Babysitting Course

The American Red Cross offers babysitting courses online, just go to
redcross.org/sitter to sign up. 

Babysitting Basics - Online Course

Designed for students ages 11 and older, this online training provides the knowledge and skills necessary to safely and responsibly care for infants and children up to the age of 10, as well as to manage a babysitting business. It takes about 4 hours to complete and makes learning fun with lots of videos and interactive games.

A score of 80% or higher on the final exam is required to receive a printable Diploma.

Dozens of downloadable resources provide:

- Step-by-step instructions for skills, such as spoon-feeding

- Summaries of each lesson

- Templates for resumes and business cards

- Forms to aid parent interviews

- And more

Course Outline:

 

The Business of Babysitting

• You’re the Boss
• Safe and Sound on the Job
• Playing with Kids of All Ages

• From Feeding to Bedtime: Caring for Kids
• It’s an Emergency … Now What?
• Final Exam

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  

New Books coming in September

Be on the lookout for some great September Reads:

 

     

All the truth that's in me by Julie Berry - Judith Finch has been missing for two years, when she is found , unfortunately she cannot tell anyone what happened to her because her tongue has been cut out.

 

 

The Coldest girl in Coldtown by Holly Black - Coldtown holds vampires and those the idolize them, or those that got trapped in when the walls went up.   Not your typical vampire story, this one is dark, dangerous, bloody and brilliant.

Meet me at the River by Nina de Gramont  - paranormal romance, Tressa and Luke have a phantom  connection,  because Luke is dead. 

 

Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell

Sequels

The Enchanter Heir  by Cinda Williams Chima- book 4 in Heir Chronicles

Crown of Midnight by Sarah J. Maas  book 2 in Throne of Glass

 

The Lord of Opium sequel to Nancy Farmer's The House of the Scorpion.  A world of shear weirdness, zombies, clones, ghost army, the Mushroom Master, biospheres and a space station.

The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater - book 2 Raven Cycle

 

Monsters by Ilsa Bik, book 3 in Ashes