2-Day Babysitting Class over Thanksgiving Break -- Meeting on 11/26 & 11/28 -- 11am to 4pm -- Red Cross Babysitter and Adult&Pediatric CPR/First Aid/AED Certification

WHO: ages 11 to 17

After signing up, you will receive an email requesting the student's basic information, and if there are any food allergies we need to alert other students about (such as peanut allergies) during snack/lunch breaks!

WHAT: This course will equip new or hopeful babysitters with essential skills and knowledge to confidently and safely care for children, including how to handle emergencies and start a babysitting business. 

Each class will have three blocks of about 1.5 hrs of instruction with short breaks in between. A half hour will be given around 12:30pm for lunch. Snacks are definitely allowed but will need to be eaten in the kitchen area during short breaks. 

WHERE: Strive Workspaces - 4750 Venture Dr #400 Ann Arbor MI 48176 

We have the use of two private conference rooms near bathrooms with comfortable tables and chairs, along with enough space to move around when doing cpr and other skills practice. Parents are welcome to hang out nearby in the kitchen area or in sound proof cellphone booths, if you'd like to stay during the class.

WHEN: Class Meets on 11/26 & 11/28 - student must attend all classes to receive certification

Class meets from 11am to 4pm and will have short breaks throughout each class and a half hour for lunch around 12:30pm both days

WHY TAKE THIS COURSE FROM *A BABYSITTER'S BUSINESS*?

1. Receive training from an instructor who has thirty years of babysitting and nannying experience, current instructor certification from American Red Cross, and also holds a Master's degree in Education from U of M

2. COURSE INCLUDES BABYSITTER AND FIRST AID HANDBOOKS (a value of $30) - these will be given to student on first day unless you make arrangements to pick up from instructor before the start of class

3. Possibility of future hands-on training in real life babysitting situations and references from the instructor to families looking for babysitters right now!