Nanny / Maternity Nanny / Governess / Caregiver

Current location: Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation

Hello, dear moms and dads! My name is Maria, I am 49 years old. I started working as a tutor (Russian, French, German, English - elementary level) in families as a governess and nanny in 2001, when I was still a student (total experience working with children - 32 years, experience working as a nanny - more than 20 years). I have experience working in kindergarten and school. Married. Adult daughter and son. Education: Faculty of Philology, St. Petersburg State University, specialty: teacher of Russian language and literature. My grandfather and mother were also philologists, teachers of ancient literature, Russian as a foreign language, and German.Good oral and written communication skills. Work experience as a governess, night nanny, day nanny, babysitter at the cottage and at sea, abroad, accompanying nanny to various classes, to school, kindergarten, clinic, swimming pool. The age of children is from birth to 15 years. I worked in families with 3, 4 and 5 children at the same time, with twins.I can get along with children of any age. I love doing applications, teaching reading using Zhukova's method, foreign languages, modeling, various board games (checkers, chess, Uno, monopoly, activiti, Imaginarium, lotto and many others), painting on wood and glass (I have completed courses on 20 different types of wood painting), beadwork. I prepare children for school (reading and writing).I am proficient in Montessori techniques and the Waldorf-Steiner pedagogical system, and I use the Zaitsev Cubes manual in my work. I am familiar with the methods of neuropsychologist Valentina Paevskaya. I take the best from each system.I don't study one at a time. I have my own methodology for teaching literacy to preschoolers and younger schoolchildren. I prepared my children for passing school exams in the Russian language for the highest score for literacy and content. Hobbies: swimming pool, cycling, skating and skiing, sambo (my children are prize-winners and winners of urban sambo competitions, traveling (visited 40 countries), painting, poetry and prose, psychology, neuropsychology, nutrition, photography, alternative medicine and sports, reading good literature, theater. I write poetry, short stories, thrillers. Personal qualities:kindness, unconditional love for children, responsibility, decency, sense of humor, sociability, stress tolerance. I am light-hearted and active. I am constantly improving my professional level by reading literature on psychology and pedagogy, watching lectures by pediatricians, neuropsychologists, psychologists, and educators. No bad habits. I am a supporter of a healthy lifestyle: without TV and cartoons, without gadgets, I support hardening, pouring cold water, I love the garden and the vegetable garden. There is an open French Schengen until 03/25/26