Native English Speakers, take care of our two kids in Greater Paris, France

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  Description

  We are a family of two adults (German and French), one 5-year-old boy and one nearly 3-year-old girl and two dogs.
  We live in a nice Parisian suburb in quite a big house. By public transport it’s less than 20 minutes to Paris city center.
  
  September 2022:
  We are looking for a native English Speaker to help us with taking care of our children and play with them in English.
  My husband and I will be working a lot during that month and we need help with taking care of the kids mainly in the mornings and/or evenings, and the whole day every wednesday (there is no school in France on wednesdays).
  Also we might need the person to receive our guests and handle the check-ins (from 6PM on). We rent out one to two rooms nearly all year round. Some French is required to handle this task.
  We would prefer a person who has a driving licence and who is used to heavy traffic and always aware of the risks - rather going to slow than to fast. If you don't feel confident with Parisian traffic, we can still try to find other possibilities to take the kids to their activities on wednesdays, if we feel you are the right person for us.
  We basically will consider anybody who has English as a mother tongue, is motivated and patient.
  Concerning the work load you might be required to work 20 to 25h per week. In case you agree to any additional babysitting, it will be paid.
  
  We are looking forward to the cultural exchange with you. Our kids can learn English from you and you can learn French and German from us. If you would like to we can cook together or for each other in the evenings. We are not vegetarians, but we are happy to taste vegetarian food. We know that it's imortant for our planet to eat less meat, so we are happy to discover different ways of eating. It might help us change our habits :-)
  Of course, on week-ends, we can do some activities together, too. Of course, it's up to you how you would like to spend your freetime.
  
  Hope to hear from you soon,
  Jana

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Language practice

  Gardening

  Babysitting and creative play

  Creating/ Cooking family meals
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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  You will be part of our family also outside your working hours if you feel like. Nevertheless you are free to do what you want. If on week-ends you prefer to come home at 6 in the morning and to sleep till the evening we don’t mind. During the week, we prefer a more regular schedule and you being fit in the morning. We have a lot of barbecues with friends and do other fun stuff. You can discover Paris, Vincennes, go to the woods, walk our dogs if you find that fun...and of course you can learn French with us.

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  Projects involving children

  This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.

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  Help

  Mainly taking care of the kids in English, some cooking. Our children grow up bilingual (German and French) and we would like them to learn English. Our children are allowed to get dirty, run around naked in the garden, try things, but we avoid screens. We would like someone who likes nature and can get creative with children.
  Nevertheless that person also needs to be consistent, calm, positive and set boundaries as well.

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  Languages

  Languages spoken
  German: Fluent
  English: Fluent
  French: Fluent

  This host offers a language exchange
  This host has indicated that they are interested in sharing their own language or learning a new language.
  You can contact them directly for more information.
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  Accommodation

  A room and a toilet and shower next door (we have an ensuite bathroom, so we nearly never use yours). When we have clients in the room we rent out, we would need you to not make noise in your room which is just above. But mostly, during the day the clients are not in, and night time is for sleeping anyway. Life takes place in our 70m2 living room, which is isolated from the sleeping quarters.

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  What else ...

  RER station Val de Fontenay

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  A little more information

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    Internet access

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    Limited internet access

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    We have pets

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    We are smokers

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    Can host families

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  Can host digital nomads

  This host has indicated that they love having digital nomads stay.

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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  Two

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  Hours expected

  Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week

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