Choosing a nanny - a complex and demanding task, which is not without a reason frightens many parents. In the search may take a long time, and even the careful selection does not always guarantee that you will not have to deny service to the nurse after the first day that it will conduct with a child. Recommendations how to choose a nanny will help to avoid many mistakes and find the right person quickly.

How to search for a nanny

To begin searching you need in advance, regardless of whether you have to go to work after two months, or a week you go to the wedding of friends, and you need a babysitter for the evening. The longer you delay the start of the search, the more likely that eventually the nurse found not to meet your expectations.

Ask for advice from family, friends or colleagues. If they can recommend a babysitter who regularly use the services themselves, most likely, it will not disappoint you.

You can use the services of an employment agency, but first make sure that there is how to check the people they work with.

An ad in the local newspaper, and even better - a specialized online community, and a detailed description of their requirements for candidates. Remember that in most countries it is not recommended to leave children with nurses, who have not attained the age of sixteen. Specify in the declaration that candidates must have at least two recommendations, and be sure to contact their former employers.

Trust your intuition. If the candidates than in nanny you do not like something, do not use its services, even if you can not explain what is wrong. Women's intuition is rarely wrong, especially when it comes to children.

How to make the right choice

Meet with all suitable candidates personally, and when to select a nanny, be sure to check with her baby, before you leave them alone. Pay attention to how it deals with the child: usually the best babysitter talking quietly, patiently, without syusyukany. In addition, conduct a potential nanny talk, and talk to her about these things:

• Experience

Ask her, what age group, she worked as a nanny for a long time it works, whether it is able to provide first aid, and how they behave, if a child is ill or will misbehave. Her answers have to be calm and detailed, point to the fact that in the difficult situation it is not confused and do not lose control.

• The philosophy of child rearing

People may have very different ideas about the proper upbringing of children, and it should be borne in mind when choosing a nanny for your child. For example, if you do not want your child too much watching TV, make sure that the nurse shares your views. The same applies, for example, use of profanity, and many other aspects of education.

• Free time

Ask the nurse, at which time she will be able to look after the child - in general, it is better to start with, because when you have mismatched charts unlikely to get to work.

• Future plans

Before you hire a nanny is make sure that you can use its services for a long time. As children get used to it, it will be very unpleasant if soon have to look for a replacement. So do not hire a man who in the near future is going to go to another city or country, or to go for a permanent job, he has no plans to combine with childcare.

• Price

Just ask about the cost of the services to avoid possible unpleasant surprises. If female candidates in nanny flexible rates, and she is willing to give up a little in price, this does not mean that it is bad nanny who is willing to work for almost any amount of money; Many women prefer to work with a person who pays a little less than average, but consistently than occasionally sit with the child for more money. At the same time, do not willingly abused nanny slightly reduce the cost of services: remember that good pay is a great motivating tool for most people.

• Religion

Although you can find the perfect nanny among people who do not share your religious beliefs, this item is still of great importance. If religion plays an important role in your life, you will probably prefer that your children are looked after person who belongs to your denomination. Likewise, some atheists would not want that for their children cared for very religious people. If your views on religion are different from those of nurses, in most cases it will be enough to discuss it in advance - ask for it so that it did not discuss religious matters with the child, did not read his thematic literature, and so on. If a person is a staunch supporter of any denomination, you may want to find someone with a more neutral look.

• Habits

If the nanny is smoking, explain to her exactly where in your home you can smoke (or say that you can only smoke on the street - it must treat it with understanding). If you suspect that the candidates in nanny is abusing alcohol or drugs, it is better to abandon its services. Another important point concerns food. If nanny loves junk food (do not hesitate to ask about it), ask for it so that it did not offer the child chips, french fries, and similar products.

Teachers do not get tired of repeating that the game is for all children - not just entertainment, but a way of understanding the world. Educational games were invented in order to be able to combine business with pleasure: the children and the world will know, and good sense in parallel study. In essence, these games - an effective learning tool that transforms serious process into an exciting action. With the help of educational games can teach a child to read, write, perform various mathematical operations, and simply expand his horizons.

The traditional system of schooling is usually different coercive. Because of this, children often a distaste for studies and, as a consequence, reduced performance. Meanwhile, even at school age are much easier to absorb information if it is obtained in the course of the game, and not administratively.

Types of educational games

It is understood that the concept of educational game addressed to kids age three, it will be markedly different from the concept of similar games for kids Good game for kids - The Steadfast Tin Soldier   older. Enormous popularity began to use various computer learning games, each of which is also designed for a specific age contingent - there are even special design for the little ones. According to the degree of fascination, they in no way inferior to the famous "shooter" and "Action", and bring much greater benefits.

Professional educators have traditionally shared by all the educational games into four types: coaching, developing, proper training and combined. Train games allow the child to consolidate and fulfill any useful skills, educational help to identify and develop creative skills, learning games actually become sources of new knowledge and skills, and combo combine elements of both the other and the third. In general, educational games should help to ensure that intellectual and creative abilities have evolved in parallel, perfectly complementing each other.

What gives children educational games?

The value of educational games is determined not only by the fact that they help children easily remember the basic truths such as "twice two is four" and "the birds fly south in the fall" .  They can be used quite successfully develop such an important quality as attention .  And it works only in the process of communicating with an adult who knows how to skillfully asking questions and thoroughly explain to the child that it is at this stage it is required .  There is a simple game called "What's missing? "- It can be played even with small children .  Before a child laid on the table a few of the different subjects, give him a bit of time for him to remember them, then quickly remove all items from the table and asked "player" to call them .  Children younger offered fewer subjects older children - correspondingly larger .  Variants of these games, there are many, and they are simply priceless elements of preparing a child for school .

Educational games also contribute to the development of visual-figurative and logical thinking in children, that is taught to operate with words, numbers and images to compare, classify, generalize, and so on. Educational games for children aimed at improving their sensory abilities, which are primarily reflected in the children's ideas about the external properties of objects - their color, size, smell, taste, position in space.

Finally, any educational game promotes disclosing of creative abilities of the child and the exercise of his memory.

Games designed for preschool children, mainly aimed at the development of fine motor skills, literacy and numeracy skills. Children of primary school age are chosen something like that, which positively affects the ability to concentrate and think logically. And the game should be adjusted so that it could play not only with adults but also with peers.

Svetlana Usankova