14 Tips for Hotel's Kidsclubs

14 Tips for
Miniclubs
In order to offer the best hotel entertainment for
children it’s necessary to invest in good Miniclub
facilities where the activities can take place.
We offer 14 tips and advices that help you prepare
your Miniclub for children activities.
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1. Sufficient animators according to the
number of children
• Provide sufficient animators so that every child
feels supported and not left behind in the activities;
• Establish a ratio of 1 animator for every 10 children.
More children and the animator will not be able to
pay attention to every one of them and the
activity can become dangerous;
• Double the number of animators if the
entertainment activities take place outside.

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2. Build a safer Miniclub
• Make sure your Miniclub facility is prepared to
welcome children with the adequate furniture;
• You may want to resort to specialized companies
that will be able to provide a whole new and
exciting place for children to experience;
• With a safe environment the parents will be more
inclined to enroll their children in the Miniclub’s
activities.

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3. The Miniclub must have a fence and a
self-closing door
• Equip your Miniclub with a fence and a self-
closing door so you can have a limited
space for the children to play;
• This is highly recommended so no kid can
be separated from the group and wander
the hotel without an animator’s supervision.

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4. Make sure there are sufficient toilets
• Provide 1 toilet for every 10 children so no one has the need to leave
the Miniclub;
• The toilets must be built attending to the needs of children, which
means a smaller size and safer materials in the construction;
• There should also be a toilet specifically for the animators so they
don’t have to leave the facilities and leave the children unattended.

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5. Equip the Miniclub with big windows
• The Miniclub must have big windows in order to
offer good conditions in indoors activities;
• Big windows let in a lot of natural light that
children need so they can grow healthier;
• They also help to ventilate the space more
effectively without falling back to air conditioning.

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6. Facilities’ interior should have HVAC
equipment
• If you do not have the means to organize
activities outdoors you should install a HVAC
equipment;
• If your indoors activities take too long the
temperature of the room can become
unbearable and this will help to disseminate
diseases;
• A HVAC equipment will help you set the
temperature back to normal levels.

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7. Cover the floor with special material
• Activities directed to children are dynamic and
often require exercise, the reason why you should
provide a pavement made of rubber;
• This way you will prevent damages since even if
children fall, it will be harder for them to be
wounded;
• Pay special attention to the outside, especially the
drinkers areas.

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8. The exterior should provide areas with
shade
• When organizing outdoors attention pay
attention to the periods of the day where the
sun is stronger;
• The outside area of the Miniclub should have
spots with shade or an awning;
• You can also organize activities in these shade
spots so the children can be kept there;

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9. Cover electric outlets and organize
electric wires
• One of the problems with indoors activities are its
electric outlets and wires;
• However, this should not be a problem because
the outlets can be covered and the wires can be
organized with special equipment;
• With this solution, both outlets and wires will be
kept away from the grasp and attention of
children and electric shocks and stumbles will be
prevented.

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10. Each child must have a detailed
registration form
• The parents should fill a registration form as
their children enter the Miniclub and it should be
the same ones to pick them up;
• This form should contain information such as
their name, age, nationality and even the
parent’s contact;
• Give the children some sort of passport so
they can be easily identifiable.

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11. Tell the parents about all the
entertainment activities in the program
• When the parents enroll their children in the
Miniclub, the animator should take the chance
to inform them of all the activities that will take
place;
• With this information the parents will be more
comfortable and open to leave their children at
the Miniclub;
• The animator should also ask about any health
problems the children might have, like allergies
for instance.

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12. Animators should have training according
to their segment
• With differente ages there’s the need for
distinct types of animators;
• This happens especially with children under 4
years old, in Babyclubs, where it’s necessary to
have a someone with training in mothercraft;
• The hotel must be aware of this issue in order
to provide animators that know how to answer
to the special needs of certain segments.

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13. Entertainment activities in pools
require trained animators
• When there is the possibility of organizing pool
activities there are additional security measures
that should be taken;
• The ratio of animator for every child should be
of 1 per 4;
• The animator should have formation as a
lifeguard and training iin CPR techniques, which
can be decisive if something happens.

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14. Animators should learn about the
familiarity of the children with pools
• Not all children are familiar with pools and aquatic
environments so it should be mandatory that
children that want to participate know how to
swim;
• The animator should ask the parents about the
subject and decide if the children can participate;
• Entertainment activities in the pool can be fun but
they are also very dangerous.

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We hope our advices
may prove useful.
Have Fun j

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