{"id":733,"date":"2020-07-16T02:03:38","date_gmt":"2020-07-16T02:03:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.expedia.co.nz\/stories\/at-home-activities-for-little-explorers\/"},"modified":"2022-04-21T01:46:55","modified_gmt":"2022-04-21T01:46:55","slug":"at-home-activities-for-little-explorers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.expedia.co.nz\/stories\/at-home-activities-for-little-explorers\/","title":{"rendered":"At-home Activities for Little Explorers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Everything seems to have changed over the last few months though two things remain the same. One &#8211; parents are equally, if not more, busy as they were before, and are looking for more and more creative ways to entertain and educate their children at home. 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