{"id":121,"date":"2010-03-22T13:38:56","date_gmt":"2010-03-22T17:38:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/boh\/?p=121"},"modified":"2010-03-22T13:38:56","modified_gmt":"2010-03-22T17:38:56","slug":"au-pair-in-america-cultural-fair-boston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/boh\/2010\/03\/22\/au-pair-in-america-cultural-fair-boston\/","title":{"rendered":"Au Pair in America Cultural Fair Boston"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/i975.photobucket.com\/albums\/ae238\/bettinavelona\/Au%20Pair%20in%20America%20Cultural%20Fair\/CulturalFair043.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"133\" height=\"100\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 143px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"    \" src=\"http:\/\/i975.photobucket.com\/albums\/ae238\/bettinavelona\/Au%20Pair%20in%20America%20Cultural%20Fair\/CulturalFair006.jpg\" alt=\"Mexican Table\" width=\"133\" height=\"100\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mexican Table<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 143px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"    \" src=\"http:\/\/i975.photobucket.com\/albums\/ae238\/bettinavelona\/Au%20Pair%20in%20America%20Cultural%20Fair\/CulturalFair003.jpg\" alt=\"Chinese Table\" width=\"133\" height=\"100\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chinese Table<\/p><\/div>\n<p>On Sunday, March 21,<em> Au Pair in America<\/em> brought the world to the Boston Children&#8217;s Museum. \u00a0 Boston area counselors organized a Cultural Fair, open to their host families and to the public.<\/p>\n<p>Au pairs from all over the world did an amazing job putting together information about their countries and presenting it at country tables.\u00a0 They seemed very excited to share their culture with others.  Parents and children talked to au pairs, played games, enjoyed crafts, danced, watched performances and learned words from different languages.\u00a0\u00a0 Children received passports and collected country stickers at each table.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 143px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"    \" src=\"http:\/\/i975.photobucket.com\/albums\/ae238\/bettinavelona\/Au%20Pair%20in%20America%20Cultural%20Fair\/CulturalFair016.jpg\" alt=\"Ukrainian Table\" width=\"133\" height=\"100\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ukrainian Table<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This event provided an entertaining and educational afternoon for children and adults.\u00a0 It also satisfied the State Department requirement that counselors offer annual host family workshops for their host families.\u00a0 Au Pair in America prides itself in providing an excellent cultural exchange opportunity for host families and au pairs in addition to offering affordable and flexible child care.<\/p>\n<dl>\n<dt><\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<dl>\n<dt><\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<div style=\"width: 143px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"    \" src=\"http:\/\/i975.photobucket.com\/albums\/ae238\/bettinavelona\/Au%20Pair%20in%20America%20Cultural%20Fair\/CulturalFair015.jpg\" alt=\"Brazilian Dancing\" width=\"133\" height=\"100\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brazilian Dancing<\/p><\/div>\n<dl>\n<dt><\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<div style=\"width: 110px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"    \" src=\"http:\/\/i975.photobucket.com\/albums\/ae238\/bettinavelona\/Au%20Pair%20in%20America%20Cultural%20Fair\/CulturalFair020.jpg\" alt=\"French Table\" width=\"100\" height=\"133\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\">\n<dl>\n<dt><\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<\/dt>\n<dd>FrenchTable<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\">\n<dl>\n<dt><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"    \" src=\"http:\/\/i975.photobucket.com\/albums\/ae238\/bettinavelona\/Au%20Pair%20in%20America%20Cultural%20Fair\/CulturalFair036.jpg\" alt=\"Learning Thai\" width=\"133\" height=\"100\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Learning Thai<\/p><\/div>\n<p>For more Cultural Fair photos, please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/s975.photobucket.com\/albums\/ae238\/bettinavelona\/Au%20Pair%20in%20America%20Cultural%20Fair\/\">Cultural Fair Photos<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/109997017189245109941\/CulturalFairAtTheChildrenSMuseumMarch2010?feat=email#\">Heidi&#8217;s Photos<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Sunday, March 21, Au Pair in America brought the world to the Boston Children&#8217;s Museum. \u00a0 Boston area counselors organized a Cultural Fair, open to their host families and to the public. 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