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Written by mv Wednesday, 03 February 2010 01:57

Daisy and kids 

Name:         Qing "Daisy"  (24)

Nationality:  China

Driver’s license:    I don’t have American driver’s license. But I have Chinese driver’s license (Since Oct, 2008).  Note:  Daisy has NOT been driving in the USA

Available:  start Apr 29, 2010 or later 

Childcare experience:  One year au pair experience.  (Other experience, I send another PDF file to you.) 

How many years, how often:  Currently works as a legal Au pair, 45 hours per week, totally 51 week (2295 hours).  Before I came to America, I took kids totally is 2532 hours. Almost like 8 days per month, and 3 hours per day. Some of them are 8 days per month, 8 hours per day. 

Ages of Kids: 12 months to 9 years old 

Activities/playNow I am an au pair in Charlotte, NC. I stay the current family for 9 months already.  Usually I take care of two kids, one is 4 and half years old boy, another one is 3 years girl.  Every day I take kids to brush teeth, wash face and have breakfast. And then, we use the Chinese Learning book, name is Chinese Paradise to study Chinese.  After 9 months study, the big boy can counting in Chinese, and also can recognize Chinese Pin Yin,  speak object, food, drinking, family members, Opposites, colors, shapes, animals, Transportation, jobs in Chinese. The girl can counting and recognizes food and colors in Chinese.  We play Chinese games, such as counting and clapping, shuttlecock, blindfolds, and a belt or a handkerchief.  They like to play the games, they can learn by playing.We do Chinese homework, such as tracing the Chinese Characters.

Some other times, we do art, printing, handcraft together. We make birthday cards by ourselves.  The boy likes cars very much, we made a car by paper, and we even made “aquarium” together.

We also love to play the game together, such as puzzle dominoes, Lego, play doll. Before they go to take a nap, I read story in Chinese and English for them. And after nap, I take shower for kids. Help the host mom to prepare the dinner. I cook breakfast and lunch at every work day, and cook two times dinner at each week.  In the summer time, we often went to swimming and jogging together. And we also went to Disney World together. It is great!!!!!  

Some activates of experience in China:  Jiaqi Mei is a lovely boy; he is 9 years old. I was his tutor during half a year. He likes some pets such as, ants and dogs. We often feed his cute ant to eat.  Qiye was a baby when I took care of him. But now he has 3 years old. I assisted his mother to take care of the baby every weekend. I dress and bath for him, feed him with milk and soft meals, change his diapers, teach him to recognize object, play his toys with him and make him have naps by my lullaby or fairy. Until now, whenever I went to his house, he always takes my legs not let me leave. In my beautiful box, there are many gifts which children gave me. Such as some paintings and a lot of dolls, even view of their favorite cartoon. The box keeps the nice memories of kids and me.

Sports:  Swimming, jogging, hiking, and biking. 

About myself: JMy name is Qing XIAO, you can call me Qing or Daisy, and I’m 24 years old. I’m a Mandarin Speaking Au Pair from China. I’ll be finishing my first year with a host family in Charlotte North Carolina in April 2010 and looking for a host family in the USA for my 2nd year. I am a graduate of an Art University. I taught Art to children prior becoming an Au Pair. Also have a bilingual Certificate from University.

My hobbies are very broad. Swimming, hiking, camping, yoga, jogging, photography, drawing, handicrafts, writings, arts, museums, movies, theatre, reading, dancing, sightseeing, computer games, cooking, travel, meeting friends. I love kids very much, because their imagination and creative thinking not only brings great joy to my heart, but also brings a lot of new ideas to my design.I love children and am very happy with the host family I’ve been with. I enjoy spending time with them. They also love me very much! While I enjoy being immersed in American culture, I will be happy to share any aspects of my native culture that you would be interested in.

 

Many thanks,  Qing “Daisy

 

 

Contact info:   email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it   Marie will put you in touch with Daisy.  FREE of charge.


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Professional Support for Au pair Matching

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Written by mv Thursday, 14 January 2010 16:40

Marie, a lead community counselor with 15 years of experience is offering active support during the au pair matching process and beyond.

Host parents can benefit from her expertise, gained by working over a decade as a lead community counselor (LCC), with an above average success ratio.

Her active involvement in the selection and matching process will greatly increase your likelihood of finding the right au pair, a good fit for your family.

Marie offers

  • Help with pre-selecting the best candidates from the pool of au pair applicants that your Au pair agency makes available to you.
  • Screening for and identifying red flags in au pair applications, taking your family’s specific situation and needs into account.
  • Conduct phone interviews with the family’s favorite pre-selected au pairs candidates.  Setting expectations with au pair.
  • Tips concerning the important questions that need to be asked, which areas need to be covered.  A list of phone interview questions for your own phone interviews. 
  • Advice for interview questions of her babysitting references.  Calling and asking pertinent questions of her babysitter references, assessing au pairs personality.
  • Post-matching support for setting up the weekly schedule and rules.  Help you to get ready for your au pair.  Advice for conducting effective communication with au pair prior to arrival.
  • Support for ironing out those little misunderstandings that often happen during the first 2 months, mostly due to language barriers.
  • Ongoing support during the program year, by giving advice if an issue should come up.

Just like a marriage, an au pair match does take some work here and there, it is common during the initial two months ‘honeymoon’ phase for small issues to come up.  Effective communication is essential.  Marie will be by your side with advice and support.

Our focus is to help facilitate communication between both parties, resulting in strong host parents / au pair relationships.

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