Any bbysitting tips for these 6 kids.?

Question

me my friend sarah and maybe my cousin jimmy are going to have a dog wash and babysitting on the weekends and wednesdays over the summer. theres a few kids we know that we can get for us to babysit. 3 neighbors- ages8 boy,4girl,and 2boy my cousins-3boy,and 10 months boy my other cousin-6boy. any tips about what we need to entertain or know special???? and if you can, help with dog wash tips too. thanks!

Answer 1

Well take them outside, have a nice time. Play soccer. Whatever you want. Get them tired out. If you really need help, there is a book called "The Big Book Of Girl Stuff" Turn to the babysitting pages and read away. Here is something I thought of. It's "The Crayon Game"  Take a bunch of crayons. Put them on the floor. Pick one up and hand it to the little one with your eyes closed (Peak a little) While your handing it to them, scratch it with your nail and peer at it a little bit (so the kid can't see your eyes) When the kid asks you what color it was, say the color you saw on your fingernail. Your Welcome

Answer 2

The kids to intertain you could give them dominoes to stack or paper to draw on. There kids they can use there imagination to. For the dog washing maybe get a little kiddy pull full it with water and wash them in it. For the winter in washing the dogs i have no clue. Best of luck.

Answer 3

cartoons snacks and music..... Let play outside and wear themselves out. drawing. Water balloons outside..... Baseball games. Arts and crafts. And they can have a journal they can write and draw in each day so when it's over at the end of summer there parents can see what they did. And take pictures so they can go in there journals good luck hope you have fun this summer.

Answer 4

play games, make them carfts, and if nothing works, then lock them up.

Answer 5

if you can get scrap paper.....and there are shops that sell cheaps water based paint you could do paintings but make sure you put newspaper down on tables 1st...you can use shapes such as a potato with cut out shapes on them or you could make some play dough up to and add food colouring to it basically its flour and water......the little kids would really enjoy that...and stories to...do you have blocks like lego they can be fun....play cards like snap or other games...have a good dvd....hide and seek.......little kids like to work..give them jobs dusting vaccuming cleaning there you could incorporate a bit of teaching as well as playing....when they get one job done as a team reward with a game...anyway have fun....

Answer 6

I have 6 kids, age range 2 yrs to 12 yrs. Honestly, it's not that bad. They are kids, so remember to stay calm (no matter what they do), relax (they still have a lot to learn), and you will be out numbered. Keep a closer eye on the younger ones, they are more likely to do some very odd things (for no reason at all) if they get the chance, 8 yr old boy probably loves video games. 4 yr girl, 2 & 3 yr boys are great little helpers with some direction (give them a spray bottle, water only, and some towels (they will follow your lead) and they will help you clean anything.. until/unless they get distracted.

10 month old.. Is he walking? How stable is he? He will be the most time consuming, and easiest of the group to take care of.

Have fun with it, and play with them.

Answer 7

play games with them. also the older boy-8 will more than likely feel like hes to old for baby games so it would probably help if you told him you need him to help you entertain the kids. if it is pretty outside there are tons of things to do with them, tug of war (just make sure it doesnt get to ruff) bean bag toss, kick ball hide and seek  all sorts of things just make sure you are very clear when you explain the rules so that none of the kids feel like they are being cheated when they dont "win"