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 [...]
Arlington, VA -based Community Counselor and Global Awarenesss Representative, Dominique Ortiz shares her King's Day Traditions: Every year, I invite my co-counselor Kristina Scholten and together with my family and hers, we celebrate King Day with a homemade "Galette des rois" or King Cake. King Day is traditionally celebrated in France on the 6th of [...]
This year we asked au pairs to submit a picture of them celebrating a holiday while on program with Au Pair in America. French au pair Sarah P. in Natalie Skidmore's Washington, DC cluster sent in a photo of her family exchanging gifts: "My father whom I manage to surprise every year."
This year we asked au pairs to submit a picture of them celebrating a holiday while on program with Au Pair in America. Submitted by Alison M. from South Africa in Carol Steinman's Westport, CT cluster. "The photo was taken in the winter of a celebration called Diwali, it is an Indian celebration and I [...]
