A nanny at home with Montessori-inspired activities, whenever you need one

Between the school that closes at short notice, the medical appointment in the middle of the afternoon, the dinner you have been invited to, the week where work spills over and the one where everything is calm, childcare needs for a family settled here rarely form a straight line. Hiring someone full time to cover those gaps is expensive and creates a heavy arrangement; improvising each time costs something else — stress, and last-minute solutions nobody really chose.

How we work answers exactly that: you book a session when the need appears. One isolated evening, three nights in a month, a busy week and then nothing for a fortnight. Nothing locks you into a rhythm, and nothing is charged when you do not call on us. The rate is hourly, quoted before you confirm, and paid when the nanny arrives.

That does not make the care improvised. Families who call on us more than once get the same nanny whenever availability allows: your child recognises her, the habits of the house are already known, and the activities pick up where they left off. If regularity settles in, it comes from your side — not from a commitment signed upfront.

Age-appropriate activities, brought to you

The materials come with us: practical life activities for the youngest — pouring, transferring, buttoning, tidying — sensory materials, sandpaper letters and nomenclature cards for older children, then first notions of quantity. The Montessori approach serves one precise purpose here: giving your child an activity they can carry out alone, all the way through, with real satisfaction at the end. That is what separates childcare from supervision.

End of day, where it all plays out

School pickup, snack, homework and bath are the tensest stretch of the day for many families. It is the most requested slot, and it can be booked for one isolated Thursday just as easily as for three days in a week. A child collected on time, who has eaten, played and worked through their homework before you get home, changes the mood of the whole evening.

Two languages, through use

French and English are worked through the activities, not as lessons: the vocabulary of the materials, instructions, stories read aloud, conversation over the afternoon snack. We align with your child's language of schooling and reinforce the other when you ask.

A simple arrangement, no paperwork

No contract, no notice period. You book a session, it is confirmed with its hourly rate and total, and you pay at the start of the session. Cancelling with reasonable notice costs nothing. If you do not need us for two months, nothing happens — and you message us again the day the need comes back.