Catharine W.

Meet Catharine

• Speaks English
• Comfortable with pets
• Has a car

I have been babysitting children since I was 11 years old. I have babysat children ranging from infancy to 16 years old. In addition to my babysitting experience, I worked as a dive coach at my local summer pool for the past 6 years. As a coach, I worked with kids ranging from 4 to 18 years old, I had to take many courses not only on coaching but on safety precautions as well, and I am CPR certified. For the past two summers, I have worked in the day-care center at the Equinox Bethesda gym where I'm responsible for 3 month olds to 12 years olds, and where sometimes there is up to 20 kids at a time (don't worry I have one other co-workers!). As a coach and as a day-care employee, I have had a lot of experience with stressful situations regarding the kids, and communicating with Read more their parents. also have experience working in a pre-school for two years, taken 3 years of a child development class in high school, and a fourth grade classroom as a teachers assistant with students who needed extra help with reading and writing. With all my experience, I have always loved working with kids, whether it is babysitting, working in a classroom, or coaching. A while back I decided I wanted to work with kids, older or younger, and be a teacher in some way. I am very into arts and crafts, going on adventures (going on a walk with a dog or going to a park if there's no pet), and being very active with the kids. I have always had a great time with kids because there is never a moment where the conversation is dull, and I love to listen to whatever they have to say. I am also good at my job because I understand that while I am there to have fun and be a friend, I am also there to make sure a child is playing safe and playing kindly/fairly (if there is more than one kid). I am kind, caring, fun, and outgoing, but when it comes down to it, I am not afraid to be strict in order to keep a child safe and to uphold any rules that the parents might tell me to enforce (like no TV past a certain time). If you have any additional questions for me feel free to ask, I've got plenty of experience with kids to answer them! :)

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