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- Camp Au Pair – Nature Exploration
- Camp Au Pair – Outer Space
- Camp Au Pair – Dinosaurs
- Camp Au Pair – Cars & Trucks
- Camp Au Pair – Bugs & Butterflies
- Camp Au Pair – Backyard Safari
- Camp Au Pair – Under the Sea
- Camp Au Pair: Art Experiences
- Camp Au Pair – Science (STEM)
- Camp Au Pair: Art Experiences
- Camp Au Pair – Dinosaurs
- Camp Au Pair – Bugs & Butterflies
- Don’t forget the sunscreen!
- Camp Au Pair – Science (STEM)
- Camp Au Pair: Backyard Safari
- Let’s visit the library!
- Make Plans for Summer Fun with the Kids!
- Dinosaurs in Culpepper?
- Have you visited JabberwockyBooks?
- Explore the outdoors
- Building positive self esteem in your children
- Have you seen the Fredericksburg video?
- Take time to read a book today!
- Celebrate National Bubble Day!
- Make Your Own Play Dough
- ABC’s of Winter Fun
- Welcome winter!
- Why should you choose an au pair?
- Happy Thanksgiving!
- Winter driving safety tips
- It’s John Philip Sousa’s birthday!
- How to parent an infant and toddler
- Avoid Falling Victim to Scammers
- Hints for Success – Homesickness/Culture Shock
- It’s Grandparents Day!
- Feeling homesick?
- September 3rd is Skyscraper day!
- Have you been to the Motts Run Reservoir Recreation Area?
- Camp Au Pair – Art Experiences
- Make a fossil!
- Camp Au Pair – Summer Olympics
- Camp Au Pair – Science (STEM)
- Camp Au Pair – Dinosaurs
- Camp Au Pair – Under the Sea
- Let’s have a picnic!
- Camp Au Pair – Bugs & Butterflies
- Top 100 picture books
- Camp Au Pair – Outer Space
- Top ten tips for au pairs
- Welcome summer!
- Have a car accident?
- Camp Au Pair – Cars & Trucks
- New ways to play with old toys
- Welcome to Camp Au Pair in America!
- Pool Safety
- Healthy eating –
- Tips for host families expecting their second au pair
- Fun with Chalk!
- Holiday & Vacation Reminders
- What’s an Au Pair?
- It’s National Pretzel Day!
- Take a Walk in the Park Day
- It’s international Women’s Day
- Privacy & Personal Information Online
- Valentine’s Day history
- What does an au pair say about her year in the US?
- Can you skate?
- It’s National Hug Day!
- Do you know Morse Code?
- Social Distancing: Free Virtual Escape Rooms
- Social Distancing: 5 Apps to Plan Your Future Trips
- Social Distancing: 5 Online Adventures for Kids
- Social Distancing: 10 Things You CAN Do Right Now
- Dealing with Social Distancing
- Play post office!
- It’s Groundhog Day!
- 2020 Challenge: Collect Moments, Not Things
- Happy Birthday Beethoven!
- It’s Geography Awareness Week!
- Making Thanksgiving Memories Together
- Three Ways for Au Pairs to Stay Red Cross Ready
- Play with peanut butter!
- It’s international drum month!
- It’s Labor Day!
- It’s Baby Safety Month
- It’s Potato Day
- Need some back to school hints?
- Why should I audit?
- Reflections from an au pair
- Back to School Planning
- It’s friendship day!
- It’s National Watermelon Day!
- Have a toasted marshmallow today!
- It’s Harry Potters Birthday! Have a party!
- Are we there yet?
- Money Questions
- It’s National Ice Cream Day!
- It’s national sugar cookie day!
- Go to a Drive In Movie Tonight!
- Celebrate the Statue of Liberty today!
- Visit a zoo or aquarium this month!
- Meet an au pair
- National Cherry Blossom Festival 2019
- Big Kids Need Interaction Too
- Lots of Au Pairs!!
- Merry Christmas!
- Meet an au pair!
- Welcome to our home!
- Smithsonian Folklife Festival
- 10 Tips for Summer Safety
- A visit to Carl’s!!
- Staying unplugged –
- National Cherry Blossom Festival 2018
- Daylight Saving Time Begins March 11
- A Valentine’s Day activity for your family
- Focus on Play: New Ideas for Some Classic Toys
- Happy Birthday Brother Grimm!
- It’s the last day of the year!
- Merry Christmas!
- It’s international language week!
- Need some ideas?
- Learn about flight!
- Avoiding Homesickness this Holiday Season
- 5 Thanksgiving Tips for Au Pairs & Host Parents
- Dress warmly for winter weather!
- Halloween safety tips
- It’s national pizza month!
- Need a costume for Halloween?
- It’s computer learning month
- It’s Native American Day
- It’s Fall!
- Color farm animals
- Good manners begin at home
- It’s Honey month
- Happy Birthday Smokey the Bear!
- Facebook tips
- It’s pioneer day!
- National Lollipop Day
- Don’t forget to drink water!
- Just add water!
- Cool off with some indoor games!
- Keeping cool in the heat!
- Hints for Success – Overcoming Homesickness
- It’s national sugar cookie day!
- Smithsonian Folklife Festival
- Preventing Dehydration in Hot Weather
- Helping Young Children Learn Language
- Fun indoor activities!
- Let’s make pancakes!
- It’s National Anthem Day!
- Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss!
- Welcome March! It’s almost spring!
- Make a playhouse!
- Let’s play school!
- Handling Expenses
- Happy Birthday Ben Franklin!
- Learn about hibernation
- Do you like pineapples?
- Try some Stone Soup!
- Do you have a car safety kit?
- Learn about X-rays!
- Happy Birthday JRR Tolkien!
- Visit a zoo!
- Another rainy snow day? Here are some things to do:
- Let’s make puppets!
- Do you collect stamps?
- Work hours clarified
- Do you like dinosaurs?
- C is for Cookie!
- Meet an au pair!
- Meet an au pair!
- A northern Virginia au pair comes back for a visit
- Traveling this summer?
- Planning a vacation?
- Let’s make pasta pets!
- Looking for helpful hints?
- Look out for ticks
- Meet an au pair and her family
- May flowers
- What does an au pair have to say about her year here?
- Need a doctor?
- Happy Birthday Big Bird!
- Let’s celebrate Spring!
- Happy St. Patricks’s Day!
- It’s Pi Day!
- What’s best about being an au pair?
- It’s Johnny Appleseed day!
- Ways to keep busy in the winter
- Play in the snow?
- It’s Ash Wednesday
- NYC travel on a budget
- Happy Kwanzaa!
- 250 au pairs went on a scavenger hunt at the National Zoo today
- Make safe decisions!
- Pool Safety
- Pan for gold?
- Do you like crayons?
- Meet an au pair
- Do you know Morse Code?
- It’s National Pretzel Day!
- Traveling to DC?
- Let’s get moving!
- Let’s visit the library!
- Let’s play scrabble!
- Let’s garden!
- Fun with Chalk!
- Explore the outdoors
- April is community service month
- All about rabbits!
- Celebrating Easter and Passover
- Top 7 parenting tips
- Tips if you want to extend into a second year
- Take a walk today!
- Meet an au pair
- Celebrate Tiffany glass!
- It’s Random Acts of Kindness Day!
- It’s National Engineers Week!
- It’s President’s Day!
- Happy Birthday Galileo!
- Another snow day?
- Valentine’s Day history
- Meet an au pair
- It’s Black history month
- It’s dental health month
- What’s the endangered species act?
- It’s Groundhog Day!
- Do you need sports insurance?
- Learn about the Gold Rush!
- Happy Winnie the Pooh Day!
- Learn about the United Nations!
- Happy Birthday Beethoven!
- Time for gingerbread!
- Why should you choose an au pair?
- Have a safe holiday!
- Make a musical instrument!
- What does my au pair do at orientation?
- Make a scratch picture!
- It’s national game and puzzle week!
- The holidays are coming!
- Happy Birthday Mickey Mouse!
- How much of Virginia have you seen?
- It’s National Game and Puzzle Week!
- It’s Geography Awareness Week!
- Play with peanut butter!
- It’s American Indian Heritage Month
- Make elephant ear cookies!
- It’s National Sewing Month!
- It’s Grandparents Day!
- It’s Classical Music Month
- Do you have a library card?
- Feeling homesick?
- Do I work on holidays?
- Don’t forget your education requirements!
- A recent email from an au pair
- Are we there yet?
- Make a fossil!
- Lose a tooth?
- National Radio Day
- It’s Potato Day!
- Happy Birthday Davy Crockett!
- Tell a joke today!
- Meet an au pair!
- Audit registration at UMW is September 1st
- Monday nights, free music on the library steps
- Come to the mall for fun on Tuesdays!
- Come downtown for a free concert every Friday at 7 pm
- Inside games to play
- See America!
- What’s on your summer bucket list?
- What does an au pair cost?
- Welcome summer!
- It’s Summer!
- Celebrate the Statue of Liberty today!
- Need Father’s Day ideas?
- Celebrate Flag Day!
- It’s Flag Day!
- It’s National Hug Day!
- Download the Red Cross First Aid App!
- Photos from an au pair!
- Join the hunt!
- It’s Memorial Day Weekend!
- Meet an au pair –
- Read a postcard from an au pair
- Come to the new Children’s Museum in Fredericksburg!
- Bug crafts for fun!
- Have some chocolate chips today!
- It’s children’s book week!
- Looking for a Mother’s Day gift?
- Tips for host families expecting their second au pair
- Happy Cinco de Mayo Day!
- Have you seen the new Fredericksburg video?
- Multicultural Fair at UMW today!
- Celebrate Purim!
- We can win pizza!
- Would the online class work for you?
- Want to win a APIA hoody?
- Happy Chinese New Year!
- National Puzzle Day!
- It’s Mozart’s birthday!
- ABC’s of Winter Fun
- It’s Australia Day!
- Winter driving safety tips
- Want to rent a car?
- University of Mary Washington audit registration date changed to Jan 22
- Happy Birthday Albert Schweitzer!
- Let’s make a volcano!
- Clebrate New Year’s Eve in downtown Fredericksburg!
- Celebrate the holidays in Fredericksburg
- Are your toys safe?
- December Holiday events in Fredericksburg
- Travel and earn education credits!
- It’s Black Friday.
- Happy Thanksgiving!
- Happy Chanukah!
- Do you have the world’s best au pair?
- Do you want to take the UCLA online class?
- What’s it like to be an au pair?
- Claude Monet was born today!
- Going unplugged –
- Gymnast Nadia Comaneci was born today!
- Do you like to race cars?
- It’s John Philip Sousa’s birthday!
- Learn about a Mexican holiday today!
- Top ten tips for au pairs
- Northern VA au pairs gather at the zoo!
- James Cook was born today
- Let’s play ball!
- Host Family Day at the farm!
- John le Carré was born today!
- Meet a DC au pair!
- Classes for au pairs
- What does an au pair say about her year in the US?
- It’s international drum month!
- It’s fire safety week!
- It’s world smile day!
- It’s spinning and weaving week!
- Free museum admission this Saturday!
- Pirates get free donuts today!
- Free Friday night concerts
- Money Questions
- It’s Baby Safety Month
- September 3rd is Skyscraper day!
- It’s Labor Day!
- Need some back to school hints?
- How to get a Virginia drivers license
- Have a toasted marshmallow today!
- What’s an Au Pair?
- School safety
- Here is a great guide to see Washington DC
- Why should I audit?
- The Social Security office is moving
- It’s Sea Serpent Day!
- It’s friendship day!
- Top 100 picture books
- Car seat safety:
- It’s National Golf Month!
- It’s National Watermelon Day!
- Come to the Fredericksburg Fair!!
- Au pairs on a NYC tour!
- Friday night concerts at Market Square
- It’s Harry Potters Birthday! Have a party!
- Concert tonight
- Inconceivable! A free movie tonight at UMW!!
- Fun Summer activities!
- Free movie at UMW tonight!
- Free Slurpees today!
- Don’t forget the sunscreen!
- Free concert at Market Square
- Have a safe Fourth of July!
- Let’s celebrate Independence Day!
- Celebrate Canada Day!
- Make a dreamcatcher!
- Visit a zoo or aquarium this month!
- 11 free things to do in Fredericksburg
- Reflections from an au pair
- Have a safe summer!
- Lokking for fun things to do this summer?
- Tuesdays at the mall!
- See a movie for a dollar!
- It’s the Itty Bitty City Scavenger Hunt!
- Get a free doughnut today!
- Summer is coming!
- Picnic in the park!
- It’s dairy month!
- Join the Summer Reading Club!
- Celebrate your morning newspaper!
- Write a penpal!
- Let’s make play dough!
- It’s Memorial Day weekend!
- Picnic in the park!
- Let’s go to the park!
- May concerts at Market Square
- Download a free book on family from the library
- Win a hoody!
- Flag Day contest
- Happy Mother’s Day!
- Try stargazing!
- Make some pretty flowers for Mother’s Day!
- Do you like to act?
- Building positive self esteem in your children
- Join the Superhero Walk!!
- Come to the Multicultural Fair at UMW!
- Free Rita’s Ice today!
- Happy 101st anniversary Girl Scouts!
- Play with Dr. Seuss!
- Celebrate Kite Flying Day!
- Visit a greenhouse today!
- Create a treasure map!
- Meet an au pair
- Play post office!
- Presidential trivia!
- Visit Ferry Farm today!
- Visit George Washington’s home today!
- 6th Annual Polar Bear Plunge
- Now is a great time to get an au pair!
- Super Bowl 47!
- Make a pie today!
- Make a vase!
- What should we do today?
- Do you volunteer?
- Traveling outside the USA?
- New Orientation location starting January 28th
- Martin Luther King Day
- Date change for auditing at UMW!
- Meet an au pair
- Save 30% on a trip!
- Auditing deadline at UMW coming up soon!
- Visiting DC?
- Do you volunteer?
- Take an online class!
- New Year’s event downtown
- Happy Holidays from Au Pair in America!
- Let’s make snowflakes!
- Children’s Christmas party
- Parades and gingerbread houses!
- It’s Veterans Day!
- Don’t forget your classes!
- It’s election day!
- Fall back on Sunday morning!
- Preparing for winter fun?
- Preparing for a storm –
- Come to the mall for family fun!
- Trick or treat!
- Fall Festival at Mount Vernon
- It’s United Nations Day!
- Host family outing to the Berry Farm!
- Kids Euro Festival in DC
- Local Halloween events
- Scavenger Hunt in DC
- It’s apple picking time!
- Visit a pumpkin patch!
- Happy Columbus Day!
- New classes offered for au pairs!
- Crime Prevention Day!
- Do you have an adolescent in the house?
- Come to the Harvest Festival!
- It’s Sukkot
- Come to the Virginia State Fair!
- It’s Yom Kippur
- It’s International Aiki Peace Day
- Welsh Festival at the James Monroe Museum today
- Come to the Art Festival!
- Concert tonight in Culpepper
- Free Flu shots
- It’s Rosh Hashanah
- Cluster meeting at the mall and the bowling alley!
- Remembering Sept 11, 2001
- Virginia Au Pairs and Families Gather
- International Food Festival today!
- Save up for college or pay for day care?
- Free concert at the museum!
- Art contest for Au Pairs!
- Picnic in the park is back!
- Remember your dreams?
- Make a butterfly craft this week!
- 142 years ago the transcontinental railroad was completed!
- Spy camp!
- Have you been to the Motts Run Reservoir Recreation Area?
- New weekend art and music classes available
- This week come on a safari!
- Second annual Family Table through August 12th
- No sales tax this weekend for school supplies!
- Have a cold?
- Have fun with the Olympics!
- Wall Street Journal article on Au Pair in America
- It’s National Ice Cream Day!
- This week’s camp is about cars and trucks!
- Summer fun!
- E. B. White was born today!
- It’s national sugar cookie day!
- Enjoy the beach in your backyard!
- Fun contest to explore Fredericksburg – Last weekend!
- This week we’re under the sea!
- This week learn about dinosaurs!
- Touch a firetruck in the park today
- Win a free AAA driving class for your new au pair!
- June cluster meeting at Kings Dominion!
- Let’s get cooking!
- Fun space crafts!
- Enter a flag contest for Au Pairs!
- Free Saturday night concerts!
- Visit a National Park for free this week!
- Go to the drive-in for a movie night!
- Do you have enough insurance?
- Welcome party held!
- Ways to welcome a new au pair:
- Take time to read a book today!
- Dinosaurs in Culpepper?
- Let’s Go, Let’s Play, Let’s Move!
- Top 20 tastes in Fredericksburg
- A new blog from the Washington Post
- Have fun with LEGOs!