1. Prepare one or two local or your native language song to sing for them
2. Bring and show an album with pictures of your home, family and country (postcard)
3. Cook specialty from your home country- It's a great way to warm your host family heart
4. Introduce a games you often play at your home or country
5. Introduce your host family to your country national costume
6. You can buy them handicraft made in your home country
7. Take it easy and enjoy everyday life
8. Etc...

WHO ARE THE HOST FAMILIES:

1. Retired couples;
2. Families with young children;
3. Families with grandparent;
4. Married couples who has spare room.
    (all of the families are warm and friendly)

HOMESTAY MAIN ACTIVITIES:

This program provides 3 main activities, some are compulsory, and others are optional. Please join as many optional activities as you can.

HOMESTAY (Compulsory)

Home stay is not cheap accommodation. Please try to communicate with your host family and help their daily routine. This will enable you to be easily accepted as a family member and to adapt yourself to a new life style sooner.

Make sure of your host family's rules and schedule as soon as possible and try to adapt yourself to them. Whose host families are company employees, public servants, etc., can always help their household work such as doing the dishes, cleaning, weeding the garden, etc. Please ask your host family what you can do to help. If your host family is engaged in farming, fishing or manufacturing, you can work side-by-side with them. If necessary, please bring suitable working clothes and shoes.

REGIONAL EVENTS (Optional)

You will have exchange opportunities unique to his or her host town. These activities are designed not only for you and your host families, but also for other people in the region in order to extend the sphere of exchange. There are a variety of chances; participation in sports festivals, summer festivals, and discussions with local people concerning cultural, historical, and economic topics.

SCHOOL VISITS (Optional)

The school visits to elementary, junior high, or high school is an opportunity to speak with students about a wide range of subjects. The young students are eager to learn about other countries and the world in general. Many schools have tried various kinds of activities to help students have deeper understanding and more holistic perspective of the world. Therefore please join school visits and convey your own ideas and opinions to these young minds. They will appreciate your cooperation. Prior arrangement with host family pertaining to school visit is recommended. Tell your host parent that you would like to visit your host brother/sister’s school in advance.

WIDENING THE CIRCLE OF PEOPLE AND LANGUAGES THROUGH THE HOMESTAY PROGRAM

To encounter a language, you need to meet people who speak that language. To meet those needs, the homestay program allows people to spend time in the homes of families all over the world. The meeting between people of different countries and languages produces an experience which truly transnational and unlike that of any sightseeing trip.

PLEASE CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING POINTS BEFORE YOU VISIT

There are many styles of exchange. Please be sure to prepare materials from your country before visiting. Visual aids are particularly effective, such as maps, books, native clothing, photos, videos, stamps, etc.

Explaining your country's fairly tales, nursery rhymes, children's songs, or games will be a successful activity.

We encourage you to consult teachers in your schools or institutions about your plan before departure.

DO'S AND DON'TS

IN GENERAL:

1. This program is not for sightseeing

You must stay in your assigned town for the duration of the program. Please refrain from willful or selfish behavior such as taking trips on your own, asking your host family to take you places, etc. When you go out, you should let your host family know in advance. Participants who fail to understand the purpose of this program will be expelled. In such a case, the participants will not receive a refund for any fees paid to TITAN PLANET and will be responsible for any additional costs incurred for lodging and transportation.

2. Host families

TITAN PLANET and the International organisation does not offer financial assistance to your host family. Please do your best not to be a financial burden on them.

3. Do not compare your host family with other host families

Please understand every host family is different. Please try to make efforts to adapt yourself to your host family's rules and schedule. Your effort will enable you to be accepted as a member of the family and have enjoyable days with them.

4. Driving a car or motorbike is prohibited

It is prohibited to travel from your town to city by car or motorbike to participate in this program. Also DO NOT drive a car or motorbike during the program even if you have a International driver's license. TITAN PLANET and the International Organisation will bear no responsibility if you have an accident.

5. About telephone calls

When you use Local Phone call and Internet, you should ask permission first, and pay your host families for all expenses. Please try to make it brief.

OTHERS

1. The schedule may change due to host families availability, flight and other cases concern your departure.
2. If you get sick, get hurt, or involved in an accident during the program; please contact either the person in charge like: host family or TITAN PLANET leader who follow the program or else local office.