Lauren Charles

• Established positive relationships with parents and guardians by regularly communicating student progress.
• Taught children foundational skills in colors, shapes and letters.
• Curated a safe and secure environment for children.
• Encouraged children to be understanding of others, show good manners and instructed in other social development behaviors.
• Conducted classroom activities to stimulate physical, mental, and social development of preschool students.
• Incorporated music, art, games, books, blocks, puzzles into daily instruction.
• Developed lesson plans that incorporated creative teaching techniques.
• Organized educational materials and resources to create an engaging learning environment.
• Developed professional relationships with parents, teachers, directors and therapists.

• Shop for 7 kids dietary and preferential wants and needs.
• Maintain a organized and smooth flow of the day to day activities.
• Stay on top of scheduling appointments, PTCs, activities, and play dates.
• Engage in activities with the kids to maintain trust and a healthy bond.
• Teach kids personal responsibility and pride in themselves and the things they do.
• Character building conversations as well as volunteering and practicing kindness any chance we get.

My first nanny experience was absolutely wonderful from start to finish. The family and I communicated well and had very consistent education goals for their boys. I taught the twins how to write their own names and each others names by the time they were 3.5 and we potty trained and learned shapes and animals and colors and letters as well as kindness and compassion. I took the boys to their local parents as teachers every week and their regularly scheduled Dr. appointments/vaccines as well as swim lessons and play dates. The twins were almost 2 when I started with them and were ready to start preschool when I left.

In my first fulltime childcare position I gained valuable lifelong knowledge about different age groups, activities, expectations and overall skills required to care for a large group of children. I came to realize childcare was my calling and that I love working with kids full time. I found the blessing behind getting to nurture and teach young children not only ABC's, shapes, and colors, but also KINDNESS, and to SHARE and to BE a friend. Being a good human starts YOUNG and its a major privilege and honor to teach children self love, confidence, kindness, honesty, and integrity. I will forever be glad I chose this as a first job.

Monday-Friday I was responsible for caring for 10, 5th grade girls from the inner city, who came to camp for an outreach summer learning program. We worked on self confidence, team building, and trust building by doing adventure courses and activities as a team as well as independently.