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11 Jun 2025
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My wife, my 11 y.o. daughter and me have returned to Italy some time ago after years abroad, where my daughter attended an international school with an intense English program.
Unfortunately, English in Italy is not really spoken, so we would like Alena to keep it up by having somebody to practice it with.
Just playing with her and staying with her during her day at home, helping her to improve her vocabulary and explore the language.
My wife and me speak English as a second language, and we don't really use it to communicate to each other.
The person we are looking for should be a native speaker.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Language practice
Teaching
Babysitting and creative play
Interests
Fitness
Beach
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
We are an international family (I'm Italian, my wife is Czech), our daughter already speaks two languages as first languages and she's picking up English as a second language.
Good thing about us is that we can be very international but also very local at the same time.
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Help
Help will be needed mostly in the afternoon, picking her up from school or when Alena is back from the summer camp, and my wife and me will be busy with our jobs.
Occasionally we might need it other times of the day, according to our schedules.
Important, we require a non-smoker.
Languages spoken
Czech: Fluent
English: Fluent
Italian: Fluent
Accommodation
We live in a flat in the center of the town.
You are going to have your own private room in the house with its private bathroom.
Anyway, we will have to use your bathroom for showering, since the one we use has no shower facilities at the moment.
What else ...
Since we are located in the center of Tuscany we are surrounded by many tourist attractions that can be seen in the free time.
Trains and buses often go to Florence, Siena, San Gimignano, Pisa and Lucca.
The station is at walking distance from home.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
This host has indicated that they love having digital nomads stay.
How many Workawayers can stay?
One
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Alena was able to learn new English words during that week that she still successfully uses, and learning new games too.
Besides that Michelle was a wonderful person to talk to, travel with and one day we also played tennis at the local… read more
Our daughter Alena really enjoyed her time with her, by both learning new skills and improving her English (though Maria is German her English is awesome).
She cooked delicious food at times and always helped when needed.
We and our Nutella can are definitely gonna… read more
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Alena was able to learn new English words during that week that she still successfully uses, and learning new games too.
Besides that Michelle was a wonderful person to talk to, travel with and one day we also played tennis at the local… read more
Our daughter Alena really enjoyed her time with her, by both learning new skills and improving her English (though Maria is German her English is awesome).
She cooked delicious food at times and always helped when needed.
We and our Nutella can are definitely gonna… read more
She speaks a very good italian to be a beginner at it, and that was definitely a plus.
We really had a nice time with her, whether we were working, eating or simply talking in the garden.
A person to recommend.
Thanks a lot Selina!
Before I stayed with them I spent two months in Rome. And I can tell you: after spending two months in a big, loud and busy city, going to Tuscany is a treat for your soul!
Cris and Pavlina are very caring and open-minded people. They made me laugh very often - just like their cute… read more
She cooks very well, needless to say we had the chance to taste some very tasty dishes of the greek cuisine.
A smart girl anybody would love to have as… read more
She speaks four languages so she's the perfect person to work in an international environment such as a… read more
It was also nice to hear her ukulele playing sometimes during the day.
After work I was free to do what I want. You can easily reach Siena, Florence and other nice places from Certaldo.
