{"id":8523,"date":"2019-07-17T17:54:58","date_gmt":"2019-07-17T15:54:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bemynounou.com\/?page_id=8523\/"},"modified":"2019-07-17T18:00:04","modified_gmt":"2019-07-17T16:00:04","slug":"babysitting-materials","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bemynounou.com\/en\/babysitting-materials\/","title":{"rendered":"Tools, Activities for Kids"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Because play is an essential part of a children\u2019s development, at Be My Nounou we truly value games and activities as the greatest way of learning a new language.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you are part of our BAE (Babysitter Awesome and Enthusiastic), it is for your creativity and your curious personality, your ability to inspire children and offer them your ideas. But you may need a little help sometimes. The breakdowns of inspiration, the syndrome of the white sheet, it happens to everyone! That&#8217;s why the Be My Nounou team offers you an activity booklet and an activity box filled with gifts and ideas for children&#8217;s activities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bemynounou.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/17.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8491 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bemynounou.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/17.png\" alt=\"activities\" width=\"500\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bemynounou.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/17.png 500w, https:\/\/www.bemynounou.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/17-300x180.png 300w, https:\/\/www.bemynounou.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/17-243x146.png 243w, https:\/\/www.bemynounou.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/17-50x30.png 50w, https:\/\/www.bemynounou.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/17-125x75.png 125w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The goal is to communicate in English only with the children during the time of guard thanks to the material provided by the agency to help the children to learn the language of Shakespeare! And as we learn faster a new language by playing, get ready to have a lot of fun with your little French kids!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Good to know\u00a0<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>:<\/strong> You are in any case obliged to use the material provided by the agency. As a creative nounou, you can add you own personal touch by submitting you ideas, games and activities that you may know or have already tried with other kids.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before your first day with the family, you will pick up at the agency an activity box for the children especially designed to introduce you in a \u00ab friendly way \u00bb to the kids you will babysits <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(With gifts, the contact passes immediately more easily, you do not agree?)<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and facilitate the learning of a new language in a fun way. You\u2019ll find inside:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fingers puppets<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">English cards game<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">English child booklet<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bilingual flashcards book<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Blocks and manipulative play and many others surprise!<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We also provide to our nounous a monthly thematic program of activities that allows our English speaking nannies to propose activities and games during the childcare in English such as:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We also provide you a monthly program of thematic activities that will allow you as an Anglophone tutor to propose activities and games in English such as:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cooking recipe<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dance choreography<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thematic flashcards<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Song and rhymes<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scientific experiences<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DIY arts and crafts<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stories and early literacy<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fun worksheet<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Outdoor and indoor games<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dramatic play<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Coloring pages<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Printable accessories \u2026<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Every 6 weeks, the activity book is on based on an event theme that marks the month: summer holidays, halloween festivities, back to school, spring blossom, music festival, Christmas wishlist, etc. Everything is an excuse to play in order to learn English\u2026 in fun!<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>How to use the activity book?<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a \u00ab nounou \u00bb for Be My Nounou, you aren\u2019t teachers, but English babysitters tutors who adapt to the age, personality, hobbies and desires of each child.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Depending on parents&#8217; recommendations and childcare time, you can come up with one or more activities from the program that allow children to play while learning a new language.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For short time babysitting, enjoy reading activities and quiet games. For long guards, you can start making a cooking recipe or role playing games. The guard is based on a fun and tailor-made immersion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All activities developed by the team are designed to help children memorize vocabulary. Activities can be manual or sports, educational games or fun activities to encourage children to play while learning a new language with a native or bilingual speaker.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Depending on the age and autonomy of the child, you will have to supervise or assist with the execution of activities, while remaining at the child\u2019s disposal in case of questions or difficulties.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When you are planning activities with children, it is important to remember to:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Interact with the children<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Use repetition<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Introduce new material<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Be flexible<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Allow breaks<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Through games and activities of the booklet as well as by daily actions, the goal is for the children to learn a new language with her or his BAE (Babysitter Awesome and Enthusiastic). While having fun!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tip<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: For multiple guards, the nanny will make sure to bring children together around a game to promote exchange and communication in English.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Because play is an essential part of a children\u2019s development, at Be My Nounou we truly value games and activities as the greatest way of learning a new language. 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