Ahoy! Save yourself from walking the plank of summertime boredom but checking out Au Pair in America’s summer fun theme PIRATES!
Find great books to grab from the library, make edible boats, or even a telescope! How about some coloring pages, playing Pirate Bingo or searching for buried treasure? Create a treasure map, have a Cannon Ball toss and create a Pirate name! Join us for some swashbuckling fun!
Photo by: Leonid Mamchenkov
Challenge yourself this upcoming week with some fun and exciting experiments! Create a catapult or a lemon volcano! How about a exploring buoyancy or what melts in the sun? Learn how to make a cloud in a jar or try some gross experiments like growing mold! Turn pennies green, learn about the water cycle and try some seed science!! So many fun and exciting opportunities! Read more about them here!
Photo by Michele
Sunday might be a rainy day… so head out to Nationals Park to spend the afternoon warm and dry indoors at the DC Metro Area Cultural Fair.
Each child will receive a passport and can travel from country to country (35 in all!) as Au Pairs from our area present what is wonderful about their countries. There will be performances all afternoon, plus face painting and coloring of international place mats to take home!
RSVP here. Don’t have time to RSVP or want to decide last minute? No problem!
Just show up and you will be more than welcome!
Sunday, May 1, 2016 | 1–4pm
Nationals Park, Norfolk Southern Club
1500 South Capitol Street, SE | Washington, DC
Help us celebrate 30 years of Au Pair in America and the U.S. Department of State’s au pair program! You’re invited to a fun afternoon of educational country displays, performances by au pairs, a photo op, face painting, and other fun activities for children. Au pairs from over 30 countries will be participating!
Organized by local Au Pair in America counselors from the DC Metro Area, the fair provides a great opportunity for families who are looking for child care to learn more about the program. Games and activities are planned for children in attendance. Children will be given a passport card that they can affix country flag stickers to as they visit au pairs from around the world.
Visit Au Pair in America’s DC Cultural Fair event page to RSVP and learn more information. (Current APIA host families are requested to RSVP using the link provided in their personal invitations.)
To get there by Metro: Take the Green Line to Navy Yard/Ballpark.
If driving: Free parking in Lot B for all attendees.
Entrance: Center Field gate and take the ramp/escalator to reach the club.
UPCOMING MUSEUMS & DATES 2016
Air & Space Museum – photo by Stephane Gallay
(Museum classes are from 10:30 AM – 3:30 PM, with the exception of the American Art Gallery & the National Portrait Gallery classes which are from 11:30 AM-4:30 PM.)
Au Pair in America au pairs from all over the greater Washington DC/Baltimore region gathered recently to join in on a scavenger hunt at the National Zoo in Washington DC! The au pairs (and counselors) braved the cold to enjoy a morning hunting around the zoo. Afterwards, we gathered on a hill for a picnic! It was a great event!
