Montessori Children’s House Babysitting Cooperative
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the Babysitting Cooperative
A. OBJECTIVE
Members should be able to leave their children without concern over
the children's welfare and without financial restrictions. What could
be more wonderful than having a group of your children’s friends’
and classmates’ families to call on to watch your child?
B. SATURDAY NIGHT BABYSITTING
On the FIRST SATURDAY of every month from 5:00-9:00 p.m. there will
be babysitting provided at one of the member’s homes. This is
free and open at all families in the MCH Babysitting Coop. There will
be at least four parents working at each of these Saturday night babysitting
sessions. A MCH Babysitting Coop newsletter will be sent home each month
with the names of the parents working and the address and directions
to the home where the babysitting will be held. This information will
also be available on the Babysitting Coop Page of the MCH website: http://www.bgmontessori.com.
C. BABYSITTING COUPONS
Each family will be distributed 10 babysitting coupons per child in
their family. Each coupon will be worth 1 hour of babysitting for one
child. Feel free to call any member of the babysitting coop for childcare.
Pay them with these coupons. When you run out, it is time to do some
childcare yourself. A directory of all families in the coop will be
published and distributed to all of the families. This directory will
include children’s names and ages and times that parents are available
to baby-sit.
D. GENERAL RULES
1. Avoid using the Babysitting Coop if your children have any contagious
illness.
2. Whenever possible, inform the sitter where you are going and leave
a telephone number.
3. Except in an emergency, the sitter shall not transport the children
without permission.
4. No medication is to be given without written instructions from the
parent.
5. Children should be given loving care and proper supervision. Watch
other people's children very carefully.