{"id":202,"date":"2014-02-05T17:27:52","date_gmt":"2014-02-05T23:27:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mnm\/2014\/02\/05\/winter-olympics\/"},"modified":"2014-02-05T17:27:52","modified_gmt":"2014-02-05T23:27:52","slug":"winter-olympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mnm\/2014\/02\/05\/winter-olympics\/","title":{"rendered":"Winter Olympics"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Olympics are almost here! When they changed it so the Winter Olympics and Summer Olympics would be staggered, so there would be one every two years instead of both every four, I didn’t like it, but now I really do. And with so many Minnesotans participating in the Sochi Olympics, it’s going to more exciting than ever.<\/p>\n

My au pairs always go to a Gopher Women’s Hockey game every year, so they should recognize some of the names.
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My aupairs at a U of M hockey game<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

If you are looking for ways to make the Olympics more meaningful for your kids, Activity Village has some cool ideas: http:\/\/www.activityvillage.co.uk\/winter-olympics<\/p>\n

One of the reasons people get au pairs is to introduce their kids to other cultures, and this is a ready-made way to expand on that. Do they ice skate in Brazil? Ski in South Africa? Play hockey in Thailand? Now is the time to find out. You can have an atlas or a globe handy so you can show kids where the different countries are. You can devise your own ‘games’ and have each kid pick a country to represent (the au pair should probably represent her own country to avoid conflict.) Or you could explore Russian culture and cuisine, in keeping with the host country.<\/p>\n

Whatever you do, you won’t be able to escape the Olympics this month, so you may as well enjoy it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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