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The best pools and latest kids activities

Are you green with club envy? Or puce with pool envy?

Well be green no more. There are plenty of ways for your kids to get wet in Singapore without them having to run around in the rain.

Go local
If you don't have wads of cash but just want to hang around a pool, check out one of Singapore's excellent 50m public pools and shallow paddling pools. A few give you even more bang for your buck. Sengkang Swimming Pool also has 8 slides, a fun pool, Jacuzzi and 2 teaching pools. Not to be outdone, Choa Chu Kang Swimming Complex has a whirlpool, river rapid, wave pool, high water slide and a spa. But the winner hands down is the Jurong East Swimming Complex, a mini water park featuring 3 high twirling slides, wave pool, lazy river, bubble jet station, toddler's pool and Jacuzzi. Hard to beat for a $2 entry fee!

Go SAFRA
Head to any of the SAFRA pools mid week. Fewer people. Swankier facilities. Jurong Safra gets our top vote, with a tree-house play pool, toddler's gecko pond and a leaf blaster.

Go crazy
You can't beat Wild Wild Wet for a wet day out - with shallow pools for the little ones through to gravity-defying plunges on a raft for the more adventurous.

Go to the zoo
Don't feel guilty about going to the Singapore Zoo just for the water park, everyone does it. Besides, you'll see the animals when you are whizzing past on the tram. The same rule applies to the water play area at the Singapore Science Centre. Who needs exhibits when you've got balls to throw into a whirling vortex?

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What's On - 28 May 2010

Cotton On Kids Sale
Our favourite Cotton On Kids has a treat in store for us this weekend. Tops from $5. Dresses from $10. All sale stock 50% off. Need we say more?
When: This weekend
Where: Cotton On Kids, United Square

Hot wheels
Stumped for what to do with your most energetic bundles? Add learning to skate with roller hockey, inline basketball , treasure hunting and some Montessori magic and you have the Skate With Us School. Your June holidays are sorted. (3-12 yrs)
When: 7-10, 14-17 and 21-24 June
Where: Skate with Us, West Coast Park and East Coast Park

Feathers, fur and fins
Is your little critter obsessed with snakes? Fussy for all things feathered? Check out the Jacob Ballas "MAD for..." series this June.
When: 9am - 1pm, one day each week through June, $50
Where: Jacob Ballas Childrens Garden, Singapore Botannic Gardens

Waterworks   |   27 May 2010 at 06:07 PM

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