Bus 12 can bring you all the way from the Peranakan Museum (from the bus stop at Armenian Church on Hill Street) to East Coast Road where you can set off on foot to explore the Joo Chiat / Katong neighbourhood. Start at… Read More ›
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Building Bonds on Bus Journeys 3: From Chinatown to Little India
Travel this exotic journey with your kids that starts at the Chinatown MRT and ends at the Little India MRT stations. While you can complete the journey by train in minutes, there’s much to explore by bus and on foot…. Read More ›
Building Bonds on Bus Journeys 2: From Clifford Pier to Kampong Glam
This bus ride will bring you on “journeys within a journey” as it travels through two significant places where masses of people entered and left Singapore in the early 1900s. Head down to Raffles Place MRT station and cross over… Read More ›
Building Bonds on Bus Journeys 1: Down Memory Lane
Is there a bus journey that you enjoyed taking as a child with a parent, grandparent, aunt or uncle? What was it for? Was it to visit a relative, buy something special or run an errand? All these may have… Read More ›
Whimsical Gardening for Dads and Kids
Can you picture recycling a plain platic bottle into a planter -with the handle as a tribal warrior’s nose? Think out of the box (as well bottle and container) for whimsical looking potted plants that will brighten up any space. Use… Read More ›
Bonding over… Air Plants?
Yes. Airplants! An air plant or Tillandsia is a herbaceous (does not have woody stems) flowering plant belonging to the Bromeliad family. Types of air plants commonly available in Singapore include the Ananas comosa, Spanish Moss, Streptophylla, Ionantha Druid, and… Read More ›
Build Relational Bridges at Punggol Waterway Park
Looking for a way for the children to get a feel of the old Singapore? Reckon that the elderly members of the family could do with a bit of nostalgia? Everyone at home can do with plenty of fresh air?… Read More ›
Highrise Gardening for Beginners
Engage the entire family in growing a high rise container garden! You can use almost anything as a container for your plants as long as it can hold a decent amount of soil and has drainage holes. Possibilities include biscuit… Read More ›
Caring for a Feathered Friend
You know how children always pester parents for a pet? Well, you are in luck! Here’s a post just for first-time bird owners that will take you through the basic tips on caring for a new feathered pet. We suggest… Read More ›