WHAT AU PAIRS DO?
Au Pairs can help with childcare & more! Au Pairs can care for all age groups. Lots of au pairs also have experience with older children, tutoring, coaching sports teams and managing holiday camps.
Breakfast, lunchboxes & simple dinner
Keeping your home tidy
Kids laundry & school uniforms
Changing kids beds
Driving kids to/from school and activities
Clearing up after meals
Occasional ad-hoc food shopping
Depending on the ages of your children, here are some more suggestions how your Au Pair can help.
HELLO AU PAIRS
Loving and Patient Childcare
AU PAIR ROLE BY AGE OF KIDS
AU PAIR CARING FOR BABY
An Au Pair can be a great ‘extra pair of hands’ with a newborn baby or baby up to 12 months, helping alongside a parent. If you have a baby as well as a toddler, your Au Pair can entertain an adventurous toddler, giving you time to focus on the baby. Sole care for children under 12 months is not part of the Au Pair program.
AU PAIR CARING FOR TODDLER
For this age group, parents often choose to have the little one in daycare 2-3 days a week and combine daycare with one-on-one Au Pair care for the other days.
Dressing or helping to dress children before daycare, playgroup or pre-school
Nappy changing or potty training
Care for and play with child/children at home
Take child/children to the park or playground, play dates, play groups, swimming pool and other fun activities to interact with other little ones
AU PAIR CARING FOR PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILD
Au Pairs absolutely love this age group!
Getting kids ready in the morning
School uniform care
School run and driving to/from activities
Homework help & readers.
Interesting & active after school care, ranging from sports to arts, craft and baking
AU PAIR CARING FOR TEENAGERS
Teenage years are difficult…. A big sister (or brother) can make all the difference!!
School uniform care
School run and driving to/from activities
Homework help & tutoring, researching projects.
Being a young adult friend and role model
NOTE
Au Pairs are not cleaners!
Keep your regular cleaner for the ‘big stuff’ and get your Au Pair to help with daily tidy/cleaning after meals and keeping on top of kids laundry.
