Full-Time Child Care Provider Available in Scottsdale, AZ: Lesley M.

$22/hr

A little bit about me

I have over a decade of experience watching children of all ages and disciplines. I believe providing a secure space for children to discover their own creative gifts, all the while providing guidance along the way, is the best way for a child to develop a good sense of who they are and who they are becoming.

Some of the principles I desire to teach are open communication and transparency. I prefer to work with children who have a creative nature because I have a creative nature and that is the way I was brought up.

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Availability

Start: ASAP

Mon, Thu-Sat 7:00AM - 7:30PM

Tue-Wed 9:00AM - 7:30PM

Full-time

Live-out

Age Groups

Infants

Toddlers

Preschoolers

Grade-schoolers

How often do you need a child care provider?

Full-Time Part-Time

Qualifications

Certifications

Driver’s License

Other

Car

Light housekeeping

Meal prep

Special needs

Work Experience

No experience of experience caring for:

Infants (0-11 months)

Toddlers (1-3 years)

Preschoolers (4-9 years)

Grade-schoolers (10-12 years)

More About Me

Relevant experience where I also cared for children were...

Girl aged 6 months-1.5 years - I looked after this toddler on and off for 2 years. I would take weekend trips with the parents, and while the parents were out enjoying themselves we would play games and practice walking.

Girl aged 6 years - I would look after this girl on and off for one year. We would play her favorite games, I would prepare her snacks and I would put her to bed before her parents got home.

2 girls ages 7 and 8 years - I have looked after these two girls on and off since 2019. I have prepared them snacks and full meals, helped them with homework, driven them to extracurriculars and kids play places, and taken them out shopping in busy shopping centers when the parents wanted me to do so.

Activities I enjoy doing with children...

Playing with their favorite toys, preparing their favorite snacks, working on creative crafts, drawing or painting, puzzles, etc. I do my best to minimize screen time.

The most important part about being a nanny...

Teaching kids how to speak what is on their mind and connect to their emotions, so they can speak about what is on their conscious as well. A person can only ever be as successful as their communication skills.

My experience with special needs children...

I have monitored a 6 year old girl with Autism Spectrum Disorder several times. I have read a fair bit about ASD and have applied what I have read while monitoring her, and we have developed a good amount of trust and respect because of it.

The most important part about being a nanny...

While I was monitoring this 6 year old girl with ASD, she wanted to hold my pet rabbit. I allowed her to hold him because he was always a well behaved pet, but she wasn’t handling him properly and he nipped her finger because of it. She got very upset and the others around us didn’t know what to do about it. Kids with ASD are very emotionally sensitive and prone to hyper-stimulation, and because I know that I gave her lots of extra time and space to calm down before calmly explaining to her that he didn’t want to hurt her and it wasn’t anything she did, he was just a little bunny and thought her finger was a carrot. She felt so much better after the thorough explanation and a hug, and it made me feel great to know that I had done my job properly.