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Friday, 27 January 2012, 11:43 pm by gmartireCultural Care Au Pair brings the world to your family. Along with safe, affordable, flexible, dependable live in childcare, all tailored to your families specific needs.
Cultural Care Au Pairs provide up to 45 hours of childcare per week/10 hours maximum per day. Our Au Pairs are carefully screened and our program is regulated by the U.S. State Department.
Please enjoy this website, and feel free to contact Giustina, she is happy to help you find the ideal childcare solution.
Maplewood Fire Department - February Au Pair Meeting
Friday, 27 January 2012, 8:01 pm by Belma BostanciThis month we are doing a Fire Safety Meeting at the local Fire Department
When: Sunday, February 12th
What time: 12 noon (sorry, fire department availability)
Where: Maplewood Fire Department - 105 Dunnell Rd. in Maplewood, NJ
Friends, families and host children welcome!
For Those Who Like Science
Friday, 27 January 2012, 7:48 pm by hkirkCheck out this info about a Science Festival in April. It may be a lot of fun not only for your children
http://www.usasciencefestival.org/
WE HAVE 2 NEW AU PAIRS!!
Friday, 27 January 2012, 7:04 pm by AnnieHEY EVERYONE!! LETS GIVE A BIG SHOUT OUT AND WELCOME TO
MICHELE OLIVEIRA
&
MARIA VOELKNER
WELCOME TO OUR GROUP!!!
For information about hosting an au pair please contact me at Annie.Barile@lcc.culturalcare.com or call 732-744-0170
Best Tip for Staying Healthy - Wash Your Hands!
Friday, 27 January 2012, 5:31 pm by rcreanza
The best advice for staying healthy during cold and flu season is WASH YOUR HANDS! Cold and flu germs are passed from hand to hand and frequent hand washing is your best defense. The U.S. Centers for for Disease Control (CDC) has a whole page devoted to this topic and they offer these instructions for proper hand washing:- Wet your hands with clean, running water (warm or cold) and apply soap.
- Rub your hands together to make a lather and scrub them well; be sure to scrub the backs of your hands, between your fingers, and under your nails.
- Continue rubbing your hands for at least 20 seconds. Need a timer? Hum the “Happy Birthday” song from beginning to end twice.
- Rinse your hands well under running water.
- Dry your hands using a clean towel or air dry them.
It is especially important to set an example for any children in your care, and to encourage them to wash their hands:- Before, during, and after preparing or eating food
- Before and after caring for someone who is sick or injured
- After using the toilet
- After blowing your nose, coughing, or sneezing
- After touching an animal, animal waste, or garbage
If you are not near soap and clean, running water, then you can use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer, like Purell, but these will not work on visibly dirty hands, and will not clean them as well as soap and water. Gold Bond also makes a Hand Sanitizer Moisturizer. After washing your hands so much, your skin will appreciate it!The FunImmersion Chronicles - Volume 9 - Chuu chuu- OUCH!
Friday, 27 January 2012, 5:01 pm by kpilleuxThe following blog, written twice a month, documents LCC Kelly Pilleux as she attends Language Stars in Naperville with her children; Sofia, 6 and Andres, 2. In addition to having an au pair in her home, Language Stars has been her family’s resource for learning a second language at an early age.
Well this week was interesting at Language Stars. Mommy pulled her back out over the weekend and by Thursday’s class I was still unable to walk, stand, sit or lie comfortably. Run around in circles saltando and marchado saying “chu chu” with a 2-year-old on my hip? Well, it happened, but it should not have. I had a talk with Andres on the way to class:
Andres, mommy’s back hurts. Ouch! When we do the train in class you have to walk, okay?
Okay!
Do you understand, Andres? You have to walk like your other friends do. Baxter walks, Ethan dances…okay?
Yeah!
Nope. Outstretched hands and crying.
I did manage to pick him up. It wasn’t the holding that was the problem, but the lifting. And also the fact that each kid gets to choose how the next round of the train happens: rapido (fast), lento (slow), saltando (jumping), or marchando (marching). Well of course each kid chooses saltando. What is better than a jumping train! That’s what all trains do! I’m always amazed at the parents who actually get air time during this- holding 30 lbs- at 9:30 in the morning. Every kid chose saltando that day- except Andres- because mommy wasn’t saltando at all. He looked at me each time it was another kid’s turn and said marchando? When the teacher got to him she only gave him 3 choices because he is one of the newer students.
Como va el chu chu Andres? Rapido, lento or saltando?
MARCHANDO, Andres said. Translation- let’s get this train moving because mommy’s not pulling her weight!
The teacher misunderstood him because the words can sound so similar coming from a two-year-old’s mouth, native speaker or not.
SALTANDO! She yelled.
Here we go again.
It was a rough class for mommy, but Andres made everyone laugh when a line of kids became dominoes when the first kid fell backwards. He was under the impression that Bennett just decided to sit on him. He look at Benett’s back, looked at me, the lip came out and he sobbed. Of course the parents all laughed because we saw what happened. He walked over to me, sat down and buried his face. About that time the teacher coincidentally shook a bag full of maracas which is a sound she has learned captures the kids’ attention in no time!
Macas! Andres’ yelled.
Benett’s rear end was so 10 seconds ago.
Language Stars
Naperville Center
116 West Gartner Road
Naperville, IL 60540Au Pairs volunteer at the food pantry
Friday, 27 January 2012, 4:18 pm by kcampbellThe au pairs of Elmhurst volunteered recently at a food pantry in Chicago, helping to put together food boxes for over 65 families.
February Meeting
Friday, 27 January 2012, 2:15 pm by kmorinThe February meeting is going to be lots of fun! We will be going snow tubing at Sea Coast Fun Park on Sunday the 12th from 2:30-4:30. It is strongly recommended that you buy your tickets in advance since there are limited tickets available for each time block. Be sure to dress warm! See link below for more information and directions.
Chinatown Lunar New Year Parade & Festival-Sunday, Jan 29, 2012
Friday, 27 January 2012, 2:12 pm by lzagamiChinatown Lunar New Year Parade & Festival
Date: Sunday, January 29, 2012
Time: 11:30AM - 4:00PM Festival & Booths
Time: 1:00 PM Parade starts
Location:Starts at Little Italy and goes through the main streets of Lower Manhattan/Chinatown (Mott, Canal, Bowery, Chatham Square, East Broadway, Eldridge, Hester, Forsyth & Grand St.) and ends at the Lower East Side on Grand St by Sara Roosevelt Park.
Cultural Festival & Booth: Sara Roosevelt Park (Canal & Forsyth St) One block from major subway system, next to Manhattan Bridge, close by Brooklyn Bridge & Holland Tunnel and nearby all out of town buses, and surrounded by major market place. Background: The Chinatown Lunar New Year Parade & New Year’s Day Firecracker Ceremony was founded in 1999 to provide New york’s Chinese American community with a large scale celebration on par with those in San Francisco and Los Angeles. In recent years it has suppressed it, the event has grown into a New York City-wide affair and New York’s biggest winter tourist attraction, luring thousands of visitors from all over the United States and the world. With the dog parade 5 years ago and 4 years ago the Pig race, 2- colorful float, 20 antique cars, 200 cultural performers & 3000 marchers participating making the parade more exciting. Last year, a record 500,000 spectators flooded the streets of Chinatown to welcome the year of the Rabbit. A truly pan-Asian spectacle, the Parade features cultural performers and organizations from all across Asia, including China, Korea, Japan, Vietman, Taiwan, Malaysia, Singapore and Hispanic & American dancer, bands and cultural floats.
Description:
A colorful spectacle featuring floats, marching bands, lion and dragon dancers, antique cars, beauty queens, Asian & Hispanic musical performers, magicians and acrobats, and local organizations. The floats will feature various cultural performances and special guests. Over 6,000 individuals will march in the Parade, which will span every major street in Chinatown. This is the biggest winter parade in the East Coast and a national and international tourist attraction. Elected officials, celebrities and community leaders are scheduled to take part in the Parade, which will be covered by local, national and international media. An outdoor cultural festival will take place at the Sara Roosevelt Park by Canal St & Forsyth St that will feature booths and performances by musicians, dancers, and martial artists.
- To celebrate our 13rd year- we have plans for more exciting cultural and artistic entertainment with major cultural troupe from China and 1st time food court.
- This year on January 28, 2012, we are working on operating at a school space, if weather warrens it, which holds 2000 people for our booths and performances.
Estimated Attendance: 500,000
Sponsors, volunteers and participants are welcome.
We strongly suggest arrive at route by 11:30am to 12:00pm
Au pairs volunteer at local soup kitchen
Friday, 27 January 2012, 2:06 pm by kmorin
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