I love to play outside with children and take them out as much as possible. I enjoy playing with them and adapting to whatever the parents needs are for the child.

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 seeing how joyful and excited they are to learn and experience new things. There is so much to be learned from caring for children, and it makes me so happy to see their propensity for bouncing back and having open hearts and minds. I enjoy playing games (board games, card games, make believe games, and maybe video games), as well as reading to kids. It is always fun to write and draw (sidewalk chalk!) with children, to let their imaginations run free. I have found that I have a good time making food with children (nothing dangerous of course), because the process always ends in laughs, when we show each other our favorite foods and our craziest masterpieces. As long as the activity is safe and parent-approved, I'm down for just about anything!

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.

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!

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.