Anastasija V from Paul Zwiren's NY cluster explains how Christmas celebrated in the US is different than in Germany: I always wanted to experience an American Christmas. It seemed so unbelievable special to me because I used to know from all those American Christmas movies, that Americans celebrate Christmas very decadent and more than everyone [...]
Kim B. from Cindy Garruba's NY cluster shares her experience celebrating Christmas in the United States: That whole last month was so exiting for me. First it was my first Christmas in the United States, second I didn’t celebrate it with my family and friends in Germany, but third I had the opportunity to celebrate [...]
Lena shares her experience celebrating Christmas in the USA: Everybody says, that Christmas is the hardest time of the year as an AuPair, frankly, I also thought that because it’s the time of the year when the whole family comes together and as an AuPair you are so far away from home and your family. [...]
Many Au Pairs question why they should participate in the Global Awareness program. Marion a former Dutch Au Pair from Dominique Ortiz's Arlington, VA cluster, shares why her experience gave her an advantage when looking for a job. "Most people outside of the Netherlands think my country is called "Holland" and we're mostly famous for our [...]
Community Counselor Cindy Garruba from Long Island shares on her blog how Au Pair Vanessa regularly provides short lessons on Germany to the 3rd grade. Check out the whole story!
Leire Jean shares her experience of talking to a class of 5 year olds about Spain. "Today I went to 'Park Street Academy' in Montclair, NJ. I talked to the teacher a couple of months ago and she told me that it would be a very amazing opportunity for me to tell the children how [...]
Manon H., an au pair in Michigan, shares her experience doing a Global Awareness presentation: "I did my Global Awareness presentation about my home country, The Netherlands, in two different second grade classes at Gretchko elementary school in West Bloomfield, Michigan. Both classes had around 24 7 year old kids. I made a poster and [...]
An Au Pair shares her experience of doing a global awareness presentation: My name is Ericka from Kristina’s cluster meeting and I did a Global awareness presentaton at Washington International School located in Washington, D.C for my youngest host kid and her classmates. There were 15 kindergarten students and they were 4 or 5 years [...]
