{"id":291,"date":"2012-01-20T11:06:08","date_gmt":"2012-01-20T15:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/boh\/?p=291"},"modified":"2012-01-20T11:06:08","modified_gmt":"2012-01-20T15:06:08","slug":"au-pairs-present-their-countries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/boh\/2012\/01\/20\/au-pairs-present-their-countries\/","title":{"rendered":"Au Pairs present their countries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Au Pair in America brings the world together.\u00a0 We bring au pairs from over 60 countries to US families who receive quality child care.\u00a0 Au pairs also share their culture with their host families and people who come in contact with them.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 We also offer a program called <em>Global Awareness<\/em>, and it gives au pairs the opportunity to share their culture in public settings like libraries or schools.<\/p>\n<p>This week, my Swedish au pair Emma and my South African au pair Tracey came to St. Agnes School in Arlington center to present their country to kids in the classroom.\u00a0 Emma went to the 5th grade, and Tracey to the 7th.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 They both did an outstanding job and the kids learned a lot about Sweden and South Africa.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 378px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i975.photobucket.com\/albums\/ae238\/bettinavelona\/January%202012\/019.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"368\" height=\"277\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Emma presenting Sweden in the 5th grade<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 287px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"  \" src=\"http:\/\/i975.photobucket.com\/albums\/ae238\/bettinavelona\/January%202012\/030.jpg\" alt=\"Tracey presenting South Africa in the 7th grade\" width=\"277\" height=\"368\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tracey presenting South Africa in the 7th grade<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>GREAT JOB, EMMA AND TRACEY!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Both au pairs receive a Global Awareness Certificate as well as a<\/p>\n<p>Starbucks gift card.<\/p>\n<p>For more photos please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/s975.photobucket.com\/albums\/ae238\/bettinavelona\/January%202012\/\">Global Awareness<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Au Pair in America brings the world together.\u00a0 We bring au pairs from over 60 countries to US families who receive quality child care.\u00a0 Au pairs also share their culture with their host families and people who come in contact with them.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 We also offer a program called Global Awareness, and it gives au pairs  <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/boh\/2012\/01\/20\/au-pairs-present-their-countries\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,1],"tags":[18,21,26,32,42,43,57,226,74,90,140,152,187],"class_list":["post-291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cultural-exchange","category-uncategorized","tag-arlington","tag-au-pair","tag-au-pair-in-america","tag-au-pairs","tag-boston","tag-boston-area","tag-childcare","tag-cultural-exchange","tag-education","tag-global-awareness","tag-massachusetts","tag-new-england","tag-st-agnes-school"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - 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