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Hello! We are a family of 4 people, my husband Antonio and me, and two kids: a girl of 13, Matilde, and a boy of 11, Edoardo.
Edoardo has special needs i.e. a learning disability. He walks, runs and plays, he is able to talk and he is a very sociable little boy but he requires more supervision than a child of his age. Playing with him would be one of the main task we'd require.
Matilde is a very sweet and patient girl, even more mature of her age, and she enjoys reading, playing boardgames and a lot of other things: she's studying English at school and japanese by herself, and so do I. Ability to help practice an additional language such as English or japanese would be very appreciated.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Art Projects
Language practice
Teaching
Babysitting and creative play
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
We are friendly and flexible and love to get to know people from different countries. We speak good English and some French and Spanish.
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Antonio and I both work full time. I work usually in the morning (often starting early) and I am generally home by 4 p.m. My husband works long days and is generally home at 7 p.m. The children are generally in school 08-13. Antonio gets the children ready in the morning and take the children to school before going to work and I have a regular babysitter who picks them up from school most days and helps until I am back home in the early afternoon. Your role would be making lunch for the children (so it is ready by the time they are back from school) and helping with looking after the kids a couple of hours a day every afternoon (generally alongside me or their regular babysitter).
We do not require any major cleaning but just to clean after yourself and help keeping the kids' toys and rooms tidy. Being an extra pairs of hands, entertaining the kids, organise some creative playing, taking them out to play outdoors (and swimming in the communal swimming pool within our building when the weather gets warm) will be your main activities.
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
German: Beginner
Spanish: Beginner
French: Beginner
Japanese: BeginnerThis host offers a language exchange
Antonio and I are natural born travellers. I speak a very good English and I'd like my daughter to practice hers. Matilde and I are studying japanese by ourself and we would like to practice. Moreover my husband speaks a good Spanish and I speak a little Spanish too. I used to study a little French and German, but they're a bit rusted now. We'd be happy to help a foreign person to learn Italian and practicing
Accommodation
We offer a small single room (with your own TV in the room ) in a large, bright and recently renewed appartment with a large terrace in a lovely part of town with excellent transport links nearby. We will provide all your meals at home according to your needs. The house has good wifi and we have Netflix, Prime and Disney plus. We live within walking distance of the large Favorita nature reserve where you can go for a walk or for a run and we have direct transport links to the beautiful Mondello beach and Sferracavallo sea hamlet (20-30 minutes from a bus stop near the house). Palermo historical city centre can be reached in 20 minutes too with very frequent bus link up until late in the evening.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
We have a very good wifi connection
Space for parking camper vans
Just in front of our building there's a a private garden where, I think, you can rent a parking for your camper
How many Workawayers can stay?
One
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Matilde is wise beyond her years, funny and so wonderful to talk to. We walked together to her volleyball practices, ate a lot of gelato, watched Stranger Things and talked… read more
Matilde est une fille très gentille et très mature pour son âge. On a fait des jeux de société, de l'origami et encore plein d'autres choses ensemble. C'est une jeune fille qui aime lire et qui est très calme.
Edo… read more
Tutti la abbiamo amata profondamente, noi, i nostri figli, gli amici a cui l'abbiamo presentata, perché è una ragazza rispettosa, educata, premurosa e gentile. Sì è sempre fatta in quattro per aiutare, e ha dato a… read more
