Dear Family I am a 62 year old single lady. I have much experience with working with children. I owned and ran art and craft classes in Kloof at the Craft Corner. I taught Monday to Saturday and ran the Holiday club during the holidays. I have also been a children's church teacher to 3-4 and 5-6 year olds in my previous church in Sandton called Rivers church and briefly before Covid at City Hill church in Hillcrest. I often had up to 13 children in a craft class and it was my responsibility to make all the kids work well together at the same time to have fun. I have a GreatAuPair profile as a Care Giver to seniors. I have done care giving for the Hospice in Johannesburg and my disposition is compassion and patience. I studied as a Healthcare Assistant and worked 3 months in a private hospital, 4 weeks working in the Pediatrics ward. I have CPR and First Aid training. I have also completed a one year Christian Counselling course through the University of Pretoria. My CV and references are available on request.
I have always loved working with children. In my art and craft classes it helped to very quickly ascertain the different personalities that are in the room, and at the same time make all the kids work well together while having fun. I had to look out for the noisy ones, the quiet ones, the shy ones, the hyper ones and I had to make the 2.5 hours work well so that all the kids had an enjoyable experience. I am a great believer in communication and converstion and love having chats with the cildren. This breaks the ice and without the kids being disrespectful they see me as a friend. I believe every child has something/s they are good at and I try to capitilise on that and to show them that even though they are young, they have talent and value.
I sketch with pencil. I write poetry and short stories. I was a member of Toti Ramblers hiking club. I enjoy crosswords and puzzles. I enjoy the occassional park run. I read a great deal. I do arts and crafts.