Kathleen K. is spending her year in Julie Lokun's Illinois cluster. She is enrolled in the UCLA program to fulfill her educational requirements. As part of her program she presented to a group of 8 and 9 year olds at Westmoor Elementary School in Northbrook, about her home country South Africa. Kathleen sent in a [...]
Brazilian au pair Camilly R. is spending her year in Myra Weinberg's New Jersey cluster. As part of her UCLA course requirement she embraced the opportunity to present in her host kid's 1st grade classroom about her home country. Here is an account of her experience: "The presentation took place in the Bedwell Elementary School, [...]
Polish au pair Marta arrived in December to spend her year in Natasha Wrobel's Annapolis, MD cluster. When Marta arrived her host kid's class at the Severn School was learning about international travel, passports and heritage. So Marta, within her first week as an au pair, went into her host kid's class to present about [...]
Ronja D. in Jan Murphy's Colorado cluster had the opportunity to present about Germany to the Kindergarten at her host kid's school. When asking about her experience: "It was great, I enjoyed it a lot. My host kid also had his big moment, he taught his class some German words. It was exhausting to do [...]
Jessica T. in Patty Antreasian's Baltimore, MD cluster presented about Brazil to a group of 23 Kindergarten students. Jessica shared her experience from that day: "The kids interacted with me in the whole time, they discovered the meaning of which color in our flag and the meaning of the stars; also we talked about a [...]
The Rat is the first of all zodiac animals. According to one myth, the Jade Emperor said the order would be decided by the order in which they arrived to his party. The Rat tricked the Ox into giving him a ride. Then, just as they arrived at the finish line, Rat jumped down and [...]
Au pair Maria from Mexico is spending her year on the program in Lana Hamman's Illinois cluster. Here is a picture of her with her host family and the big man himself...Ho, Ho, Ho! "Merry Christmas! It is the price of having your heart in two places, missing my family and at the same time [...]
Maryland Community Counselor, Cynthia Chan, shared this great post from her Polish au pair Patrycja: In preparation for Christmas, Patrycja, from Poland, currently residing in Southern Maryland, and her host dad spent all day making traditional Polish pierogi! She said, "I wasn't sure if we can actually do it since I've never made pierogi by [...]
