Virginia Loh-Hagan - Babysitters Club

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Loh-Hagan, Virginia, author.
Babysitters club / by Virginia Loh-Hagan.
pages cm. (D.I.Y. make it happen)
Includes bibliographic references and index.
ISBN 978-1-63470-496-0 (hardcover) ISBN 978-1-63470-556-1 (pdf) ISBN 978-1-63470-616-2 (pbk.)
ISBN 978-1-63470-676-6 (ebook)
1. BabysittingJuvenile literature. I. Title.
HQ769.5.L64 2015
649'.1dc23
2015026841

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Dr. Virginia Loh-Hagan is an author, university professor, former classroom teacher, and
curriculum designer. Her first job was babysitting. Babysitting was the main way she
made money in college. She lives in San Diego with her very tall husband and very naughty dogs.

Table OF
CONTENTS

Chapter One
What Does It Mean to Start a Babysitters Club?

Chapter Two
What Do You Need to Start a Babysitters Club?

Chapter Three
How Do You Set Up a Babysitters Club?

Chapter Four
How Do You Run a Babysitters Club Meeting?

CHAPTER ONE

What does it Mean to
start a babysitters
club?

Do you love children? Do you love
planning? Do you love leading? Then
starting a babysitters club is the right
project for you!

Babysitters care for children. They do
it for a short time. They do it for hours.
They work different hours. They work
different days. They babysit when needed.

A babysitters club is a group. Its a
group of babysitters. They join together.
They help each other. They share clients .
Clients are people who hire babysitters.

Talk to other babysitters.
Get their opinions.

KNOW THE LINGO

Au pair: a babysitter from another country who lives with a
host family

Charge: the child a babysitter takes care of

CPR: cardiopulmonary resuscitation, a lifesaving technique to
help people who arent breathing

Infant: a baby, babies cant walk yet

Live-in nanny: someone who lives with their charges; their
pay includes room and board

LO : little one, used when talking online about children so as to
protect their identities

Manny: a male nanny

Mothers helper: someone who babysits and helps the
mother with chores

Nanny family: the family that employs the nanny (a full-time
babysitter)

Newborn: a baby who has just been born

Night nanny: a babysitter who watches a child overnight

Toddler: a child between the ages of one and three; a
walking child

Start a babysitters club whenever you want.
Babysitters are in demand. Theyre needed
all the time!

Parents leave the house. They work. They
run errands. They hang out with other adults.
They need help. They hire a babysitter. The
babysitter cares for their children. One
babysitter cant help them all. A babysitters
club gives parents more choices.

Some babysitters work for experience. They
want to work with children. Many babysitters
do it to make money. Babysitters can make
about $10 an hour. Starting a babysitters club
is a good idea. You can make more money.
Youll meet new people. Youll learn new
skills. Youll also have fun!

Check the going rate for babysitting.
Ask parents what they pay. Ask
other babysitters what they charge.

CHAPTER TWO

What do you Need to
start a babysitters
club?

A club needs members. Get members.
Gather other babysitters. Gather friends.

Ask if theyve babysat before. You want people
who have cared for children.

Check references . A reference is a good
review. This means clients like the service.

Do a background check . Ask around. Make
sure they havent been in trouble.

Decide roles.

The president is the leader. She plans
meetings. She talks to clients. She assigns
babysitting jobs.

The vice president helps the president. Shes
in charge of training.

The treasurer takes care of money.