Maribel, an au pair from Mexico, did a Global Awareness presentation as part of the requirement for her online UCLA Advantage program. She had a great time sharing information on her country with the children, and even had time to give them a mini-language lesson in Spanish. Many thanks to Maribel!
Emma enjoys sharing her culture with her host family and her cluster. She did a Global Awareness presentation for her fellow au pairs telling them about the Midsummer holiday. She taught them to cook a traditional Swedish Misummer meal, sing a popular song, and make a floral garland to wear. Her friend, Sine, an au pair from Thailand, posed [...]
Lone Pine Elementary School in West Bloomfield had a great lesson in global awareness on Thursday, November 15. In conjunction with International Education Week, Franziska Eberle, an au pair from Germany, shared her culture with four second grade classes. Franziska (Franzi) volunteered as part of Au Pair in America’s Global Awareness program, which is designed [...]
Mayra has been working with pre-school children, teaching them about her country. She volunteers at the school on a regular basis and loves every minute of it. Recently, Mayra made Brigadeiros for the children. These are yummy chocolate treats! Mayra received a Global Awareness letter of appreciation and a Global Awareness certificate. Thank you Mayra [...]
My name is Jenna Spencer and I am from the beautiful country called South Africa "yes viva Africa". I left South Africa with the sole purpose to come to the United States of America and spread the love of South Africa through volunteering by showing our one of a kind Flora and Fauna, the diversity [...]
Sarah shared her culture with a Kindergarten class in Indiana. She read them a popular story about pirates which the children really loved! She showed them pictures of the national dress, the Panamanian flag, map and lots of points of interest. Here’s the great picture of the national costume that Sarah showed to the children. The [...]
For the last couple of months of Jasmin’s au pair year, she volunteered to teach German to adults. In addition, she volunteered in her host child’s Kindergarten class to teach them about Germany. One of the songs she taught the children will sound very familiar to all of us in the U.S….we have the same song! [...]
German Au Pair, Justine P. visited her host child’s 2nd grade classroom to talk about her country with the students. She showed the students a traditional dirndl dress she made for October fest. She said she wore it to Octoberfest here with her host family! She engaged the students by asking them questions about Germany. [...]
