Happy Holidays to all the au pairs who have been our Global Awareness ambassadors this year. We are humbled to see how so many work so hard to promote multi-cultural understanding and build cross-cultural bridges by sharing their knowledge with the children in their communities. Thank you for your participation this year and we are [...]
Au Pair in America Explorers for December Community Counselors have identified these two au pairs as the Au Pair in America Explorers for December. Suzette H. from Panama in Jasmin Newsome's Baton Rouge, LA cluster. Suzette received many accolades from her host family about her assimilating into their life style. What was fun to read [...]
German Au Pair Frauke H. has been spending her time in the program in Laura Rossi's Richmond, VA cluster. Recently she visited Old Hundred Elementary School, Midlothian where she did a Global Awareness presentation to a group of 20 Kindergartners. Frauke tells about her day: "I introduced myself to the class and told them that I [...]
Au pair Nadine C. from South Africa is spending her year in Ediana Raquel Sharpe Roque's Belmont, North Carolina cluster. On December 6th she had the opportunity to talk about South Africa at the Gaston Day School in Belmont NC. There were 35 pre-k children around 4 years old. Nadine shared with us that the [...]
Winter Traditions and Holidays Around the World Let's highlight the wonderful splendor of winter by sharing what you do in your home country to celebrate this time of the year. Send a photo of a celebration that you shared with your host family. Entries will be accepted through January 6th. Entries will be posted during [...]
Au Pair in America Explorer for November Marie H. from the Czech Republic in Marianne Grandin's New Canaan, CT cluster. Community Counselor Marianne Grandin nominated Marie as an Au Pair in America Explorer because she said: "Not only did she do the Global Awareness presentation (see blog post), in September she volunteered to work at [...]
We recently saw this cute craft on a blog that we wanted to share. Source: littlepassports.com Did you know? The United States isn’t the only country that celebrates a day of Thanksgiving? Many countries around the world take part in a day of giving thanks, feasting with family and friends, and enjoying the [...]
November is a wonderful time to celebrate family, friends and au pairs. As we are getting ready to celebrate International Au Pair Day and Thanksgiving, why not learn how to say THANK YOU in another language and surprise your international guests by thanking them in their native language. In Afrikaans, say Dankie In Bosnian, say Hvala ti [...]
