hordes of children are released from school -- and demand constant entertainment from their parents.

Next to summer vacation, Easter break is the most challenging time for parents who are trying to avoid hearing those dreaded words, `I'm bored!'.

The first thing most parents think of when it comes to entertaining their children is to send them to the movies.

Liberty Theatre, on Union Street, is showing the PG 13 flick, She's All That, about two young people from the opposite sides of the track and how everyone around them tried to keep them apart.

The PG film, "My Favourite Martian'', is playing at The Little Theatre, on Queen Street until Friday, when it will be replaced by the animated family film "The King and I.'' The movie theatres are not the only places showing flicks this week, the Bermuda Youth Library will host an Easter Break Movie Day, complete with popcorn and drinks, tomorrow at the library.

Movies will be shown at 10.30 a.m. and 1.30 p.m. with each session lasting approximately one hour and 15 minutes.

There will be a $2 registration fee per movie session and parents should register their children for the movies by 5 p.m. today.

Although youngsters have the uncanny ability to watch the same movie over and over again, at some point they will grow bored.

Parents, who are near the end of their tether, can literally ship their children off for a day's excursion to the Royal Naval Dockyard.

And WEDCO's Ed Williams said there was plenty of things for children to see and do at the West End attraction.

"Its an interesting place for people of all ages to visit,'' he said. "We have a grassy area where parents can play games with their children, restaurants where they can eat and restroom facilities.'' He added: "We just developed a new playground and interactive water pump fountain. Now that the weather is getting warmer, it's an ideal spot for kids.

"It is a pool area, but it is not filled with water -- water just randomly pops up,'' he explained. "Kids have a great time trying to anticipate where the water will pop up next. It is all computerised and there is no pattern to the water spouts so it can keep kids guessing all day.'' The Royal Naval Dockyard is also home to the Island's Children's Museum located inside the Bermuda Maritime Museum.

And Mr. Williams encouraged families to stop by the attraction to brush up on their local marine history.

"I think more families should check it out and see all of the interesting history chronicled in there.'' He also urged parents to remember to take advantage of the year-round attractions around the Island, like the Bermuda Arts Centre at Dockyard.

At the moment the Centre is exhibiting `Journeys', a juried members' show based on the theme of travel.

And at the other end of the Island, the Bermuda Biological Station for Research has free 1 1/2 hour tours of the East End facility every Wednesday at 10 a.m.

The Easter break is also an ideal time for parents to expose their children to the glorious world of art, perhaps inspiring the next great artist for the 21st Century.

The Bermuda National Gallery is currently showing the Art of Collecting Art, an exhibition of approximately ten Bermuda collections focusing on the individuals who put them together.

Children under the age of 16 are admitted free of charge to the Gallery which is located in the City Hall.

Across the upper hallway of City Hall, The Bermuda Society of Art is currently hosting their Spring Members Show. Entrance to that showing is free.

Perhaps the hardest days to entertain your child will be Good Friday and Easter Sunday when most business, attractions and galleries are closed.

Good Friday is the traditional day for locals to fly kites and playing marbles but let's be realistic, how long can you stand there and fly a kite or sit on the hard ground and shoot marbles! And if Mother Nature lives up to her promise of April showers, there will be no kite flying on Good Friday.

The Aquarium, Museum and Zoo in Flatts and the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute will be open to the public on Good Friday.

And the FEI Show Jumping Challenge, which will showcase some of Bermuda's best show jumpers, will take place Easter weekend at the National Equestrian Centre on Vesey Street in Devonshire.

The event kicks-off Saturday and continues on Easter Sunday, getting underway each day at 10 a.m.

Parents and their teens may enjoy taking part in Sunday's Rock Ramblers adventure around Warwick.

Rock Ramblers is a local eco-cultural group which hosts an open ended informal ramble the first Sunday of each month.

Each ramble benefits a different environmental/cultural umbrella organisation and this Sunday the voluntary contribution of $2 will benefit the Windreach Recreational Village.

The three mile Easter Sunday route will take participants around the Windreach Recreational Village, Warwick Pond, Southlands via the Railway Trail, Marley and Astwood beaches and back to the base.

Organisers suggests individuals bring snack food, water, a small garbage bag for trash and wear walking footwear.

Participants should meet at 8.45 a.m. in the parking lot of Astwood Park in Warwick for the 9 a.m. departure.

Another way to spend time with your teens, while doing something that is good for all of your health, is to take part in The Walking Club of Bermuda's Easter Sunday walk.