Full-Time Child Care Provider Available in Auburn, WA: Melonie C.

$16.66/hr

10+ years of paid experience

A little bit about me

Hi I have a 15yr old son & a 3 yr old daughter. I do a nanny share with my daughter & 4 yr old boy. Tons of backyard toys (sandbox, pool, slide, swing, roller coaster, trikes, 2 power wheels, scooters, basketball hoops big&small, 12in1 game table, a giant step 2 play structure etc). I have been watching all the kids at a 2 yr olds house in Bellevue since September. I use pre school learning styles. Lots of learning games, trips to the park, library, children's museums, etc. Everest however, is expecting & moving. My last day is 6/21/19. So we are looking for another loving family to bring into our little group we have. It will be Clark & Kennedy. So if you are in need of a nanny MON-FRI & would love for more focused attention in a small group of friends I'm your girl. We do all kinds of activities to learn days of the week, months, colors, numbers, letters, etc. I love to do STEM with them; always keeping their curiosity engaged. I have been with the 4 yr old since he was 9 mn old.

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Availability

Start: ASAP

Full-time

Live-out

Age Groups

Infants

Toddlers

Preschoolers

Grade-schoolers

How often do you need a child care provider?

Full-Time Part-Time

References

Sep 2018 - Jun 2019

Autum

"Melonie was a fantastic nanny. She prepared healthy meals, took our daughter on fun adventures outside and had great communication with us daily before leaving. I LOVE that she is easy going and was flexible with her schedule when my husband or I needed to stay late at work. If you are looking for a great nanny you found it. She even helped with laundry and the dishes. Please reach out to me if you have any further questions. We will be sad to see Melonie go! "

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Qualifications

Certifications

Driver’s License

Other

Car

Light housekeeping

Meal prep

Special needs

Work Experience

10+ years of experience caring for:

Toddlers (1-3 years)

High-schoolers (13-17 years)

More About Me

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

I was an art docent for my son's class his entire elementary school career. I also helped out with my brother and god daughter tramendously when they were growing up. He is 22 now and she is 6.

Activities I enjoy doing with children...

I love keeping tiny hands engaged. I love science experiments. We do walking water that shows what happens to water in tree roots. We give ants colored sugar water amd watch rainbow ants scurry around because they have translucent abdomens. I get kiwi crates for them. We have 2 dress up bins. We lobe going to the library. Going to the park children's museums the zoo etc. The girls were in dance 30 min once a week before it ended and they decided to move home. We do nature scavenger hunts. We just made windchimes for father's day out of the things we gathered from our last hunt. We have dance parties and sing karaoke. We love to pretend and will put on little plays they did frozen that went to the soundtrack. We made our own zoo with stuffys and action figures on a day that was too yucky to go to the actual zoo. We had 35 different exhibits. They made their own tickets ad paid for them with our learning money. They used their money to buy snacks from a concession stand they made.😊😎

The most important part about being a nanny...

Keeping little hands and minds engaged and off of technology is vital! You can always learn with everything you do while having a blast doing it!😊😎 treating them like little people with repect and dignity is also very important. Keeping a behavior chart to hold them accountable for their actions helps instill responsibility manners and that there are consequences for your actions. I am not cold by any means quite the opposite actually but crocodile tears don't work on me only the real thing and it makes them giggle when I tell them I just got back from the doctor and he told me I severely allergic to whining! 😂😂🤣🤣

My experience with special needs children...

My son has add. My brother has adhd. And my best friend's brother has aspergurs. I was first aid and cpr certified but it lapsed and I just haven't gotten recertified but have no problem doing that if it would make you feel more comfortable.

The most important part about being a nanny...

Is seeing them finally grasp something that they've been struggling with. Watching them light up grow and learn blows me away everytime. It's so heartwarming and satisfying.