Matahira

About Me

My experience of working at a children’s day care has enriched me with the ability to work successfully with a team and to communicate well with various groups of people including children, co-workers and parents. I have learned to be understanding, patient, and have learned to focus on others’ needs with great precision. For example, some of the children I looked after have specific schedules their parents want them to follow as well as strict dietary needs. I have meticulously and continually met these standards. I grew up with a very large family, I’m a middle child of 7 children. I also grew up with a lot of cousins, different age groups, at the age of 16 I was already taught how to take care of babies and children as I had to babysit most of the time, I enjoyed babysitting as a hobby. I continued to peruse my likes and wanted to do it professionally, at college I studied childcare, I wanted to be more practical so I was on a job search to work at a daycare. I’ve worked at the daycare for almost two years, I loved waking up and starting my day there, it was my first proper job. I say “proper first job” because I’ve been doing volunteering before that, I’ve worked in a community centre with children aged up to 10 and I’ve volunteered at a nursery at the age of 16. As of now, I’d like to call what I’m doing “freelancing” I babysit families here and there, I love to build connections with the children and it’s easier when it’s 1-1 in their homes. My plan for the future is to pursue my career with children.