Please help me out

[Anonymous]

I was with a family for five years . The kids were older and I used to supervise them and take them to activities, light housekeeping and cooking .
Now they are moving and I find another position with two small children 6 years old and 2 years old.
I am going to be with them afternoons and they want me to come for trial .
I need advice please , I have been with this age group but it’s long time ago.
What activities I can do to keep both of them engaged?
This is good opportunity for me so please help
Me in my trial so they hire me .
Many thanks

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was with a family for five years . The kids were older and I used to supervise them and take them to activities, light housekeeping and cooking .
Now they are moving and I find another position with two small children 6 years old and 2 years old.
I am going to be with them afternoons and they want me to come for trial .
I need advice please , I have been with this age group but it’s long time ago.
What activities I can do to keep both of them engaged?
This is good opportunity for me so please help
Me in my trial so they hire me .
Many thanks

Make sure they pay you for the trial time.

[Anonymous]

That is a kind of large age gap (for those ages in particular) so a challenge may be that both kids may want to do different activities at the same time.

Find something that interests both children however such as perhaps building stuff out of Legos or magnet tiles.

I would let the younger child play w/a larger set as at two yrs. of age they may still be putting small objects into their mouth.
Maybe the older child can play w/a train set or cars while you engage the younger child nearby w/a stuffed animal or a colorful + fun storybook!

Hope this helps - wishing you all the best OP!

[nolle988]

Arts & Crafts: Simple coloring or sticker books work for both ages. You can give the big kid more detailed pages and let the little one scribble safely.