by Clare Klinghammer | May 5, 2024 | Blog
Am I a parenting expert who has all the answers? No—like you, I regularly feel like I’m on the steepest “learning by doing” learning curve of my life! But am I bilingual (English / German), a QEKK-trained course leader, a parent of two...
by Clare Klinghammer | Dec 21, 2023 | Blog, Family Life in Germany, Nests & Wings Courses
At the groups I run, I have met many lovely parents. And as is often the case at groups aimed at parents of babies and toddlers, most people who attend are mums. But I have also got to know some dads who are the primary carer for their baby/toddler. Sometimes this is...
by Clare Klinghammer | Dec 10, 2023 | Blog, Family Life in Germany, Nests & Wings Courses
Once a month, I run an “International Breakfast” at the Familientreff in Oberursel. This is the same place I run a lot of my courses, and it is somewhere I got to know and came to love when my own children were babies. It is a not-for-profit organisation...
by Clare Klinghammer | Sep 5, 2023 | Blog, Learning English, Nests & Wings Courses
Germans sometimes refer to maternity / paternity leave as a “baby break” (Babypause), implying that what you are doing during this time is more relaxing than work. I think anyone who has ever been on parental leave will agree that this is in no way the...
by Clare Klinghammer | Jun 24, 2023 | Blog, Family Life in Germany, Mummy & Me in Germany
Do you live in Germany but aren’t German? Are you torn between wanting to integrate in your new community, but feeling the language barrier is still too high for you to actively join and enjoy baby or toddler activities in German? Do you simply want to be in...
by Clare Klinghammer | Apr 12, 2023 | Blog, Learning English, Nests & Wings Courses
As you may have guessed, I love languages. We were lucky enough to spend a few days in Italy over Easter. The excitement I felt when I finally got to use my Italian again was huge, and that is exactly the feeling I hope the school children in my High Flyers English...
