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Make Plans for Summer Fun with the Kids!

When the kids are out of school on summer break there are soooo many possibilities. But, if you don’t make plans, you will often end up in the house with bored kids getting into trouble and arguing with their siblings.  Make plans!

Having lots of ideas ready can minimize those problems.

Looking for fun activity ideas to get the summer started off right with your host kids?

The Au Pair in America Summer Fun Pinboard is a great place to start. Together, create a Summer Bucket List. Talk with the kids about things they would like to see and do. Even toddlers and preschoolers can contribute to the conversation. Run these plans by your host parents and clear things like how much you may spend and when is best to do some of these activities.

Check back here next week for information on Camp Au Pair in America: a weekly blog series with themes for a summer break filled with fun and new adventures.

Photo: MissMessie (Flickr)

DC Region Scavenger Hunt at the National Zoo 2017

The weather could no be more perfect for the gathering of nearly 30 Clusters of Au Pair in America’s DC Region!

Over 300 Au Pairs from around the world met to participate in the 3rd Au Pair in America DC Region Scavenger Hunt at the National Zoo on Sunday, October 1st.

Au Pairs formed teams of 10-12 and given packets with instructions, each unique hunt map asked the team to identify 10 animals by color, region, texture etc.

Pinterest was a great resource for excellent scavenger hunt maps this year. These followed a Montessori model…

 

 

 

The Zoo was a buzz that Sunday with many young families enjoying a day out and they encountered little groups of Au Pairs in their Au Pair in America t-shirts happily saying hello and engaging children. After 2 hours the teams returned with photos of their finds and presented their results to their Counselor.

Each Au Pair received a stuffed panda toy as a souvenir of the day and their visit with the National Zoo’s own Giant Pandas…Mei Xiang (female), Tian Tian (male) and their baby Bei Bei.

 

All participants and their counselors gathered for a giant photo to commemorate the day!