[Continue reading...]Meme
February 21, 2016 Leave a Comment
Heart Animal Valentine’s Cards
February 10, 2016 Leave a Comment
Creative Wednesdays Kids love making and receiving Valentine’s cards for Valentine’s Day on February 14. Make plenty of Valentine’s Day cards for family, classmates, and friends. We traced different sized heart-shaped cookie cutters on holiday colored construction paper to make these animal Valentine’s cards. Have the kids use their imaginations to use the different sized hearts to create animals. […]
[Continue reading...]Symmetry Valentine’s Heart
February 3, 2016 Leave a Comment
Creative Projects Symmetry can be used to make Valentine’s Cards at an early age with this very simple art project. Explain to the little ones that if you cut something in half and both sides look exactly the same, they are symmetrical. Allow the children to experiment using different sized drops of paint and spaces […]
[Continue reading...]The Importance of Being On Time for Nannies and Parents
February 1, 2016 Leave a Comment
Respecting Professional Boundaries To maintain a good working relationship both nannies and parents need to be on time. With an occasional emergency, hurricane or snow storm, or train delay as an exception, parents cannot get to work on time if their nanny arrives to work late, and nannies resent when parents don’t call them to […]
[Continue reading...]Crumb Cap Bib
January 31, 2016 Leave a Comment
Product Review Sunday Do you care for a child that squishes food in their hair at mealtime? The Crumb Cap was created by a mom of three, out of necessity, to prevent her toddler from squishing food in her hair during meals. It eased the stress and mess of mealtime and will surely help with […]
[Continue reading...]Ball in a Funnel: Indoor Science Fun
January 25, 2016 Leave a Comment
Creating Low Atmospheric Pressure Here is an easy indoor science project to do with the kids. What will happen when you blow a ball in a funnel? No matter hard you blow the ball, the ball will remain inside the funnel. Logic suggests that the ball will hover or fly out of the funnel. But […]
[Continue reading...]Lace a Mitten Filled with Animals and Read “The Mitten” by Jan Brett
January 22, 2016 1 Comment
Creative Children’s Book Project There are few books as loved by kids as The Mitten by Jan Brett. Winter is a great time to read this beloved children’s book and do this cute craft with the kids in your care. As you read the book the kids will love when a Ukaranian boy named Nikki loses […]
[Continue reading...]Penguin Fun: Crafts and Books
January 13, 2016 Leave a Comment
Weekly Trip to the Library What child doesn’t like penguins? And now that’s it is cold outside it’s the perfect time to read and doing indoor crafts. This week I borrowed books from the library about penguins and has the kids make some penguins from different shapes cut out from colored construction paper. If you […]
[Continue reading...]When One Door Closes, Many More Open
December 23, 2015 Leave a Comment
Did You Have an Unexpected Change or Loss this Year? Have you ever not been hired for a nanny job you wanted, been fired unexpectedly, got in a terrible fight with a friend, or had a messy romantic break up? When bad and unexpected changes occur in life it may feel like the end of […]
[Continue reading...]Brown Paper Gingerbread Garland
December 16, 2015 1 Comment
Creative Projects Making gingerbread men and women is a winter holiday tradition making this the perfect time to let kids trace, cut, and decorate gingerbread garland made out of brown paper bags. Here’s how to make this easy holiday decoration. You Will Need: Brown Paper Bags Pencil Safety Scissors Gingerbread Man Template or Cookie Cutter […]
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