I love working with children because they always brighten my day. I love how they can be so excited to do something as simple as go outside or play with a certain toy. I entertain children by taking them on walks, playing with their toys, watching part of their favorite movie, or playing games with them! I love playing hide and seek with kids and playing on the playground!

I love encouraging kids to learn and explore their surroundings through play! I love making different sensory activities, reading books, making arts and crafts and creating fun games to play indoors and outdoors!

As an athlete, I enjoy most forms of physical activity. I also like to bake, read, listen to music, and color for relaxation.

My favorite thing about working with children is the learning opportunity that sometimes is overlooked. Personally, each of the children I have babysat has taught me something that I would have never known (whether it be something as simple as how to play a video game) and I know that they have learned things from me also (like the importance of safety when playing indoors and outdoors). To me entertaining a child can consists of many activities, but the most important part is letting the child know that you are interested and continuously engaging with them. I know that children are always looking to show us something and they truly appreciate it when we show our excitement towards their activities/ passions. For example, a child I have been babysitting for the past 3 summers LOVES online games/ videos and his dog. Because of this, I always show interest in whatever game he wants me to play or whenever he wants to go outside I make sure his dog is with us.

My favorite thing about working with children is how different and creative each and every one of them are. I entertain every child uniquely since every one has their own interests and I always base the activities we do off of what they like to do or what you, the parent would like me to implement.

My favorite thing about working with children is the relationships that are built effortlessly. Children just love and are so simple to entertain from tag to hide and seek games. If we don't want to play games crafts are huge for me, I think kids learn a lot of life traits from simple tasks like staying in the lines in a coloring book to following directions in a craft manual.

What I enjoy about working with kids is how fun they are. They always seem to have this infectious amount of energy and happiness. When babysitting I typically will color, do crafts, play board games and go outside with the children.