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Moving to a Different Country by Sophia from Seattle Sophia moved to America from Germany in 5th grade. Moving to a different country is always difficult. Often kids don’t know the language very well and the [...]
Time flies and more often than not, our au pairs tell us that they can't believe how quickly their year in the U.S. (or two years) has flown by. Feelings about going home are often mixed [...]
Recently a frustrated host mom called to report something that happened with her au pair. She had told the new au pair to wash the kids’ faces after lunch. Shortly after she saw that their hands [...]
Anyone who’s done it will tell you it’s not easy to adapt to another culture. Everyone adapts differently but for the most part there are often hurdles that appear insurmountable to some of our au pairs. Let’s [...]
Meet Your Global Neighbor
Au Pair in America au pairs not only provide childcare but are also active in their local communities. Global Awareness, a unique volunteer program sponsored by Au Pair in America, is designed to foster a greater knowledge of the diversity and variety of cultures the world has to offer.
Au pairs go into elementary school classrooms, libraries, local bookstores, cub scout and brownie groups and other organizations of interest to children to share their culture. One teacher recently said
“60 kids will go home today knowing more about the world than when they first arrived at school this morning”.
The au pairs present a wide variety of topics and all the presentations are interactive and fun for the children! Au pairs who come to the U.S. with Au Pair in America are dynamic young adults who live with American host families, provide 45 hours/week of childcare, take college-level courses during their stay and engage in a mutually rewarding cultural exchange experience for the entire community. To learn more about Au Pair in America, please visit www.aupairinamerica.com
For day 2 we will visit Sweden! Sven Nackstrand/AFP/Getty Images St. Lucia is an annual [...]
For the "12 Days of Christmas" we'd like to showcase some traditions from around the world. In the [...]
Celebrating the first day of school is definitely taken up a notch in Germany. Check out the following [...]
Friday February 16th is Chinese New Year. Min C. an au pair in Washington DC shared this great [...]
Andrea G. an au pair from Catalonia (Spain), explains the difference between St. George's Day and Valentine's Day. [...]
