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Welcome to Camp Au Pair in America!

When kids are out of school for the summer, it doesn’t take long for them to become bored and  sometimes that leads to sibling squabbles and mischief. Even though they don’t realize it, they are usually missing routine and predictability in their daily schedule. One solution is to make fun plans to keep them busy! 

Each week this summer we will share a different Camp Au Pair theme. These weekly themes are designed to give you ideas to keep your host kids occupied and engaged all summer long. They will also be learning. (But shhhh, don’t tell them that part.) Check back each Friday, for the next week’s theme. This gives you a chance to make plans and gather materials for the next week. For each theme there will be crafts, games, snacks and activities. You can just use these ideas or add your own and customize the themes to fit the ages and interests of your host children.

Here are the themes you can look forward to:

  • Art Experiences
  • Backyard Safari
  • Bugs & Butterflies
  • Cars and Trucks
  • Dinosaurs
  • Explore the World
  • Nature Explorations
  • Outer Space
  • Pirate Adventures
  • Princesses & Knights
  • Science (STEM)
  • Under the Sea

Check out Summer Fun & Summer Holidays pin boards for even more ideas.

If you get some great pictures doing these activities with your host kids, please send those to your counselor. We love to share your accomplishments and inspire other au pairs!

Let’s make this an amazing summer!

 

Have fun with the Olympics!

You will find lots of fun ideas for games, crafts, printables, activities and recipes related to the 2012 Summer Olympics in London on the

Camp Au Pair in America – London Olympics

Fun Fact: The Olympic symbol consists of five interlaced rings of equal dimensions, used alone, in one or in five different colors, which are, from left to right, blue, yellow, black, green and red. The Olympic symbol (the Olympic rings) expresses the activity of the Olympic Movement and represents the union of the five continents and the meeting of athletes from throughout the world at the Olympic Games.

This week learn about dinosaurs!

This week Camp Au Pair in America learns about dinosaurs! Click here for fun activities!

http://pinterest.com/aupairinamerica/camp-au-pair-dinosaurs/

And if you want to see dinosaur tracks in the area, visit the

M U S E U M   O F   C U L P E P E R  H I S T O R Y      803 South Main Street       Culpeper, VA 22701        540-829-1749

www.culpepermuseum.com

Hours:   Monday through Saturday 10am to 5 pm      Sunday 1pm to 5 pm

Admission:   Children (18 and under) and Culpeper residents free      Out of town guests $3.00

Trek through Culpeper’s Triassic period with the dinosaurs.

Learn about our dinosaurs, their habitat, and the science of Paleontology.

Examine a locally excavated pair of 215 million year old tracks.

Fun space crafts!

Au Pair in America will be featuring a regular page called Camp Au Pair in America. The first posting is Camp Au Pair – Outer Space. It features a collection of outer space themed activities to keep the kids engaged for a week of fun.

http://pinterest.com/aupairinamerica/camp-au-pair-outer-space/

LiveSky: Space Junk! Is Earth a Hoarder?

For more space fun, travel to the Virginia Science Museum in Richmond and find out about space junk!

LiveSky: Space Junk! Is Earth a Hoarder?
Friday, June 15
LiveSky, 6 pm
IMAX® film Space Junk, 7:30 pm

From the makers of junk food and junk mail…comes…SPACE JUNK! Tens of millions of objects floating in orbit around our planet. How did they get there? Can we clean them up? Do they pose a threat to our astronauts or even here on Earth? Come see what our astronomers and TV’s Matt Paxton have to say about Earth’s history of hoarding objects for decades!! After the show see a free sneak preview of the new IMAX® film Space Junk, then, weather permitting, we will point telescopes into the vastness of space and see things with our own eyes! LiveSky is $5, free for Museum members. IMAX® film Space Junk is free.

Science Museum of Virginia 2500 West Broad Street Richmond VA 23220