Full-Time Child Care Provider Available in Dallas, OR: Samantha V.

$20/hr

10+ years of paid experience

A little bit about me

Hello parents! My name is Samantha Van Schoyck, I'm 30 years old and I have 17 paid years experience looking after children of all ages. I first fell in love with this field of work 17 years ago, when I was hired by my older sister to watch my newborn Nephew full time! I was her full-time babysitter for 8 years. Shortly after, I was introduced to the Lime Family with 7 kids, who I watched for 3 years. Next, was the Agee family with 3 boys, I was their nanny for almost 2 years- being able to overcome challenges where I could come up with a conflict resolutions that was not only aproved by their therapist, but also loved and used by the boys, was beyond rewarding! Last but most certainly not least, the Mack family of 3 super hero girls was the last family I was blessed to nanny for 2 beautiful years.
Even the challenging days are cherished, no matter how emotionally charged a day can get, it always ends with laughter, smiles, and hugs goodnight after reading a bed time story (or three)!

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Availability

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Everyday 5:00AM - 10:00PM

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

Work Experience

10+ years of experience caring for:

Infants (0-11 months)

Toddlers (1-3 years)

Preschoolers (4-9 years)

Grade-schoolers (10-12 years)

High-schoolers (13-17 years)

More About Me

Activities I enjoy doing with children...

Painting, collecting nature outside such as: different colored leaves, fallen flowers, twigs, small stones, ect and using what we find for arts and crafts, going to the library for public book readings, as well as interactive playing with other children, and not to forget, picking out bed time/nap time books to read. For those extra rainy days, I like to suggest show and tell since it's an activity that is not only really exciting for the kiddos to participate in, but it's also an activity that easily gets them fully engaged! Show and tells start with the child or children "brainstorming" on what they want to show and tell the audience, once they figured out what that will be, they get x amount of time to come up with their "performance" (skit/ presentation) when they're ready, they can jump on stage and wow the audience with their show and tell performance! Often times, the item the child chooses will be played with throughout day, which I find to be a great way to integrate old toys.

The most important part about being a nanny...

Is being receptive and intune with the children's emotions. Emotions can be very big for such little kiddos! Being able to recognize when a child is feeling big emotions and working through that with them is SO important because it not only teaches them to also recognize when they are feeling overwhelmed by big emotions, but long term will help them learn how to talk about their feelings, process their emotions, and learn healthy ways to release big emotions that need to be released. Big emotions can be excitement, nervousness (anxiety), sadness, disappointment or even jealousy. Knowing how these emotions can be very overwhelming to feel when you're unable to recognize them, and how not being able to recognize, communicate about or process these emotions will can cause them to manifest as tantrums, outbursts or withdrawn behaviors is why I feel that being able to be receptive and intune with the children's emotions is one of the most important skills any nanny should have.