one to one childcare Archives - TLC Family Care Where Family Comes First Wed, 20 Apr 2022 00:27:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 /wp-content/uploads/2017/08/cropped-hearts-for-favicon-32x32.png one to one childcare Archives - TLC Family Care 32 32 Is Make-Believe Healthy? /blog/is-make-believe-healthy/ Tue, 12 Apr 2022 11:24:34 +0000 /?p=7747 Young children take life literally. They view all situations as “good” or “bad.” Water is either “hot” or “cold.” Young children do not assign “degrees” to any situation, and in the young child’s world, everything is real. The three-year-old has absolutely no doubt that Sponge Bob or Dora the Explorer really exists. These characters are…

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Young children take life literally. They view all situations as “good” or “bad.” Water is either “hot” or “cold.” Young children do not assign “degrees” to any situation, and in the young child’s world, everything is real. The three-year-old has absolutely no doubt that Sponge Bob or Dora the Explorer really exists. These characters are just as “real” to the child as Mommy and Daddy. Santa can circle the globe and visit every child on the planet in a single night and the Easter Bunny can deliver baskets of colored eggs just like Daddy can make the car go and Mommy can make food magically appear.聽

In my opinion, make-believe is not only healthy, it is essential. Make believe helps a child to make sense of the world around him. He assigns his perceptions of a person, place, or thing with the help of make-believe.

There are those who advocate removing all make-believe from childhood. These experts tell us that make believe causes children to delay their perception of their reality. Shame on them! Too much “reality” isn’t good for adults much less little kids.

Grown-ups attend movies and plays and get caught up in the action on the screen or on the stage. Just for a moment, they believe what they are seeing and hearing. Adults, of course, can separate fact from fiction and fantasy from reality. Kids will learn to make those distinctions as they grow older. Meanwhile, that fantasy is helping them learn how to deal with life in a safe and nonthreatening way.

As long as the make-believe is healthy and doesn’t desensitize the child (make killing seem good and evil seem desirable), I see no harm in make-believe.

 

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Nanny Jobs for Teachers /blog/nanny-jobs-for-teachers/ /blog/nanny-jobs-for-teachers/#respond Tue, 21 Jul 2020 11:29:11 +0000 http://www.tlcforkids.com/blog/?p=2747 Nannies and teachers are alike in many ways.聽 More and more teachers are thinking about leaving the classroom to become聽 nannies. Nannying gives teachers the聽 opportunity to work with kids on a one-on-one basis. Here we explore how you can translate your teaching experience into effective childcare as a 屌毛成人导航nanny! Nannies, like…

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Nannies and teachers are alike in many ways.聽 More and more teachers are thinking about leaving the classroom to become聽 nannies. Nannying gives teachers the聽 opportunity to work with kids on a one-on-one basis. Here we explore how you can translate your teaching experience into effective childcare as a nanny!

Nannies, like teachers, have to pull from a broad skill set in their work. One of the most important qualities a teacher has is creativity. If you have teaching experience of any kind, you are probably more creative than even you realize. Whether you鈥檝e had to create art projects and games, modify lesson plans to suit your students鈥 needs, or invent new ways to motivate students, you have had to think outside the box to find what works best for your class. You can use the same effort you put into engaging your students, to come up with a variety of activities and adventures for the children now in your care as a TLC nanny.

As a teacher, meticulous planning and creative lesson plans are never quite enough; students always manage to come up with new ways to challenge you. The patience and kindness you show in these situations are important skills for any nanny. When you are caring for a child, it can be difficult to stay 鈥渙n鈥 at all times and be positive at any given moment 鈥 particularly if you are tired, or distracted, or don鈥檛 really want to read the same book to your kids for the fifth time today. But if you have teaching experience, this is a hurdle you鈥檝e jumped often. If you can produce the patience and fairness to be a good teacher to your students, you鈥檒l find you have that same ability as a nanny.

Like teaching, nannying can be unpredictable work. There are many times when you need to strike that perfect balance between being reliable and flexible. You know how important it is to leave space in your schedule in case you have to deal with a last-minute issue; you know to always come prepared with an activity, but ready to abandon or modify it to suit your kids鈥 needs. That balance is at the heart of any work in which you are tending to the needs of other people.

Taking care of children, whether as a teacher or as a nanny, challenges you to use the best parts of yourself 鈥 your creativity, your compassion, your dependability, your flexibility, and so much more. That鈥檚 exactly why it鈥檚 such rewarding work.聽 If you would like to apply for a TLC nanny position please visit our website.

 

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