Spring Activity Ideas Click here to view lots of Spring Activity Ideas on the Au Pair in America Pinterest Board Looking for things to do with the kids? Check out our Spring Has Sprung Pinboard. Read More

Au Pair in America au pairs are so creative and contribute so much to their host families and to cultural exchange.  Here’s what our own Christina Moser contributed: Christina tells us about Austrian Christmas I’m going to tell you about the traditions around Christmastime in my family back home in the south of Austria. Since Read More

What an innovative group of au pairs!!  Here are the original creations from the three groups “competing” in our Project Runway activity at yesterday’s cluster meeting. Read More

Thanksgiving dates back to the first European settlers in North America. After hardship, illness and hard work the Pilgrims celebrated a successful harvest that they shared with their Native American friends. This national holiday is a day to feast and give thanks. Read More

THANKSGIVING falls on the fourth Thursday of November. It is as a legal holiday in the United States and commemorates the feast held at Plymouth in 1621 by the Pilgrim colonists and members of the Wampanoag people. The feast was held to honor God and give him thanks for harvest and health. Thanksgiving has religious Read More

Chanukkah Begins November 27 at Sundown No Comments We have host families from a wide variety of backgrounds and faiths.  Some celebrate Christmas, some Chanukkah, some Kwanzaa and some celebrate more than one of those Read More

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Daylight Saving Time During DST, clocks are turned forward an hour, effectively moving an hour of daylight from the morning to the evening.  Today, approximately 70 countries worldwide utilize Daylight Saving Time in at least some portion of the country.  If you don’t come from one of those countries, I am guessing that the idea may Read More

Education matters We are very proud of the ongoing training we offer our au pairs which provides further educational guidance on a wide range of topics. Our orientation trainers take great care to research and prepare the topics presented via Webinars to our au pairs once placed in Read More

Summer is over, and in many places the air is turning colder. As the weather changes be sure to take advantage of what the fall season has to offer. Even if you don’t live in a place that sees a lot colorful leaves, there are fun family-friendly ways to get outdoors this fall: • Go Read More