Questions for language babysitter/nanny?
Jul 29, 2017 6:01:16 GMT 9
Post by Nellie on Jul 29, 2017 6:01:16 GMT 9
Well, we have now moved and our languages are switching places! I'll keep the ML and mls right now as they are in my profile, because of the circumstances that I'll describe below, but I'll change them at the beginning of the school year!
We arrived in Paris on Monday and I started my new job on Tuesday. Quite strange for me to all of a sudden be switching to English and French at work! In order to ease the transition, we have hired a native Spanish (Latin American) speaker to take care of our daughter from 9-3 every weekday until she starts school in September. I'm really glad we decided to do so, as she seems a bit shaken by the move and sudden separation from her friends, and she is clearly very, very happy to be able to speak in her favourite language with someone who actually speaks it back to her!
We have taken her to the park and she seems thrown by the fact that the other children are speaking French. The first day she spent most of the time sitting next to us on the bench; on subsequent days she has tried to socialise but she continues to try to communicate in Spanish with the other children, which makes them either just stare back at her or run away! It will take a bit of time I guess.
Anyway, the reason that I'm writing is that we are hiring (via an agency) a babysitter to look after her every Wednesday afternoon. Unlike the babysitter she has currently, which is just 'fun', the Wednesday one is supposed to be a sort of ''pedagogical" babysitter who will develop her Spanish skills through a method developed by the agency (so more structured, but still play-based).
I have a first interview with a possible babysitter next week, via skype. Would you have any advice on questions I should ask or how I should conduct the interview? There will be an in-person one later down the track (these interviews are arranged by the agency, so the major issues e.g. qualifications, security training etc are all taken care of by them). Thanks!
We arrived in Paris on Monday and I started my new job on Tuesday. Quite strange for me to all of a sudden be switching to English and French at work! In order to ease the transition, we have hired a native Spanish (Latin American) speaker to take care of our daughter from 9-3 every weekday until she starts school in September. I'm really glad we decided to do so, as she seems a bit shaken by the move and sudden separation from her friends, and she is clearly very, very happy to be able to speak in her favourite language with someone who actually speaks it back to her!
We have taken her to the park and she seems thrown by the fact that the other children are speaking French. The first day she spent most of the time sitting next to us on the bench; on subsequent days she has tried to socialise but she continues to try to communicate in Spanish with the other children, which makes them either just stare back at her or run away! It will take a bit of time I guess.
Anyway, the reason that I'm writing is that we are hiring (via an agency) a babysitter to look after her every Wednesday afternoon. Unlike the babysitter she has currently, which is just 'fun', the Wednesday one is supposed to be a sort of ''pedagogical" babysitter who will develop her Spanish skills through a method developed by the agency (so more structured, but still play-based).
I have a first interview with a possible babysitter next week, via skype. Would you have any advice on questions I should ask or how I should conduct the interview? There will be an in-person one later down the track (these interviews are arranged by the agency, so the major issues e.g. qualifications, security training etc are all taken care of by them). Thanks!
I can so imagine how your little one can be thrown (I'd be if I were her age!) by the language change. But time will help, especially when she'll realise that she can communicate with them using her knowledge of French. 
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