I've shared host mom thoughts about the hosting experience. Now, I’d like to share a different perspective—the student perspective...

What is a welcome basket? Well its a basket that welcomes. Duh. Seriously though, we use to introduce our students to some local snacks and goodies, we include some useful items, and of course it is supposed to make them feel welcomed into their new home. So what do we put in them? It varies every year but we do have some standards that go in such as:Snacks and candy (we are from North Carolina, so we lean towards southern goodies but branch out to include just Americanness)(do not forget to…

Interested in learning more about hosting an exchange student from a seasoned host mom? Read some helpful hosting tips here.

Make rules. If you have kids, expand on their rules. If you don’t have kids (in living the house), make rules. It is better to have too many rules than too few. It’s easier to take away something, or be slack on it, then it is to add a rule. And each student presents you new things that you will need new rules about. For example: I thought it would be common curtesy not to talk to FaceTime/phone on speaker in the common areas where people are trying to do other things. It is not. We had to…

Becoming a host family is a remarkable opportunity to open your doors, hearts, and minds to a new culture. Welcoming an exchange student into your home can be an enriching experience for both your family and the student. However, as a first-time host family, it's natural to have questions about what to expect. In this blog post, we'll guide you through the journey and highlight key aspects you can anticipate when hosting a high school exchange student.

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Do you get paid for hosting exchange students and other questions are answered in this part 2 of a series about our experience hosting exchange students

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Now that you have decided to become a host family, it's time to learn the best ways to prepare for your exchange student.

The student exchange program is a collaborative effort by a certain secondary school or university from two different countries, in which they each send some students to learn