Au Pairs and some host children had fun ice skating indoors at the Sports Center of Connecticut Sunday January 10, 2016
Category Archives: Child Care
January 2016 Webinars
Helpful Tips for Au Pairs
Webinars to help you manage your life in the U.S.
These informative sessions are designed specifically for you, giving you important tips that will help you get the most out of your year!
Hosted by your orientation trainers.
After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the online meeting.
Sign up for as many as you’d like!
Au pairs who attend 6 webinars between January 1 and March 31 will be entered into a raffle to receive a $250 Amazon gift card!*
*Au pairs must register for and attend 6 Au Pair in America webinars held during the specified time frame of January 1, 2016 through March 31, 2016. Au pairs must be in attendance during the entire length of each webinar. Au pairs that leave the webinar before it is complete, will not receive credit for attending that particular webinar. Once an au pair completes her 6th webinar, her name will be entered into a raffle drawing, with the winner being awarded a $250 gift card from Amazon.com.
Word from attendees
Au Pair Webinar raffle winner
Congratulations to Au Pair in America webinar raffle winner Roxana Aguirre Avalos
I’m so glad to know this wonderful and amazing news !! You all made my day! So excited!! 😀 can’t believe it yet!!! … This Christmas was a very different for me, even though I wasn’t with my own family, my host family made me feel like at home, so grateful with all them, they’re such a very nice family! … Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and Jolly new year!!! Peace, joy and love to everybody for this new year 2016!!!
Thanks a lot, au pair in America!!!
Love,
Roxana Aguirre Avalos 😀
Join us for our free online webinar sessions throughout the year.
January Webinars Overview:
Tuesday
January
5
9:30 PM EDT
Toilet Training 101
No more diapers? Need help with toilet training the children? Join us for tips and suggestions about toilet training in America Hosted by Sandee Plescia
Register now
Tuesday
January
12
9:30 PM EDT
“Feeling Sad or Stressed? Tips for gaining balance in your life.”
How to relieve stress during your time in the U.S. Hosted by Sandee Plescia, Orientation Trainer
Register now
Monday
January
18
12:00 PM EDT
It’s Up To You: Making the Most of Your Au Pair Year
Managing your free time, your money and extending your friendship circle. Hosted by Joan Barth, Orientation Trainer
Register now
Tuesday
January
19
9:30 PM EDT
Help: My Kids Are Fighting Again
Managing fighting siblings! Hosted by Joan Barth, Orientation Trainer
Register now
Thursday
January
21
9:30 PM EDT
Successfully Communicating with Your Family
Communicating effectively with your host family is essential to a successful year. Join us for this webinar to learn about the keys to communication that will help you in all of your important relationships. Hosted by Jody Landon, Lead Orientation Trainer
Register now
Tuesday
January
26
9:30 PM EDT
Going Home? Tips for leaving the US and settling in at home
How to return home after your stay and feel good about it. Tips for leaving and also for settling in when you return.Hosted by Jody Landon, Lead Orientation Trainer
Register now
I attended your webinar yesterday and loved it! The activities were really really great and I actually did the Rheindeer-sleigh-fingerprint-one with my host kids today. The kids loved it and the host mum said it was one of the best crafts she’d ever seen and she’s a preschool teacher.
Fiona, ACTIVITY TIME: Infants & Toddlers
Your webinar leaders
Jody Landon
– Lead Orientation Trainer
Joan Barth
– Orientation Leader/EduCare Specialist I
Sandee Plescia – Orientation
This Week’s Webinars for Au Pairs
The next five Au Pair Webinars will be on:
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, AT 9:30 P.M EDT.: HOMESICKNESS: MAKING IT THROUGH
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10 AT 8 P.M. EST: TEENAGERS: THE LOVE/HATE RELATIONSHIP
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10 AT 9:00 P.M. EST: NO TIME FOR BOREDOM: ACTIVITIES TO DO WITH PRESCHOOLERS
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 13 AT 9:00 P.M. EST: VISITORS FROM HOME? MAKING IT WORK FOR YOU, YOUR HOST FAMILY & YOUR GUESTS
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15 AT 9:30 P.M. EST: TANTRUMS: HELPING YOUR OUT OF CONTROL CHILD
Au Pairs will get a certificate if they attend the entire webinar.
If you attend 6 Au Pair Webinars between Oct. 1 and December 31, your name will be entered into a raffle to win a $250 Amazon Gift card. Here are the details:
Au pairs must register for and attend 6 Au Pair in America webinars held during the specified time frame of October 1, 2015 through December 15, 2015. Au pairs must be in attendance during the entire length of each webinar. Au pairs that leave the webinar before it is complete, will not receive credit for attending that particular webinar. Once an Au Pair completes her 6th webinar, her name will be entered into a raffle drawing, with the winner being awarded a $250 gift card from Amazon.com.
You can register at http://www.aupairinamerica.com/webinars
Host Family Workshop and Au Pair Get Together
Westport Au Pair In America Host Families and Au Pairs gathered together at Compo Beach Sunday September 20th to meet each other, make some new friends and learn from one another. It was a great way to end the summer and begin the new school year!
Multi Cluster Tax Meeting
Au Pairs from Westport, Weston and Wilton gathered at the Weston Field Club Wednesday March 11th to get help filing their taxes and to meet, greet and socialize with each other. 
Valentine’s Day Idioms
Here is a Valentine’s Day mini language lesson of American heart idioms. Which ones exist/don’t exist in your native language?.
List of “heart” idioms with definitions:
to have a heart of gold – to care about other people
to have a big heart – to be giving, caring
to be cold-hearted -lacking in sympathy
to wear your heart on your sleeve- to let everyone know how you feel about someone
to cross your heart and hope to die -to promise
to cry your heart out – to cry a lot and feel really bad about something
to eat your heart out – to be jealous of someone
from the bottom of your heart – to really mean something
to have a change of heart -to change your mind
to have a heart – to be compassionate, to care about other people
to have your heart in your mouth- to be scared or nervous
to have your heart set on something – to really want something
to set your heart at rest – stop worrying about something
to be soft hearted – to be sympathetic
to take something to heart- to have your feelings hurt by something someone else says or does
Happy Valentine’s Day, everyone! Have fun making cards for friends and family!
Multi Cluster Ice Skating 2015
Au Pairs from Westport, Wilton, Weston, Woodbridge, Fairfield, Trumbull,, Bethany and beyond skated and socialized at the Sports Center of CT January 11th.
Pumpkin Carving at Compo Beach
Au Pairs from Westport and Redding, CT gathered at Compo Beach Tuesday morning Oct. 28th, to carve pumpkins, meet some new friends and catch up with others. Au Pairs from Germany, Panama, Sweden, Thailand, Canada, Brazil, Spain, and Italy carved wonderful jack o lanterns to celebrate Halloween this Friday. For many, it was the first time they had ever carved a pumpkin. Some Au Pairs brought their host children and/or dogs to the event! It was a fun event and a glorious day to be outside!
Halloween Safety
Halloween can be a lot of fun but it is also a time when safety should come first. Here are some tips:
Adult supervision is essential. Always accompany the children if they are going door to door to trick or treat
Try trick-or-treat-friendly homes. Ensure the children only visit houses with lights on. And, you might also suggest the houses they visit have some sort of Halloween decoration on the porch.
Stay outside. Make sure the children don’t go inside someone’s house. They can trick or treat on the porch.
Remain visible. Dress the children in bright costumes or have them wear reflective strips or carry a glow stick or flashlight.
Quality-check treats. Check the candy before they eat it. Throw out any candy that is not in its original wrapper or looks like it has been tampered with.
Say “no” to strangers. Remind the children to never accept a ride or go anywhere with a stranger.
Craft and Game Cluster Meeting
Westport Au Pairs learned to make origami animals for gifts, puppets, book marks and mobiles, in addition to learning word search games they can play with their host children at last night’s cluster meeting.
