A Teen's Guide to Employment: Babysitting
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Babysitting Calculator
What do I charge?
This rate calculator takes into account special services you might provide in addition to babysitting, such as cooking or cleaning, watching children under 3, and more.
- Babysitting CalculatorFrom babysitting-rates.com
Babysitter's Checklist
Are you prepared?
Keep each child's bedtimes, allergies, emergency contacts, etc. all in one place. Use this handy form!
Books
Kid Sitter Basics by Call Number: YA 649.1 StuISBN: 0967644801Publication Date: 1999-11-01The topics covered include everything from treating sitting as your first job to basic first aid and CPR. You can also learn about playtime activities, bathing, diapering, bedtime tasks and first aid and emergency guidelines.
The Babysitter's Handbook by Call Number: J 649.1 BroISBN: 1593692803Publication Date: 2007-03-01Find out how you can become the best babysitter on your block with this bestselling title from American Girl. Learn how to calm kids, feed finicky eaters, control tantrums, entertain, change diapers, and more!
Babysitting Certification
Periodically, the library will hold babysitting certification workshops for teens ages 12 and up. Learn first aid, what to do in an emergency, and more! The next workshop will be help on Saturday, April 9th, 2016.
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Fun Activities
- Read a story together
- Have a tea party
- Build a blanket fort
- Draw pictures for them to color
- Play finger puppets with them
- Try a boardgame or a puzzle
- Visit the playground, if allowed
- Play Hide & Seek
- Put on some music and dance together
- Do an easy craft together
- Fingerpainting