THE school holidays are upon us. With soccer-loving adults preoccupied with the 2010 World Cup in the living room, we need to ensure our soccer-ambivalent children have sufficient home-based online entertainment resources to engage them. Check out a  few of these resource sites including educational games for them to browse and play.

IF you are staying put in Singapore this year-end holidays, it need not be a boring stay-at-home diet of TV and/or computer games. Get out there to feed your explorer senses! Explore this Little Red Dot that is our home and its many attractions like the Science Centre, Jurong Birdpark, the Singapore Night Safari, Singapore Zoo, D'Kranji Farm Resort, etc that you don't normally visit or pass by! Be surprised and marvel at the continually changing landscape that is the Singapore Experience!

WITH the school holidays here, and if you are planning to spend it at our island home, onSponge has done a little digging to help you to plan a memorable time with your family. Parents might also be interested to get the 3-in-1 Park Hopper that allows visits to the Jurong BirdPark, Night Safari and Singapore Zoo at discounted prices. Besides the planned activities at major attractions, letting your child plan the outing themselves can be an educational/learning experience...hence we have included such an activity which all would surely enjoy that could combine with favourite pastimes!

WHAT are your views on gaming and your young child? Is it distracting them from schoolwork? Does it impair their developing social skills?