As summer winds down, we’re going to spend a week enjoying Pirate Adventures! Kids are always fascinated by pirates: the sea, the sun, the parrots, the treasure! Here is our Pinterest board with a lot of great Pirate-themed ideas, including field trips where they can practice their Pirate lingo:
Camp Au Pair – Pirate Adventure Week
If your littles need a bit of practice with their Ahoy!s, here’s a video that explains the whole thing:
Art Experiences can mean a lot of different things, from quietly sketching in museums to running from sculpture to sculpture in a big outdoor garden, to making messy art with rubber bands, to painting bread with stripes before eating the whole creation. Our Pinterest board has all of these ideas and a ton more, as well as local art Field Trips.
You can find tons of great ideas at our Pinterest board.
Local art field trips include Walker Art Center and Sculpture Garden, MIA, the Weisman Museum on the U Of M campus, the museum of Russian Art, Caponi Art Park in Eagan, Western Art Park in St. Paul, Franconia Art Park near Taylor’s Falls, Harrison Scultpure Garden in Chaska, and more. While you’re there, spend just enough time talking about what they see without overwhelming them with fancy details. You can bring a sketchbook and pencils to most museums so kids can make a lasting record of the visit.
If you’re not sure your kiddos are ready for a visit to a real museum, you can do a virtual visit to any museum in the world – are there any you visit in your hometown?
But remember, parents love to have some kid art for the fridge, or for the office, or to wear as jewelry. You can create truly meaningful memories just splashing paint around on a piece of poster board in the back yard. Have fun! (and try to control the mess!)
This week’s theme for Camp Au Pair is Cooking with Kids. Even the littlest kids can help shake up a bag of ice cream! And with the heat coming our way, you might be happy to have ideas planned that you can do in the air conditioning. The ideas on the Pinterest board include homemade butter, fun healthy snacks, science-y ideas like the ice cream in a bag, and entire meals kids can make for their families (with a little help from you!)
Nutrition and healthy eating are important for many families. The Pinterest board includes age-appropriate activities to help kids understand how the food they eat affects how they grow and feel.
Field trip ideas include Mill City Museum, where kids can learn about the flour milling industry in Minnesota (the most EXPLOSIVE museum in the world – iykyk,) and a site where you can find farmer’s markets near you. Kids will love being able to choose the vegetables they get for lunch – plus you can always grab a few honey sticks, for kids over 12 months. The big Minneapolis farmers market by the Basilica has music and samples. My kids love it!
Here’s the link to the Pinterest board:
Au pairs can be the perfect childcare solution: flexible, experienced, loving, and fun, and they also open a window to the world for your kids. Hosting an au pair means no scrambling for coverage for spring break or if someone gets sick, having another adult to drive to softball practice, and more love to go around! All this and more, and the cost is less than most other options!
Families in the Twin Cities are finding that having live-in care can answer many of their childcare needs. We have au pairs from all over the world. They come on a 12 month visa, live with host families, provide up to 45 of childcare each week. They can teach the children their own language, share international cuisine, add new customs to your holiday celebrations, and help with laundry and other child-related household chores.
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Thanks to COVID19, a lot of kids are going to miss out on day camp this year. Our au pairs can run a weekly camp for the kids that will be even more fun, since it’s designed just for them! Plus they don’t have to spend all that time on the bus going back and forth. Every week I’ll post some ideas from the Au Pair in America Pinterest, Camp Au Pair boards. But feel free to browse them on your own.
This week is all about pirates. Imaginative play at its finest! Our Pinterest board with a ton of ideas for kids of every age. Check it out and pick one or two for every day this week.
https://www.pinterest.com/aupairinamerica/camp-au-pair-pirate-adventures/
Here are just a few samples of the kind of thing you’ll find:
Avast, me hearties – time to set sail!
Thanks to COVID19, a lot of kids are going to miss out on day camp this year. Our au pairs can run a weekly camp for the kids that will be even more fun, since it’s designed just for them! Plus they don’t have to spend all that time on the bus going back and forth. Every week I’ll post some ideas from the Au Pair in America Pinterest, Camp Au Pair boards. But feel free to browse them on your own.
This week we are going to do some amazing experiments that are sure to keep the kids engaged. Our Pinterest board with a ton of ideas for kids of every age. Check it out and pick one or two for every day this week.
https://www.pinterest.com/aupairinamerica/camp-au-pair-science-stem/
Here are just a few samples of the kind of thing you’ll find:
Mad scientists – have fun!
Thanks to COVID19, a lot of kids are going to miss out on day camp this year. Our au pairs can run a weekly camp for the kids that will be even more fun, since it’s designed just for them! Plus they don’t have to spend all that time on the bus going back and forth. Every week I’ll post some ideas from the Au Pair in America Pinterest, Camp Au Pair boards. But feel free to browse them on your own.
This week we are going to all be royalty. Pretend play is an important part of child development, and fun to boot! Princess, knight, dragon, fairy – they’re all here!
Our Pinterest board with a ton of ideas for kids of every age. Check it out and pick one or two for every day this week.
https://www.pinterest.com/aupairinamerica/camp-au-pair-princesses-knights/
Here are just a few samples of the kind of thing you’ll find:
Have fun with their royal highnesses!
Thanks to COVID19, a lot of kids are going to miss out on day camp this year. Our au pairs can run a weekly camp for the kids that will be even more fun, since it’s designed just for them! Plus they don’t have to spend all that time on the bus going back and forth. Every week I’ll post some ideas from the Au Pair in America Pinterest, Camp Au Pair boards. But feel free to browse them on your own.
This week we are going to focus big animals – lions, tigers, elephants. The coolest. Maybe on Friday you could all head over to Como Zoo, if it’s open by then…. Here’s our Pinterest board with a ton of ideas for kids of every age. Check it out and pick one or two for every day this week.
https://www.pinterest.com/aupairinamerica/camp-au-pair-backyard-safari/
Here are just a few samples of the kind of thing you’ll find:
It’s going to be wild!
Thanks to COVID19, a lot of kids are going to miss out on day camp this year. Our au pairs can run a weekly camp for the kids that will be even more fun, since it’s designed just for them! Plus they don’t have to spend all that time on the bus going back and forth. Every week I’ll post some ideas from the Au Pair in America Pinterest, Camp Au Pair boards. But feel free to browse them on your own.
This week we are going to focus on learning about cars and trucks. Most kids have a little gearhead in them, right? The board has a ton of great ideas for playing with cars and trucks. Here’s a Pinterest board with a ton of ideas for kids of every age. Check it out and pick one or two for every day this week.
https://www.pinterest.com/aupairinamerica/camp-au-pair-cars-trucks/
Here are just a few samples of the kind of thing you’ll find:
Let’s get motoring!
Thanks to COVID19, a lot of kids are going to miss out on day camp this year. Our au pairs can run a weekly camp for the kids that will be even more fun, since it’s designed just for them! Plus they don’t have to spend all that time on the bus going back and forth. Every week I’ll post some ideas from the Au Pair in America Pinterest, Camp Au Pair boards. But feel free to browse them on your own.
This week we are going to focus on learning about art. The board has a ton of great ideas for kid-made art, and also some advice for taking kids to the museum. Here in Minneapolis, we have some amazing museums and when there’s a rainy day. it can be the perfect activity. MIA in particular is very family-friendly and free. Here’s a Pinterest board with a ton of ideas for kids of every age. Check it out and pick one or two for every day this week.
https://www.pinterest.com/aupairinamerica/camp-au-pair-art-experiences/
Here are just a few samples of the kind of thing you’ll find:
Now go be creative!
