Stay-home guide for Thursday: Create a home obstacle course, whip up Indonesian-style mi goreng and more

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1. Play: Create a home obstacle course

Challenge your kids to create an obstacle course at home. PHOTO: DECATHLON SINGAPORE

Challenge your kids to create an obstacle course at home, says Ms Cynthia Lau, fitness city sport leader at sports retailer Decathlon.

Get them a play tunnel to crawl through and foam blocks for building and balancing. Throw hula hoops into the mix for added fitness and fun.

Or work out together with your kids. Ms Lau says yoga allows family members to exercise at their own pace. You do not need a lot of space - just enough to lay out the mats.

For adults, she suggests incorporating dumbbells, stretch bands and ankle weights to help tone the body.


2. Watch: The Snoopy Show

Snoopy and friends in The Snoopy Show, now streaming on Apple TV+. PHOTO: APPLE TV+

If you grew up reading the Peanuts comics by Charles M. Schulz, this Apple Originals animated series is sure to bring on the nostalgia.

All the iconic characters are here - Snoopy the beagle, his feathered best friend Woodstock as well as his human friends including Charlie Brown, Lucy, Linus and Peppermint Patty.

Based on the comics which started in the 1950s, the series has six episodes, each comprising three seven-minute cartoons. Find out, for instance, how Snoopy and Woodstock met.

Info: Available on Apple TV+


3. Do: Activity book for kids

Author Marisha Wojciechowska with her children's activity book, Singapore: My Globetrotter Book. PHOTO: ALEXIS VIGNEAULT

Teach your children to draw Singapore's national flower, the Vanda Miss Joaquim. Help them get to a chicken rice dish through a maze. Learn which is the oldest hawker centre and neighbourhood.

Even if the family is stuck at home, there is plenty to discover about Singapore with this new activity book, recommended for children aged six to 12.

Filled with fun facts and history details, it is the Singapore edition of author Marisha Wojciechowska's around-the-world series, which also includes Tokyo, Bangkok and New York. The 52-year-old Canadian has lived in various cities with her son, who is now 15.

"Singapore was challenging because it is the first city in my Globetrotter Book series that I've not lived in," she tells The Straits Times.

She has visited the country several times for work and leisure in the last 15 years. Her Singaporean friends, including Ambassador-at-large Tommy Koh, helped review the manuscript.

On her series, she says: "I would love for the books to become a child's go-to gateway to the world, expanding as many horizons as possible."

Info: Singapore: My Globetrotter Book is available at $19.90 at major bookstores and Amazon.sg


4. Comfort Cooking: Indonesian-style mi goreng

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STFood Online Editor Hedy Khoo shares a recipe for Indonesian-style mi goreng.

Tired of takeaways or ordering in? Try whipping up a simple meal of fried instant noodles.

This dish has many permutations and is perfect for using up the odds and ends in your fridge.

The recipe here is my take on Indonesian-style mi goreng or mie goreng. It should work with any instant noodle brand.

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