Live-In Full-Time Nanny Available in Conroe, TX: Gina N.

$15/hr

10+ years of paid experience

A little bit about me

Hi! I am every kid's favorite person to hang out with. I've been a Mom for 31 years, worked in childcare for more than 10 with age 6 weeks to 12 years. I've spent the last five years in a public HS Special Ed. program. I am happy to meet each little (or big) person exactly where they are. Then to begin celebrating each day's amazing set of progress as we go along together. I am interested in finding out each parent and each child's particular goals and what success will mean to them so that I am able to structure our days to follow that path. We are all raising future adults when we are in the day to day grind of raising children and I am am always mindful of what kind of adult I am helping to make? What kind of future am I setting this child up for? These are thoughts I keep while I'm making mud pies and catching minnows or dressing up like a fairy godmother and having a tea party. If you're looking to hire your child's new Grandparent-style best friend, I'd like to hear from you.

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Availability

Start: ASAP

Everyday 5:00AM - 5:00AM

Full-time

Live-in

Age Groups

Infants

Toddlers

Preschoolers

Grade-schoolers

How often do you need a nanny?

Full-Time Part-Time

Qualifications

Other

Light housekeeping

Meal prep

Special needs

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)

Adults (18+ years)

More About Me

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

I have worked in day care facilities for more then ten years. I have also spent the last five years working with Special Education students in a highs school life skills program. I have experience with all ages from 6 wks to 21 yrs old. Some of my friends have had challenges ranging from ADD, ADHD, Autism Spectrum disorder, Asperger's syndrome, brain injury, birth defects, Downs Syndrome, seizure disorders. I'm the kind of fun Good Cop Auntie every kid enjoys hanging out with. I do enforce rules, especially ones that involve safety, but I try to gently remind and redirect more often than I reprimand a child for behaviors. I foster a relationship where a child wants to follow my rules and to please me, they are not forced to. To maybe explain my style, here are two hard rules...
#1 If you use it as a weapon, I have to take it
#2 If it makes me laugh, you're not in trouble.
Again, I am about safety first, and then I'm about having a fun, educational and enjoyable day together.

Activities I enjoy doing with children...

I love finding ways of including math, science and language into everyday activities. The leaf we found, the rain rolling down the window, the apple slices on our plate, etc. I believe in the value of getting dirty. Mud, rain, puddles, dirt, sand, grass ..these are things kids love to experience in their own ways and they learn a ton from experiencing the world around them.
I also love having organized activities that allow kids to do things with their own hands, smell and taste and listen things and learn cool new things that make them feel capable of learning and doing even more.
I love art! Even when it's messy it lets a person express themselves and communicate thoughts.
I am able to only play a tambourine or maracas myself, but music is big in my life. Kids respond to music and want to make music no matter their age or ability and I love that so much.
Reading! I love books. Anytime someone says they hate reading, I find them the right book and prove they actually love reading.

The most important part about being a nanny...

It is most important to be able to establish an honest, open, caring relationship. To create space for expressing all feelings and thoughts and whims without judgement. The honesty and trust in that relationship has to be established so that have an honest view of how to best meet their actual needs and addressing their real goals.

My experience with special needs children...

I have more than a decade of experience working with kids of every age who happen to have some special needs. From mild learning, social or attention issues all the way to nonverbal, sight/hearing impairment and medical fragility, I have been blessed to be able to meet these friends where they were and to work daily to help them achieve their individual goals.

The most important part about being a nanny...

The moment that still gets my tears going is when one of my students who because of his challenges did not speak often learned to say my name and look me in the eye. This was after about two years of being friends. That reward, that honor, that punch in the feelings is a moment I will never, ever forget.