Valérie BesanceneyMar 23, 20206 minHomeschooling During Covid-19 Tip (just one)As a parent of a family having walked the homeschooling path for a few months, and now suddenly watching friends and family setting out...
Valérie BesanceneyMar 13, 20205 minHomeschooling Tips During TransitionAt the end of last summer, our family started homeschooling for various reasons. Until last week, we were the only family in our...
Valérie BesanceneySep 1, 20195 minTop 10 Ways to Help New Students Transition at Your International SchoolThis time of year means Back-To-School for most kids, but for internationally mobile children it often means Start-A-New-School. A...
Valérie BesanceneyJun 23, 20194 minGrateful Goodbyes"Before diving into this new adventure, she needs to make sure she can properly say goodbye to this part of her life.” B at Home: Emma...
Valérie BesanceneyApr 20, 20186 minTop 10 Ways to Help Your Students Say GoodbyeDuring this time of year many of our students are faced with a move. For some it is yet another move of many. Teachers and administrators...
Valérie BesanceneyFeb 21, 20188 minTop 10 Ways To Help Your Staying Students…It is the first day of the school year and I am going back to the same school where I have been for five years now. It is the same...
Valérie BesanceneyJan 11, 20184 minFIGT18 and Why You Should Join UsIf you are on the fence about attending the upcoming Families in Global Transition (FIGT) conference, please take a moment to think about...
Valérie BesanceneyJul 19, 20167 minA Series of Lessons from FIGT 2016 – Lesson 4/4: We Bond Where We Are BrokenThe internet can be a scary thing, especially when advertising is ‘knowingly’ targeted to your interests. While browsing through my...
Valérie BesanceneyJun 28, 20164 minA Series of Lessons from FIGT 2016 – Lesson 3/4: Dreams & HopesSchool is out, and like most teachers, I am ready to tune out for a few weeks. However, before completely tuning out, I always like to...
Valérie BesanceneyMay 20, 20165 minA Series of Lessons from FIGT 2016 – Lesson 2/4: Rockstars and the Stories That Shape UsEarlier this month I was back in the Netherlands, my passport – oh, wait, scratch that – my former passport country before I became...
Valérie BesanceneyApr 3, 20167 minA Series of Lessons from FIGT 2016 – Lesson1/4: Nakedness, Empathy, and Letters Never ArrivedLast year, it was only four weeks after FIGT 2015 that I finally found the time to write about what I had learned from the conference....
Valérie BesanceneyMar 6, 20161 minIn Anticipation of InspirationThree. More. Days. FIGT 2016: Moving Across Cultures: Bringing Empathy and Expertise to the Global Evolving Family. The keynote speakers....
Valérie BesanceneyApr 3, 20159 minFIGT 2015 — Trying to Recapture It All Under the Tuscan SunIt’s been almost four weeks, but I am still basking in the afterglow of FIGT 2015. Lucky for me, I am literally writing this under the...
Valérie BesanceneyOct 9, 20145 minThird Culture Friendships“Where are you from?” the girl behind the ‘International Orientation’ desk of the University of Vermont asks as she looks slightly...
Valérie BesanceneyJul 4, 20144 minOn Leaving and Saying GoodbyeJune has always become the ‘leaving month’ in my head. Like most teachers, I don’t think in calendar years, but in school years. We start...
Valérie BesanceneyMay 18, 20143 minSharing and Feeling InspiredIn the past ten days, I had two opportunities to speak on the topic of ‘Third Culture Kids and Relocation’ and promote my book. After so...
Valérie BesanceneyMay 3, 20142 minSacred ObjectsThis week, together with two fabulous experts on relocation, I will be giving a presentation on how to support children during...
Valérie BesanceneyApr 9, 20141 minB at Home now available online!It’s a been a big week of celebrating milestones! Exactly one week ago, our youngest daughter turned one and what an amazing year it has...
Valérie BesanceneyMar 30, 20143 minCrossroadsThis past Friday evening, I had a chance to reflect on how we sometimes stand at a crossroad. We decide to just dive in deep and go for...
Valérie BesanceneyMar 23, 20141 minPublication DateThrilled to announce that my first book, B at Home: Emma Moves Again will be published very soon now! Publication Date : April 9, 2014