Weekend Activities: 5 Just for Fun Places for Your Kids

12 Aug 2010

Don’t just let your kids just watch TV on the weekends. Take them out to learn and play! Here are five fun places, conveniently located in the metro!

By Rochelle Bonifacio-Prado

Looking for places you can take your children to simply have fun and play the way they know how? These top five picks are sure to be a hit with kids. They’re located conveniently within or near shopping malls that are accessible even if accompanied by their guardians or yayas, easy on the budget, and have safe and interesting activities to keep them busy and bring home loads of stories to tell.

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Fun Ranch – Let your kids ride and play to their heart's content in this mini-amusement park with a carousel, a mini-ferris wheel, bumper cars, plane ride, swing, duckpin bowling, mini-golf, teacup ride and token rides. A train ride goes around the second level which also features a hanging bridge, bumper boats, and go-cart racing. Family-friendly restaurants like Teriyaki Boy and Blue Whale Grill surround the activity center, and Little Lamb, a spa-clinic-salon for kids, is right around the corner for your restless one to have a calming massage at the end of the day.

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�� Ride-All-You-Can - P295

�� Per Ride – P50

�� Companion for child 3 ft below free of charge

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�� Monday to Thursday: 12:00 pm – 9:00 pm

�� Friday: 12:00 pm – 10:00 pm

�� Saturday: 10:00 am – 10:00 pm

�� Sunday: 10:00 am – 9:00pm

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�� Contact Information:

�� Frontera Verde Ortigas Avenue, Corner C5, Pasig City

�� 396-5237/ 706-3029/ 706-2887

�� www.kidsrulehere.com�

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Nido Fortified Science Discovery Center

Visit the following galleries to see, explore and experience science and technology—Life Clock, Image Port, Media City, Transportation Nation, Grossology, Spaceship Earth, Virtual Reef, City Science, Robot Inc. and Digistar Planetarium.� This is the perfect science adventure for your inquisitive and curious young learners!

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�� All Day Pass – P330/adult

�� Kiddie Pass (children 4ft below) – P150/kid

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�� Open from 10am to 10pm daily

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�� Contact Information:

�� Southside Entertainment Mall, SM Mall of Asia, Mall of Asia Complex, Pasay City

�� 556-2153

�� www.sciencediscovery.ph�

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