Bethany

About Me

From September 2019 - April 2021 I lived and worked as an Au Pair in America for 3 wonderful children. Everyday was an adventure and so much fun. Together we would come up with a variety of activities and crafts to do which meant we would do something different every week. I found myself to be quite creative and spent lots of time either on my own or with the children, making things for them to do. For example we made our own board games and halloween costumes. Not only did we focus on holidays/birthdays but also different cultures and events from around the world. We loved to bake a lot and did many fun things from decorating cookies to our very own family version of great British bake off!

I'm very active and play sports/attend the gym often. Plus, I'm used to being on my feet everyday! The children were very active too so we were always outside and running around. With the eldest child (10) we tried new sports or I would teach him sports I have experience in.

As I was in America during covid, I took on the role as teacher and conducted lessons and educational activities daily to keep the children up to date. I mainly focused on the younger two, aged 4 and 5 at the time so learning how to count, tell the time, the alphabet, reading and writing! I ensured every lesson was engaging and thoroughly enjoyed doing this during my time away.
Since the age of 18 I have been travelling all over the world learning about different cultures and languages. Not only does it help me to develop socially but it allows me to have more wisdom and life experience, both I think are very important to pass on to tiny minds.

In order to be considered for the role of Au Pair I had to hold a minimum of 400 hours working with children which I have gained over the years through coaching sports, teaching lessons and baby sitting. My sports growing up were trampolining and badminton, both I competed in and went on to coach both for several years for ages 3-15. At school I took a sports diploma which required me to teach 2 lessons per week to ages 11-17 in a range of sports. For this I would have to conduct risk assessments, lesson plans and work with up to 30 children at a time.

During my time as an au pair, the parents left me 4 times for whole weekends with the children so I have experience working over extended periods of time as well as shifts.

I have a playful imagination and enjoy helping little minds to develop which is why I enjoy this role so much!