Download and print a free travel scrapbook on Western Australia for children. Read more at straitstimes.com.
SINGAPORE – Planning a family trip to Western Australia during the year-end school holidays? Or simply curious about what the state has to offer?ST’s senior education correspondent Sandra Davie says the travel scrapbook is the first of the Let’s Go... series that ST Smart Parenting is producing to excite and educate children about the amazing world around them.
For example, children are encouraged to do a taste test and rate popular Australia food, such as the Tim Tam chocolate biscuit, lamington cake and Vegemite spread. Encourage your kids to talk to the people in the zoos and petting farms to find out more about the Australian animals they see. PHOTO: TOURISM WESTERN AUSTRALIA“I know many will just reach for their mobile phones to look up the information they need. But I hope parents will encourage their kids to talk to the people at the zoos and farms they visit, to find out more about the weird and wonderful wildlife of Australia,” says Ms Davie.
She adds that Western Australia is just a 4½-hour flight away from Singapore and in the same time zone.
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