What we offer
Page updated: 20.08.2022
About my work
I started to professionally work with children as a private babysitter in June, 2005, at age of 17. My working experience with children includes being a nanny, a children party animator, a private kinder garden assistant, and disabled child care. I love spending time with children and around them and my relationships with them are very open and easy-going. I know how to make them feel safe and secure, and I know how to unlock their fun-having mode. Creativity, curiosity, honesty, and the excess of energy are the main things I love in children and the things that I always try to give them, and I know they love it.
As to what I personally offer to you as a babysitter, I would mention the following:
1) The tendencies for ever-growing human population have put a side-mark on the way we raise our children today: the main part of what we teach them is an adequate social behaviour. Thus, many educators (and parents) forget to explain to the children how to behave to themselves and how to understand the demands of their own personalities as humans. In AikiDoki Club, special attention is paid to the personal emotional development of the child related to the rich inner world of the young human. Basic introspection and self-reflection are encouraged in the children, as these are important for the development of an emotionally-balanced human later on.
2) The different models of behavior that are constantly being demonstrated by the parents and the other adults are namely what is being copied in a child’s actions. Thus, when taking care of a child I first of all try to set an example of some fundamental social and moral rules like taking responsibility for one’s own actions, independence, hardworking, honesty, tolerance and respect for the others, good manners, etc.
3) I try to teach the children the importance of the healthy habits and, according to the parents’ wishes and mindset, to build such still from a very early age in the youngsters.
Why choose us...
- highly qualified pedagog with great experiance and many different abilities and interests is with the kids at any time
- aktive involvment of kids in the daily life and routines- thematic teaching - more than 15 different themes
- various activities + many organized games for children - check here
- focused on the mental development of kids
- early potty training, if desired
- baby-friendly
- fleksible working time
- multicultural environment
- sleeping outside or inside
- basic medical knowledge of the cregiver - safe and secure
- central positioning - 5-10min walking distance to Gjøvik sykehus, 5 min to Gjøvik stadion, 5 min to Gjøvik sentrum
Childcare and pedagogical services according to your needs
Our vision: Life is our playground
4) I like to do sports and I encourage the children to be physically active most of the time. This helps a lot for their development, both for the physical growth and correct development of the musculoskeletal system, as well for the creativity and decision making in real-time situations. The latter are very important for the child’s self-confidence and normal psychological health later in life.
5) I have strong personal interest in natural sciences and I always try to combine the outdoor playing with “lessons” about the nature and surrounding world. Children’s endless curiosity is very fascinating and I love to satisfy it and answer all the funny questions about “the life, the universe, and everything”.
6) Implied arts, music, and doing handicrafts are among my favorite hobbies and I involve the children into such activities at any time, both inside and outside. Creativity, fantasy, and wild imagination are required!
7) My basic medical knowledge (acquired both in the university and while working with children) lets me behave adequately and not panic in situations whenever such a behaviour is crucial.
8) I have attended a course for children healthy feeding and cooking so warm and healthy food can be served to the kids.
9) Additionally, visits of remote parks, farms, museums, theater, etc. can be arranged.
More detailed information you could obtain by contacting me through e-mail or phone or meeting me personally. Please feel free to ask whatever might be of interest to you!
About AikiDoki Club
After initially being an outdoor, wildlife researcher, and becoming a laboratory scientist thereafter, I finally realized that child care is the work that I actually like best – it is never static, involves a lot of “exercising” both for the body and for the mind, and self-development is a virtue. Coffee never needed because challenges and fun are always readily available… what could be better?! After practicing child care as a part time student job for about 7 and a half years, I finally made up my mind and started my own babysitting company - the Aikidoki Club – in 2013 in Trondheim. Taking care of your children is simply the best thing I can offer to our society.
The child care provided in AikiDoki Club is maximally fitted to the official Norwegian kindergarten program and the Kindergarten act (you can find them on the webpage of the Ministry of education and research, a link is available in the Useful links and additional information section). At the same time, the personal habits and preferences of the children and their parents are always taken into account.
