Opportunities for Gifted Children
Au Pair in America’s parent company, the American Institute For Foreign Study (AIFS), offers additional enrichment opportunities for gifted and talented children at the Summer Institute for the Gifted (SIG). This is a program designed for children between the ages of 5 and 17, whose children may benefit from SIG’s fun and stimulating programming.

SIG offers students:

• Day and Residential Programs – Held on prestigious college campuses across the country like Yale University, UC Berkeley and Princeton University.
• Innovative Academics – Students can choose from topical multi-disciplinary courses. Offerings are continually updated, with 20 new classes in 2016.
• Top Quality Instructors – Instructors are selected for their expertise in working with gifted children as well as in content areas.

Current host families are also eligible for a 5% family discount off their SIG program fee!

For mire information, you can contact me at 612-730-8535, or jharriss@aupairinamerica.com, or follow the link to SIG’s website: www.giftedstudy.org.

 

Many cultures have a spring celebration similar to Easter, so no matter where your au pair is from, she will probably have some great traditions to share with you while learning about yours. Most au pairs have Sundays off (not all, of course!) but they still want to experience things like this. Make sure you share expectations and plans for the day with your au pair in advance, so she knows what’s coming. Also, make sure you invite her to introduce your family to any special spring traditions.

Holidays are a wonderful way to get a better understanding of other cultures. Have fun!