LOGICMILLS KIDS CREATIVE THINKING WORKSHOPS (top picture)

Want your children to become mature and independent thinkers? Give them a headstart by letting them attend these workshops where they can pick up important tools from memory techniques to oral skills and critical thinking. Through fun activities, the youngsters will also learn to share and respect one another's opinions.

LogicMills Learning Centre, Level 3 155-B, Rochor Road, Bugis Village, Today, tomorrow, Thu & Fri: 9am - noon or 2 - 5pm (for young thinkers aged four to six), Fees: $125 (two-day workshop), $225 (four-day workshop); Today, tomorrow, Thu & Fri : 9am - noon or 2 - 5pm (for those aged seven to 12); Fees: $185 (two-day workshop) & $285 (four-day workshop); Tel: 6883-2171 or visit www.logicmills.com

60TH NATIONAL SCHOOL INDIVIDUAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS 2008

If your children like playing chess, take them to watch the National School Individual Championships at Teck Ghee Community Centre. More than 1,000 primary and secondary students are competing for medals and a chance to be selected for the National Junior Training Squad. Organised by the Singapore Chess Federation.

Teck Ghee Community Centre, 861 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 10, Nearest MRT station: Ang Mo Kio, Today - Sat: 9am - 6.30pm, Free, Tel: 9852-0625 or visit www.singaporechess.org.sg

JUNGLE BOOGIE@FORUM THE SHOPPING MALL

Sway to the music of Jungle Boogie. Children can join Jungle JJ as she sets out to look for her friends to boogie at this musical. Meet Sally Snake who has forgotten how to hiss like a snake, dance with Tutu Toucan the hip bird and sing along with the Jungle Jitterbugs.

Forum The Shopping Mall, 583 Orchard Road, Nearest MRT station: Orchard, Tomorrow - Sun: 1 & 5pm (Jungle Boogie), 3.30pm (Jungle Boogie Activity Workshops), get details from the Information Counter at Level 2, Sat & Sun: 3pm (Meet the Jungle Creatures session where you can take photographs with Sally Snake and Tutu Toucan), Free, Tel: 6838-7181

THE LITTLE RED HEN

Have a clucking good time. Take your children to this musical theatre by I Theatre about Eglantine Hensworthy, the Red Hen who learns how to grow and harvest corn and discovers how bread is made. It is presented with catchy tunes, colourful characters and audience interaction. For children aged from three upwards.

Alliance Francaise Theatre, 1 Sarkies Road, Nearest MRT station: Newton, Till March 20: 10.30am, 1, 3.30 & 7.30pm (no shows on Mon), Tickets: $20, Tel: 6348-5555

DISNEY ON ICE PRESENTS MICKEY & MINNIE'S AMAZING JOURNEY

Let your imagination take flight. Mickey & Minnie will guide you to five exciting destinations filled with Disney friends, including the world of Peter Pan's Lost Boys and Disney's The Little Mermaid. Features an international team of award-winning skaters.

Singapore Indoor Stadium, Nearest MRT station: Kallang, Tomorrow & Wed: 7.30pm, Thu - Sat: 3.30 & 7.30pm, Sun: 11.30am & 3.30pm, (no shows on Mon), Tickets: $20.50 - $92.50, Tel: 6348-5555 or visit www.disneyonice.com.sg

HERE COMES FUNKEY MONKEY SUSIE & PHIL, AN INTERACTIVE MUSIC FEST

Sing, dance and feel the beat. Uncover your child's talents at this three-day fun-filled music fest which encourages those aged five to 12 to sing and move like a star through modern and jazz music, chants and stories, gospel music and folk dancing. They should take along their dancing shoes. The trainers are award-winning composers Susie Davis-Spitter and her husband Phil Spitter.

Fort Canning Park, Nearest MRT station: Dhoby Ghaut, Tomorrow - Thu: 10am - 3pm, Fees: $374.50 a child with GST, Tel: 6296-2668 or visit www.patschoolhouse.com

THE MAGIC WITHIN

Do not miss this edutainment, variety and arts theatre show which features puppets, ventriloquism, magic and juggling. It will help children to stretch their imagination. Directed by 'Magic Babe' Ning and presented by the Mighty Magic Factory team, a creative production company for children.

Ulu Pandan Community Centre Auditorium, 5th floor, 170 Ghim Moh Road, Nearest MRT station: Buona Vista, Wed: 4pm, Tickets: $18, Tel: 6841-2744

COOL MARCH@UNITED SQUARE (right)

Keep cool and have a fun time. Just spend $50 at United Square during the school holidays and you and your children can enjoy 20 minutes of ice-skating at the shopping mall's ice-skating rink. Remember to take along your own socks.

United Square Shopping Mall, 101 Thomson Road, Nearest MRT station: Novena, Till March 23: ice-skating times are from noon - 7pm (weekdays) & 11am - 8pm (weekends), 10.30am - 9.30pm (usual shopping hours), (no ice-skating sessions on March 17 & 18), Free (spend $50 for a chance to skate), Tel: 6251-5885 or visit www.unitedsquare.com.sg

THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOTHES

Children can learn the importance of honesty and having the courage to voice what they believe in from watching this classic fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen about a foolish emperor and his people who are caught in a web of delusion and blinded by their vanity. Suitable for children aged from two to six. This production by The Little Company, a division of The Singapore Repertory Theatre, is directed by Michael Corbidge.

DBS Arts Centre, 20 Merbau Road, Robertson Quay, Nearest MRT station: Clarke Quay, Wed - April 19: 10am (Mon - Fri), Sat: 11am & 2pm, Tickets: $19 (weekdays), $21 (weekends), Tel: 6348-5555 (tickets) and 6732-3266 (information)

This article was first published in The Straits Times on Mar 10, 2008.