Michelle Entertains While Teaching About Germany

German Au Pair Michelle in Carol Perry's Bainbridge (Seattle), WA cluster found an entertaining way to teach a group of preschoolers about her native Germany.  Playing her guitar, teaching the children songs and wrapping up with home-baked cookies were a big hit for this group of 16 at Bethany Lutheran Church on Bainbridge Island.

By |2018-03-20T19:18:53-04:00March 27th, 2018|Blog|Comments Off on Michelle Entertains While Teaching About Germany

Using Puppets to Present to Pre-Schoolers

German Au Pair Derya, in Kim van Cleave Michael's Seattle cluster, used a puppet to tell about Germany to a group of pre-schoolers. Derya explained that she was trying to find an interesting way to be able to tell about her home country that a group of pre-schoolers would want to sit through. Her host [...]

By |2018-03-20T18:27:31-04:00March 20th, 2018|Blog|Comments Off on Using Puppets to Present to Pre-Schoolers

German Holiday Traditions

Freya, a German Au Pair in Carol Jungman's Wilmette, IL cluster, took the opportunity to share German holiday traditions during her school presentation to a group of students at Highcrest Middle School. Since the students have been learning German for over a year Freya spoke to students in German.  Since she was in the class around [...]

By |2018-03-20T18:31:33-04:00March 9th, 2018|Blog|Comments Off on German Holiday Traditions

Doreen K . from Germany runs Austin Half Marathon

Austin, Texas Community Counselor Robin Leon shared a great photo of au pair Doreen K. from Germany who ran the Austin Half Marathon and finished in 2:13:17.  Doreen's host family also ran the race.  Doreen said that, even though she didn't get to train as much as she wanted, it was such a fun event.

By |2018-02-07T00:27:55-05:00February 7th, 2018|Blog|Comments Off on Doreen K . from Germany runs Austin Half Marathon

Isabelle R. Reflects on Her 2 Years in the USA

New York and Connecticut Community Counselor Margret Greene shared this great write up from her former au pair, Isabelle R. It’s my official post to say I’m back in Germany . Three weeks ago I had to pack all my stuff and board a plane I didn’t want to. I had to leave the country I [...]

By |2017-11-09T02:16:41-05:00November 14th, 2017|Blog|Comments Off on Isabelle R. Reflects on Her 2 Years in the USA

Benita Shares her German Culture with Kindergarten

Benita L in Angela Holland's Connecticut cluster decided she wanted to share some of her Germany culture after learning so much American culture: I am Benita L., a German Au Pair since September 2016. During the last months I learned a lot about American culture. But more important I learned how different cultures can interact [...]

By |2017-10-17T15:51:25-04:00October 23rd, 2017|Blog|Comments Off on Benita Shares her German Culture with Kindergarten

Jennifer S. Has Tip For Other Au Pairs

Jennifer S. in Maine, spent some time with a group of 1st graders teaching them a bit about Germany.  Although Jennifer was very nervous, she quickly found that the children loved learning about German traditions like gingerbread houses, Christmas markets, and carnival. In turn, Jennifer loved seeing an American school and seeing the differences with [...]

By |2017-08-23T18:49:16-04:00August 25th, 2017|Blog|Comments Off on Jennifer S. Has Tip For Other Au Pairs

Au Pairs Present During Arlington Summer Camp

This year the Arlington County Public Schools reached out to the Arlington Community Counselors asking for Au Pairs to present during their Global Village Summer Camps at the Arlington Traditional Elementary School.Thea R. from Germany and Martina C. from Italy did a fantastic job sharing about their own countries. Thea presented to 3 classes of [...]

By |2017-08-13T17:41:11-04:00August 13th, 2017|Blog|Comments Off on Au Pairs Present During Arlington Summer Camp
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