Small scale summer school experience/childcare

Spokane WA

Description

Hello, my name is Lynnora. I am a busy homeschooling mom of 4 (ages 4 months to preteen). I am a semi-retired RN with over 3 years experience in pediatric setting. I live in north central Spokane and am open to caring for 2 or possibly 3 young children IN MY HOME only Monday through Thursday. I may be able to pick up and drop off for an extra fee (but would depend on timing). We have a kid friendly house on a huge triple lot with a fenced back yard, a big swing set/jungle gym, friendly dogs, cats, chickens, a giant garden where my children love to pick strawberries, raspberries, mulberries, you name it. I am breastfeeding and cloth diaper friendly. We do playful, fun school activities throughout the summer, spend lots of time outside, eat healthy food and most importantly do not just sit around watching tv (!... ok unless it's over 100 degrees for like two weeks). We do homeschool during the summer. My philosophy for younger children (3-5) is that the best kind of schooling involves lots of messy, hands on activities, lots of reading out loud, lots of playing outside, with a little bit of drill to help reinforce concepts like letter/sound recognition, counting/number recognition. With older children I follow a Charlotte mason approach, lots of real books, narration, but with a heavy math/science approach (lots of unit studies). Prefer children 3 to 5 but could take an older or younger child if was a good fit. Looking for $10-15/hr depending on age, number of kids, time frame.