Cooking With Kids It is almost Saint Patrick’s Day. So make sure you have the ingredients you will need to make shamrock pancakes for the kids for breakfast on the holiday. You can use a box of pancake mix and green food coloring, but the children will have more fun measuring and mixing all the […]
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St. Patrick’s Day Project St. Patrick’s Day is coming up so there is no better time to start doing green crafts for the popular Irish holiday. The shamrock is known as a symbol of Ireland, with St. Patrick having used it as a metaphor for the Christian Trinity, according to legend. The four-leaf clover is […]
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Nanny Confessions: We Must Teach Kids to Love Books I confess, it is sometimes hard for me to make time to read to kids everyday. But, no matter how busy the day gets, it’s vital to read aloud to children to help them learn to love reading. You don’t have to like reading yourself. You […]
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Nannies Help Reduce Parental and Child Stress When adults are stressed-out, the kids in their care get stressed-out. Raising a family is stressful. When nannies help parents, they help reduce both their employer’s and their charges’ stress levels. Stress in children can be detrimental to a child’s health and development. The body reacts to stressful […]
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Product Review Sunday: Products Nannies Love As all nannies and au pairs that have traveled with families know, lugging bulky and heavy car seats is frustrating and cumbersome. That’s why I absolutely love, and highly recommend, using the BubbleBum Inflatable Car Booster Seat when traveling with children. The BubbleBum Inflatable Car Booster Seat is a great product for caregivers and […]
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Book Review by Kids for Kids Book Review by Alena 10-Years-Old Can you imagine being locked up, hiding from the Nazis in the time of the Holocaust? If you read The Upstairs Room by Johanna Reiss you will learn that’s what two Jewish sisters, Annie and Sini, had to do for years. The sisters had […]
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Creative Projects to Do With Kids Have the kids hold a crayon or pen between their toes and try to draw or write on a piece of paper. Simply put some paper on the floor and have the kids take off their shoes and socks and stick a crayon between their toes. The artwork will […]
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Nanny Confessions: I Need the Parents to Help with Homework Too Obviously when working as a nanny I must ensure that the kids in my care do their homework. But, I confess I resent it if I am the only adult helping the kids with their homework. I confess that I need the parents support and […]
[Continue reading...]Respecting Professional Boundaries for Nannies Professional in-home childcare providers should be CPR/First Aid certified. The American Red Cross First Aid/CPR/AED program is a comprehensive training program designed to help caregivers recognize and respond appropriately to cardiac, breathing, and first aid emergencies. Nannies can find a location to get certified, or renew their certification (every two […]
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Cooking for Kids My employers gave me a slow cooker for my birthday and I love making their kids recipes from Food Made Fast: Slow Cooker (Williams -Sonoma) in the slow cooker. When I make a lot of pulled pork I serve the extras to the contractors that work in the same house as I […]
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