tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-773373869463725905.post6311572609811463193..comments2023-10-31T06:06:59.528-04:00Comments on How to Be the Best Nanny : How Nannies and Au Pairs Can Make Earth Day EverydayBest Nanny Newsletterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06103799261254020125noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-773373869463725905.post-77566423905305602412009-04-20T16:46:00.000-04:002009-04-20T16:46:00.000-04:00If the parents allow it I am happy to take the chi...If the parents allow it I am happy to take the children to their church volunteer activities. The children and I volunteered picking up garbage along the forest hike trails. Of course they are in junior and senior high school students.<br />Shari, TNAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-773373869463725905.post-28580130805173252652009-04-20T14:19:00.000-04:002009-04-20T14:19:00.000-04:00I take the kids for a walk through a park and have...I take the kids for a walk through a park and have them search for branches, trees and bushes that are shaped like letters or numbers. The kids get excited and learn a bit and use their imagination. After they get better at it, I am going to buy a disposable camera and have them record their findings.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-773373869463725905.post-76423219833328350052009-04-20T12:59:00.000-04:002009-04-20T12:59:00.000-04:00The parents are allowing us to plant a vegetable g...The parents are allowing us to plant a vegetable garden in the back yard. They will maintain it on the weekends but I am happy to help the children water the garden too. I cannot wait until we can eat the veggies!<br />Melissa, Okaland CaliforniaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-773373869463725905.post-86328180493379942472009-04-20T11:48:00.000-04:002009-04-20T11:48:00.000-04:00Take kids on hikes. Use a bird book and tree books...Take kids on hikes. Use a bird book and tree books to find birds and trees on your hikes. <br />For the comments above I think it is ok to use plastic shopping bags when you use them again or bring them back to the store to recycle and used again by the store. Just be good role model for kids. From Jessica in ChicagoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-773373869463725905.post-81331801622802903812009-04-20T10:08:00.000-04:002009-04-20T10:08:00.000-04:00Everyone says to use reusable shopping bags at the...Everyone says to use reusable shopping bags at the grocery store but I use the small plastic bags as liners in the small garbage cans around the house and to collect cat litter. Since I am reusing the bags I feel it is using them in an appropriate way that is environment friendly since we reuse them. Am I wrong to think about using the small plastic grocery bags?<br />Cynthia, Mother, Greenwich CTAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-773373869463725905.post-36291062780324097512009-04-20T09:36:00.000-04:002009-04-20T09:36:00.000-04:00When I started this nanny job the children did a g...When I started this nanny job the children did a great job at turning off lights when they left a room. Now, I have to keep reminding them to do so. I send them back upstairs or downstairs to turn off lights and the parents are frustrated now too. I even started a reward system. They gain a sticker on their sticker chart if they remember to turn the lights off without being asked but they still do not remember. The parents reward the children after they gain a certain number of stickers. The sticker chart works with everything else: clearing table, dirty clothes in hamper, putting folded clothes away, and so on so I can't figure out why they have UN-learned this important behavior. <br />Nanny Jenny P. <br />Nanny of triplets <br />Boston MAAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com