I am excited to share with you the first post of the series Discovering the World. I’ll be sharing with you how little one is learning about other countries through activities, crafts, a lapboard that we will make for each country, music, YouTube, and Little Passports. The countries that we’llRead More →
I love teaching our child about the different Winter holidays, and last year I hosted in our home a Cultural Playdate: “Celebrating 中國新年 (Chinese New Year).” This year I hosted a one-day Kwanzaa Winter Holiday camp for ten of my son’s friends 5 years and under. The fun part aboutRead More →
A wonderful way of showing our son how to appreciate other cultures is by participating in a Worldwide Culture Swap. This past summer we participated in two culture swaps, and have received swap packages from other families across the globe! Our packages came from families from England, Norway and South Africa! Participating isRead More →
In the first Worldwide Culture Swap that we participated in we were paired with 4 more families. Two from the USA: Florida and Hawaii (you can read more about the contents of these two states here), and two other countries: Norway and South Africa. We were assigned to Group 66!Read More →
What a nice surprise to get home, and find in our mail box a package all the way from England! I was thrilled with the packaging, and the stamp that read: “Royal Mail!” with the picture of Queen Elizabeth. Ohhhh, I felt so special…:) As we opened the package bothRead More →
Receiving swap packages from around the country and the world is fun! We participated in two swaps: Group 66 and Group 88. In Group 66 we had South Africa (received, and will blog about it soon!), Norway (still waiting on the package); and two states: Hawaii, and Florida. We receivedRead More →
So we received our 1st Worldwide Cultural Swap Exchange from Hawaii! Little one was thrilled with everything. He loved the leis and the turtle. 🙂 There were lots of postcards, a luau shirt (folded paper with instructions), fish made from palm leaves, stickers, US flag, macadamia nuts, a passion fruitRead More →
I first learned about Worldwide Cultural Swap from a post that Multicultural Familia had shared on their Facebook page. Of course, I was immediately hooked, and excited to join. I signed up and was contacted via email if I wanted to participate. Of course, that was a yes! So weRead More →
