog we discussed colic. If the infant you care for seems to never stop crying we highly recommend reading Colic Solved by Dr. Bryan Vartabedian. It’s estimated that about 1 of 5 babies cry inexplicably. Fifty-years […]
Weekly Trip to the Library
March 19, 2011 2 Comments
Pat the Bunny by Dorothy Kunhardt Dorothy Kunhardt’s Pat the Bunny , published in 1940, is one of the bestselling children’s books of all time. This week at the book store my 13-month old charge picked it out amongst a huge display of children’s books. Pat the Bunny (Touch and Feel Book)is a great first […]
Review for Nannies of "The Healing Power of Humor" by Allen Klein
March 12, 2011 1 Comment
If the Job Gets Tough, Use Child’s Play This past week we discussed all sorts of ways people complain. If you are a nanny or au pair that finds yourself complaining about your job (or even worse dreading it) we suggest using humor to face your problems at work. People who can laugh at their […]
The Attachment Parenting Book: A Commonsense Guide to Understanding and Nurturing Your Baby
March 5, 2011 3 Comments
Weekly Trip to the Library for Nannies and Au Pairs Over the past few days we have been reviewing our favorite baby carriers. The term “babywearing” was coined by renowned attachment parenting advocate and pediatrician, Dr. William Sears. Scientific research has reported that babies who are carried for at least three hours a day cry […]
Babywearing by Maria Blois
February 26, 2011 Leave a Comment
Weekly Trip to the Library for Nannies and Au Pairs This week we asked nannies if the would be willing to carry babies for the majority of their work day if the parents requested it. Then we discussed the dangers of using baby slings with infants under four-months old? To continue the discussion we highly […]
Children’s Books for President’s Day
February 19, 2011 Leave a Comment
Weekly Trip to the Library for Nannies and Au Pairs Monday February 21, 2011 is President’s Day in America. Books can help children of all ages better understand the President’s role in our country. Here are two of our favorite. If I Were President by Catherine Stier and Dyanne Disalvo-Ryan This charming picture book gives […]
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