Home-based holiday playtime

From daily learning experiences via Zoom to an online concert for children by the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, kids can be amply occupied without going out

The writer and his eight-year-old daughter hammering nails into a wooden board to create string art using materials and tools in the ForestPlay Busy-Kidz Box home activity kit.
The writer and his eight-year-old daughter hammering nails into a wooden board to create string art using materials and tools in the ForestPlay Busy-Kidz Box home activity kit. ST PHOTO: ARIFFIN JAMAR
ForestPlay Busy-Kidz Box home activity kit.
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Like many parents with young children, I had a lot of plans for the June school holidays.

My family would use up what is left of our SingapoRediscovers Vouchers to book a staycation or two and visit the recently reopened Adventure Cove Waterpark in Sentosa and SuperPark Singapore in Suntec City. We were also going to do cycling trips to check out new neighbourhood playgrounds.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Sunday Times on May 30, 2021, with the headline Home-based holiday playtime . Subscribe