Native English speaker for language practice and play in a town near Bilbao, Spain

Details

• 

  Description

  JUNE OR SEPTEMBER... AND WE WILL BE HAPPY HAVING WORKAWEYERS ALSO DURING THE WINTER (FROM OCTOBER TO MAY)😊.
  
  We are four people family.
  As parents, we love to be with our little girl and boy, teaching and learning with them. We love playing games, taking them to the play ground, park and spending as much time as possible with them.
  Our aim is to improve our English and to continue our daughter's and son's development in English over the summer. Of course, never more than 5 hours per day and five days per week (weekends free is the first idea). Feel free to say another options, because we are open to speak about everything.
  
  We need a person or different people, who could be with us:
  
  - From 27th of may/9th of june, to 1st of july, or maybe a little bit more.
  - From 28th of august (we are still on vacations) until 28th of september (maybe both of us working).
  -During winter, we are open to speak about different periods.
  
  The idea is that you help us with kids while we are working. Some days while we are at work, mornings (ready to school time), lunch time... and from then on, all the family together with you as a part of our family 😊

• 

  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Language practice

  Babysitting and creative play
• 

  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  So, we would like to share the moments as a family, so that the four of us can improve our English aswell. We love to be outdoor and indoor, doing lovely plans, sports, cooking traditional Basque/your food, visiting different beaches and swimming pools, villages and towns around...; teaching things to you about our culture, while we are learning things about yours.

• 

  Projects involving children

  This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.

• 

  Help

  English native speaker for:
  
  - June period (more or less).
  
  We are looking for a native English speaking girl (preferably), who talks to us in English while the kids, are awake (OPOL). The main idea is to PLAY (at home, in the beach...), Sing, read stories, dance, do art works, cook... At least, look for excuses to have conversations with them in English, and don´t be shy about doing little girls things: feel free to be a little girl again! ;)
  
  We have to separate two different periods, because of our organization needs; but we would like to be both of them with the same person (full month one person with us, in june-july; but it hasn't to be the same person also for august-september):
  
  During the first period, parents will be working, so that we need someone to be with the children. After 30th of june, will be different. Our idea is to spend the mornings together, all four of us on holiday and of course, you with us on holiday too 😊: going to the beach, swimming pool, walking around... You will have afternoons and weekends free if you want to. You would be happily welcome if you would like to be with us aswell, and that way, we could show you lovely places around our area. That is why sometimes we could decide together to go together on a day trip to show you different places around.
  Even if we are ok if you prefer to have a closed timetable, we would love to share with you whatever we do: park, beach, play and games with the kids, familiar things (shops, order, clean, children routines: shower, dinner, brush teeth and read a story)... As parents, we love spending time with them. Up to you then ;)
  
  - August-september period:
  
  We are looking for a person to be with us during the last days of august and september. The main idea would be the same that we have explained before. Know us and our culture, and do trips during the first days, last days of august, and some weekends and be with the little ones, while we are working during the first days of september, until they start the school. Help us depending on the new timetable, once they start school again.

• 

  Languages spoken

  English: Fluent
  Spanish: Fluent
  Basque: Fluent

• 

  Accommodation

  The person coming to us will have a bedroom with a wardrobe, a little desk and a bed, a bathroom and Wifi connection. Because of a space problems, maybe, you will have to share the shower with the kids. We live in a 3 bedroom flat with two bathrooms. The flat (we have elevator) is in the center of a town, with very good communications (the underground is 10 minutes walk; the bus, 1 minute walk; and the beach 25 minutes walk, and 5 minutes by car). The town is between Getxo (Where the suspension bridge is) and Bilbao (Guggenheim Museum, Casco Viejo...) and it is a nice neighbourhood. We live in a beautiful place, surrounded by both, mountains and beaches.

• 

  What else ...

  It is possible to visit different places nearby some days, with or without us. There are many interesting places in Vizcaya, such as Gaztelugatxe (where Game of Trones was filmed) , Urdaibai, or around, like San Sebastian, Vitoria, La Rioja and anothers. We expect also, if we can agree it, to visit villages near the beach in Cantabria, and a rural house in Álava. We love to travel, so when our obligations allow us, we would like to show you areas around where we live and places that we think you would like to visit.
  We hope that the experience will be good for both. We have done several times already and every single time has been such a wonderful experience and apart from that, we know more people doing it and they have been really happy with it aswell. So that is why we have decided to do it again.

• 

  A little more information

  • 

    Internet access

  • 

    Limited internet access

  • 

    We have pets

  • 

    We are smokers

  • 

    Can host families

• 

  How many Workawayers can stay?

  One

• 

  Hours expected

  Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week

Feedback (9)