This post started as per my usual of making a list of how to keep my kids busy during all the summertime downtime we seem to have. I added a note to my phone as a checklist and decided to keep adding to it and ticking things off once we’d done them. I thought it … More The Super Long List of Things to Do with Kids in Amman
Moving to Amman and thinking about starting my 2.5-year-old in a nursery/preschool/pre-k meant I had to do a lot of investigating as there are many options. I started my search by asking in some parenting groups and because I didn’t want a commute, I stuck closer to the Abdoun area. Because of that most of … More Nurseries and Preschools in Amman
We recently relocated to Amman and my 5-year-old was eager to get back into karate classes after he was promoted from white belt to yellow belt. I quickly realized that other martial arts forms were more popular in Jordan like tae-kwon-do and ju-jitsu, so I had to resort to just googling karate academies in Amman, … More Karate Classes for Kids in Amman
You’ve probably seen the Netflix series where they organize homes so perfectly you wonder what they do with the leftover cereal that doesn’t fit into their matching transparent containers. If you haven’t seen those, then you’ve probably heard of Marie Kondo and have tried before to touch all the items in your home and see … More Home & Business Organization Service in Amman
If you’re planning a trip to Jordan or relocating there for a longer period of time, some of the questions you might ask yourself as a woman are how to dress and if cat calling and sexual harassment are common. First of all, I hate having to put “how to dress” and “sexual harassment” together … More Sexual Harassment in Jordan
When we first moved to Amman we took our nanny with us from India to help us get settled. As she is a devout Roman Catholic, I wanted to make sure that she had a chance to go to mass weekly. I thought first to try one with a bit of history so we went … More Roman Catholic Church in Amman with English Mass
It was my second week in Amman with my 2 kiddos (ages 2.5 and 5 years old) and I was on the hunt for anywhere I could drop them with our trusted nanny so I could get even just 1 hour to myself. For a few ideas, I resorted to writing on WhatsApp AI “what … More Educational Experiences in Amman for Kids – The Children’s Museum
It’s been 7 years since I’ve lived in Jordan and it’s also a very different moving experience. When I moved to Jordan in 2017, I was 29 years old, single, and carrying just 2 suitcases. All I had to do was book a short-term rental apartment on Rainbow Street and let everything else fall into … More Moving to Amman: How to Set up Your House Before You Arrive
Meet Maria Nissan. Graduated with a bachelor’s in Art Education and with a Master’s degree at SACI College of Art & Design in Florence, Maria’s passion is about transforming trash into art as means to challenge our consumer’s behavior and their environmental consequences. Since she moved to Jordan in 2019 she has continued to create … More Maria is Making Jordan’s Trash into a Beautiful Thing
This past summer we decided to have an extended stay at the Dead Sea with our 2-year-old because we thought he would have more activities than staying at a hotel in Amman. We were right… the second we got to Amman, all our son wanted to do was watch TV! At the Dead Sea, despite … More Where to Stay at the Dead Sea with Kids
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