Bronxville Library Hosts Global Awareness Presentation

Spanish au pair Marta P., in Zerelda Rodriguez's Bronx, NY cluster, shared about her country to a group of 10 children between 2 and 8 years old. During her hour-long presentation she showed the children pictures of typical foods, traditions, and spent some time talking about Catalonia. She read them a story book about "The [...]

By |2019-07-31T13:33:13-04:00July 11th, 2019|Blog|Comments Off on Bronxville Library Hosts Global Awareness Presentation

Students at Hillel School in Marblehead, MA Learn about Brazil

Au pair Lorena F. shares her Brazilian culture with ten 1st grade students at Epstein Hillel school in Marblehead, MA in Alexa Patenaude's cluster.  She showed where Brazil is on the map, explained the colors of the flag, spoke about the geography and some cultural facts.   The students were really engaged when Lorena started talking about [...]

By |2018-08-02T15:50:04-04:00August 3rd, 2018|Blog|Comments Off on Students at Hillel School in Marblehead, MA Learn about Brazil

Polish Au Pair Katarzyna M. Presents to 4th Grade in MA

Polish au pair Katarzyna M. had the opportunity to share Polish history, tradition, and language to a group of 19 4th graders at the Peter Noyes Elementary School in Sudbury, MA. Katarzyna explains: "I started my presentation with geography of Europe and the comparison of Poland vs the United States. Then, I presented a little [...]

By |2018-02-07T00:37:20-05:00February 9th, 2018|Blog|Comments Off on Polish Au Pair Katarzyna M. Presents to 4th Grade in MA

Diana G. Presents on Mexico

Washington D. C. based Au Pair Diana G. presented on her home country Mexico to Maury Elementary School. Diana is in Ann Robertson's cluster and shares about her experience: Visiting a public school in a Washington DC neighborhood, was one of the greatest experiences that I have had in the United States, during my time [...]

By |2017-11-08T17:37:10-05:00November 8th, 2017|Blog|Comments Off on Diana G. Presents on Mexico

Franziska S. Visits Special Music School in NYC

Austrian Au Pair Franziska S., based in Susan Grubstein's Brooklyn cluster, describes her experience of sharing her culture with the Special Music School students: As a trained kindergarten and after school care teacher, I was pretty excited to work with a group of kids again. I visited the 3rd grade in the Special Music School [...]

By |2017-11-02T15:22:41-04:00November 6th, 2017|Blog|Comments Off on Franziska S. Visits Special Music School in NYC

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

Lauren A. Excited to Share about South Africa

Lauren A. from South Africa is a great example of an Au Pair who embraced Global Awareness when fulfilling her presentation requirement for her UCLA course.  Lauren is in Jennifer Harris's Minnesota cluster. Lauren's own words: When I found out that I had to do a Global Awareness Presentation for the online course I am [...]

By |2017-10-17T15:52:04-04:00October 19th, 2017|Blog|Comments Off on Lauren A. Excited to Share about South Africa

Presentation Insights from Daniela from Colombia

Daniela L. in Janet Murphy's Colorado cluster shares her insights of presenting about Colombia to a group of pre-schoolers. My name is Daniela, I am 22 years old and right now I am an au pair in Fort Collins, Colorado. I take care of three girls; they are 9, 7 and 4 years old. My [...]

By |2017-10-17T15:42:27-04:00October 17th, 2017|Blog|Comments Off on Presentation Insights from Daniela from Colombia
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