SINGAPORE PLAYGROUP
Welcome to Edufarm’s Playgroup, offering a nurturing and educational experience for young learners.
Registration for Playgroup 2024 intake is NOW OPEN!
2024 Playgroup Intake – For children born in 2021 / 2022.
2025 Playgroup Intake – For children born in 2022 / 2023.
Child must be at least 18 months old at the point of entry. Secure a place for your child today! Limited vacancies for Playgroup 2024 intake in Singapore.
To register, call 8138 3440 (9am to 5pm).
Star Tots Playgroup is for children aged 18 months to the year that they turn 3 years old. Our playgroup program based in Singapore operates on a daily basis where children come together in an air-conditioned, clean, relaxed and friendly environment to socialize and have fun. Playgroup class experience helps every child to gain an appreciation of what school is like and to have a positive attitude towards school.
Playgroup provides an opportunity for children to:
- Have fun, make new friends and build relationship through social interactions with friends and teachers in Singapore.
- Discover new experiences & learning opportunities for your toddler, 2 years old or courses for 3 years old
- Find out about the world around them in our playgroup sessions.
- Gain self-confidence, develop self-expression; develop verbal and non-verbal communication skills through observation and their contact with other children and adults
- Learn how to get along and cooperate with other people and develop their skills of sharing through music, group singing and free play in Singapore.
- Be given opportunities to enhance all areas of their physical, social, emotional and intellectual development, and foster a lifelong love for learning in a safe and supportive environment.
- No children would be forced to join any activity if he/she refuses to
Our All-Rounded Curriculum incorporates the use of:
- English Phonics a creative and fun approach to teach letter recognition and letter sounds.
- Multiple Intelligences Approach which is a way of providing activities and experience that address all of the ways that children are Smart. Start Tots Playgroup based in Singapore believes in developing the potential of every child. The brain has at least eight ‘intelligences’. Many people fully develop only one or two. They may be brilliant at mathematics or language but weak in music and art. Yet everyone can develop all these intelligence if he or she is exposed to the right sort of activities. Professor Howard Gardner of Harvard University has identified the eight intelligences as:
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- Verbal-Linguistic Intelligence: The ability to use words effectively, whether in verbal or writing
- Logical-Mathematical Intelligence: The ability to use numbers effectively and to reason well with logic.
- Visual-Spatial Intelligence: The ability to perceive the visual-spatial world accurately and to perform transformations upon those perceptions
- Bodily-Kinaesthetic Intelligence: The ability to use one’s whole body to skilfully express ideas and feelings and facility in using one’s hands to produce or transform things.
- Musical Intelligence: The capacity to perceive, discriminate, transform and express musical forms.
- Naturalist Intelligence: The ability to discriminate and see connections or patterns among living things as well as sensitivity to other features of the natural world.
- Interpersonal Intelligence: The ability to perceive and make distinctions in the moods, intentions, motivations and feelings of other people to relate and interact with people effectively. The ability to process information both verbally and non-verbally and through interpretations of all forms of dance, hand gestures, body movements and music.
- Intrapersonal Intelligence: The ability to act adaptively on the basis of the knowledge of one’s moods and motivations.
Benefits for Adults
Through playgroup, mothers, fathers, grandparents and other caring adults find the opportunity for:
- Meeting new friends in Singapore.
- Reducing isolation or loneliness as one gets to meet people who’ve got children in the same age range as yours and share experiences in taking care of children and how they solve problems with their children
- It opens up the community to you. Parents can share resources like where the best places to go for a good children’s doctor or shop that sells a great variety of toys and children’s clothes
- Developing a new self-confidence
- Discovering new ideas for extra fun at home through talking to other parents and caregivers
- Developing a greater understanding of children and what being a parent and career is all about through interaction with other parents and caregivers
- Building a support network and social contacts in Singapore.
Group Size
7 to 16 students per class with 1 caring, qualified and experienced teacher who possessed recognized Certificate in Early Childhood Education and 1 teacher assistant (caregiver). Our playgroup curriculum specialist holds a Master’s Degree in Early Childhood Education.
Daily Timetable
30 min: Health Checks, Social Interaction & Settling Down –Toys, Fun & Games
15 min: Circle Time & Attendance.
40 min: Introduce the Lesson & Hands On Activities
10 min: Water Break /Toilet
20 min: Reading Time/Playgroup Games/Rhymes with Fingerplays/Music & Movement
5 min: Getting ready to go home
Who will be able to join?
The playgroup is a suitable course for toddlers aged 18 months old to the year that they turn 3 years old residing in Singapore.
Multiple Intelligences Chart
Kindly select one of the topic listed below
Criteria to join Playgroup?
At the point of entry, child must be at least 18 months and able to walk steadily. They can join up to the year they turn 3 years old. Beneficial Courses for Toddlers.
What do they learn in Playgroup?
Mon – Letterland Phonics
Tues – Thematic English
Wed – Math Concept (Numbers, Counting, Shapes)
Thurs – Partial Montessori – Practical Life Skills Activities to promote fine motor skills.
Fri – Playgroup Games / Art & Craft / Nursery Rhymes / Science
They have activity books.
What is the Teacher to Student Ratio in Playgroup?
According to auditor’s guidelines, the ratio is 1 teacher to 8 students. But if we have 7 children and above, there will be one lead teacher and one assistant teacher (caregiver) in the class.
Are the teachers trained in early childhood?
According to auditor’s guidelines, the lead teachers must be trained in early childhood. Auditors do conduct unannounced checks.
Can parents accompany their children in Playgroup?
During the first 3 days, if the child has separation anxiety, one adult can accompany the child. Playgroup is an independent class. Children attend class on their own. Parents send children here so that children will learn to be independent before they move on to childcare or kindergarten.
Fees
Monthly Fee – Call 81383440 to find out.
Uniform (2 sets) – $40
Registration Fee – $40
Miscellaneous Fees for one year – $80
Note 1 – Full payment must be made upon registration.
Note 2 – Same as PCF Kindergarten, no trial lesson.
Note 3 – The playgroup is a one year programme. In a year, we collect monthly fees from Jan to Nov and we follow the MOE school terms & school holidays. Fees are still collected as usual during school holidays because the teachers’ payrolls are still running.
Note 4 – Miscellaneous fees refer to student consumables such as paper hand towels, disinfectant, hand soap and art & craft materials, activity books.
Note 5 – We do not collect deposit.
Note 6 – All fees are non-refundable / non-transferable.
Can I pay using GIRO / Baby Bonus / CDA Account?
No, payments can only be via cash or cheque (Post-dated cheques are NOT accepted).
How to register in Playgroup?
Please call our Singapore Playgroup hotline at 81383440.
Do teachers conduct health check?
Yes. Everyday teachers conduct temperature check and 3 steps health check before each child comes in. Sick children will be sent home.
How many months’ notice should I give if I want to withdraw my child?
At least 1 month notice. Please note that fees paid are non-refundable or non-transferrable.
What to bring daily in Playgroup?
Children are to bring their own water bottles.
For children who are wearing diapers: Please change into a new diaper before coming to playgroup. In the school bag, please put a diaper & a packet of baby wipes so that the teachers can help your child to change if he/she has defecated.
For children who are toilet-trained: Please put a clean set of clothes in the school bag. This is to allow the teachers to change your child if he/she forgets to tell teachers and urinates.
Please label your child’s name on the school bag and water bottle.
Can I get back refund in Playgroup?
No. It is stated in the Terms & Conditions that you have signed, that all fees paid are non-refundable and non-transferable to other months or other persons regardless of any reason.
I am joining on the 12th of the month. Can the monthly fee be pro-rated?
No, full month fee is collected regardless of which day the child joins in the month.
ADDRESS | TIMING (CLASS A) | TIMING (CLASS B) | FEES |
SEMBAWANG | |||
Blk 107A Canberra Street | 9:30am-11:30am | – | $200 per month |
Blk 120A Canberra Crescent | 9:00am-11:00am | – | $200 per month |
Blk 334 Sembawang Close | 9.30am-11.30am | – | $200 per month |
Blk 588C Montreal Drive | 9:30am-11:30am | – | $200 per month |
YISHUN | |||
Blk 157 Yishun Street 11 | 9:00am-11:00am | – | $200 per month |
Blk 334D Yishun Street 31 | 9:30am-11:30am | – | $200 per month |
Blk 440 Yishun Avenue 11 | 9:00am-11:00am | – | $200 per month |
Blk 505C Yishun Street 51 | 9:00am-11:00am | – | $200 per month |
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WOODLANDS | |||
Blk 363 Woodlands Avenue 5 | 9:30am-11:30am | – | $200 per month |
Blk 552 Woodlands Drive 44 | 9:30am-11:30am | – | $200 per month |
Blk 589 Woodlands Drive 16 | 9:30am-11:30am | – | $200 per month |
Blk 682C Woodlands Drive 73 | 9:30am-11:30am | – | $200 per month |
Blk 782A Woodlands Crescent | 9:30am-11:30am | – | $200 per month |
Blk 890A Woodlands Drive 50 | 9:30am-11:30am | – | $200 per month |
MARSILING | |||
Blk 8 Marsiling Drive | 9:30am-11:30am | – | $200 per month |
ADDRESS | TIMING (CLASS A) | TIMING (CLASS B) | FEES |
CHOA CHU KANG | |||
Blk 218 Choa Chu Kang Central | 9:30am-11:30am | – | $200 per month |
Blk 421 Choa Chu Kang Avenue 4 | 9:30am-11:30am | – | $200 per month |
Blk 432 Choa Chu Kang Avenue 4 | 9:30am-11:30am | – | $200 per month |
Blk 486 Choa Chu Kang Avenue 5 | 9:30am-11:30am | – | $190 per month |
Blk 489A Choa Chu Kang Avenue 5 | 9:30am-11:30am | – | $200 per month |
Blk 549 Choa Chu Kang Street 52 | 9:30am-11:30am | – | $200 per month |
Blk 673A Choa Chu Kang Crescent | 9:30am-11:30am | – | $200 per month |
Blk 690A Choa Chu Kang Crescent | 9:00am-11:00am | – | $200 per month |
Blk 785 Choa Chua Kang Drive | 9:30am-11:30am | – | $200 per month |
Blk 807B Choa Chu Kang Avenue 1 | 9:30am-11:30am | – | $200 per month |
Blk 811A Choa Chu Kang Avenue 7 | 9.30am-11.30am | – | $200 per month |
BUKIT PANJANG | |||
Blk 121 Pending Road | 9.30am-11.30am | – | $200 per month |
Blk 242 Bukit Panjang Ring Road | 9:30am-11:30am | – | $200 per month |
Blk 442D Fajar Road | 9:30am-11:30am | – | $200 per month |
Blk 511 Jelapang Road | 9:30am-11:30am | – | $200 per month |
Blk 543 Jelapang Road | 9:30am-11:30am | – | $200 per month |
Blk 635B Senja Road | 9:30am-11:30am | – | $200 per month |
ADDRESS | TIMING (CLASS A) | TIMING (CLASS B) | FEES |
SENGKANG | |||
Blk 146 Rivervale Drive | 9:30am-11:30am | – | $200 per month |
Blk 158D Rivervale Crescent | 9:00am-11:00am | – | $200 per month |
Blk 180C Rivervale Crescent | 9:00am-11:00am | – | $200 per month |
Blk 185C Rivervale Crescent | 9:30am-11:30am | – | $200 per month |
Blk 335B Anchorvale Crescent | 9:00am-11:00am | – | $200 per month |
Blk 351 Anchorvale Road | 9:30am-11:30am | – | $200 per month |
Blk 402A Fernvale | 9:30am-11:30am | – | $200 per month |
Blk 437 Fernvale Road | 9.00am-11.00am | – | $200 per month |
Blk 441C Fernvale Road | 9.00am-11.00am | 11:30 am-1:30pm | $200 per month |
Blk 457A Sengkang West Road | 9:30am-11:30am | – | $200 per month |
PUNGGOL | |||
Blk 163A Punggol Central | 9.30 am-11.30am | – | $200 per month |
Blk 172A Edgedale Plains | 9.30am-11.30am | – | $200 per month |
Blk 187 Punggol Central | 9.30am-11.30am | – | $200 per month |
Blk 273D Punggol Place | 9.30am-11.30am | – | $200 per month |
Blk 308A Punggol Walk | 9.30am-11.30am | – | $200 per month |
Blk 316A Punggol Way | 9.30am-11.30am | – | $200 per month |
Blk 677A Punggol | 9.30am-11.30am | – | $200 per month |
ADDRESS | TIMING (CLASS A) | TIMING (CLASS B) | FEES |
BUKIT MERAH | |||
Blk 53 Commonwealth Drive | 9:30am-11:30am | – | $200 per month |
Blk 48 Strathmore Avenue | 9:30am-11:30am | – | $200 per month |
Blk 92 Telok Blangah Street 31 | 9.30am-11.30am | – | $200 per month |
Blk 96A Henderson Road | 9:30am-11:30am | – | $200 per month |
WHAMPOA | |||
Blk 116 Jalan Tenteram | 9:30am-11:30am | – | $200 per month |
ADDRESS | TIMING (CLASS A) | TIMING (CLASS B) | FEES |
BEDOK NORTH | |||
Blk 138 Bedok North Street 2 | 9:30am-11:30am | – | $200 per month |
MARINE PARADE | |||
Blk 44 Marine Crescent | 9:30am-11:30am | – | $200 per month |
TAMPINES | |||
Blk 111 Tampines Street 11 | 9:30am-11:30am | – | $200 per month |
Blk 285 Tampines Street 22 | 9:30am-11:30am | – | $200 per month |
Blk 387 Tampines Street 32 | 9:30am-11:30am | – | $200 per month |
Blk 418 Tampines Street 41 | 9:30am-11:30am | – | $200 per month |
Blk 498M Tampines Street 45 | 9:30am-11:30am | – | $200 per month |
Blk 730 Tampines Street 71 | 9:30am-11:30am | – | $200 per month |
Blk 842 Tampines Street 82 | 9:00am-11:00am | – | $200 per month |
Blk 880 Tampines Avenue 8 | 9:30am-11:30am | – | $200 per month |
Blk 890B Tampines Avenue 1 | 9:30am-11:30am | – | $200 per month |
Blk 916 Tampines Street 91 | 9:30am-11:30am | – | $200 per month |
SIMEI | |||
Blk 133 Simei Street 1 | 9:30am-11:30am | – | $200 per month |
Blk 155 Simei Road | 9:30am-11:30am | – | $200 per month |
Blk 168D Simei Lane | 9:30am-11:30am | – | $200 per month |
EUNOS | |||
Blk 616 Bedok Reservoir Road | 9:30am-11:30am | – | $200 per month |
MACPHERSON | |||
Blk 15 Joo Seng Road | 9:30am-11:30am | – | $200 per month |
Blk 42 Circuit Road | 9:30am-11:30am | – | $200 per month |
PASIR RIS | |||
Blk 484 Pasir Ris Drive 4 | 9:30am-11:30am | – | $200 per month |
Blk 569 Pasir Ris Street 51 | 9:00am-11:00am | – | $200 per month |
CHAI CHEE ROAD | |||
Blk 808A Chai Chee Road | 9:30am-11:30am | – | $200 per month |
BOON KENG/KALLANG | |||
Blk 2C Upper Boon Keng | 9:30am-11:30am | – | $200 per month |
ADDRESS | TIMING (CLASS A) | TIMING (CLASS B) | FEES |
JURONG WEST | |||
Blk 475 Jurong West Street 41 | 9:30am-11:30am | – | $200 per month |
Blk 664D Jurong West Street 64 | 9:30am-11:30am | – | $200 per month |
Blk 682A Jurong West Central 1 | 9:00am-11:00am | – | $200 per month |
Blk 705 Jurong West Street 71 | 9:30am-11:30am | – | $200 per month |
TAMAN JURONG | |||
Blk 337B Tah Ching Road | 9:30am-11:30am | – | $200 per month |
JURONG EAST | |||
Blk 223A Jurong East Street 21 | 9:30am-11:30am | – | $200 per month |
BUKIT BATOK | |||
Blk 104 Bukit Batok Central | 9:30am-11:30am | – | $200 per month |
Blk 225 Bukit Batok Central | 9:30am-11:30am | – | $200 per month |
Blk 293A Bukit Batok Street 21 | 9:30am-11:30am | – | $200 per month |
Blk 387 Bukit Batok West Avenue 5 | 9:00am-11:00am | – | $200 per month |
Blk 531 Bukit Batok Street 51 | 9:30am-11:30am | – | $200 per month |
CLEMENTI | |||
Blk 379 Clementi Avenue 5 | 9:30am-11:30am | – | $200 per month |
Blk 420A Clementi Avenue 1 | 9:00am-11:00am | – | $200 per month |
Blk 608 Clementi West Street 1 | 9:30am-11:30am | – | $200 per month |
AYER RAJAH | |||
Blk 20 Teban Gardens Road | 9:30am-11:30am | – | $190 per month |
BUONA VISTA | |||
Blk 11 Holland Drive | 9:30am-11:30am | – | $200 per month |
Blk 17 Ghim Moh Road | 9:30am-11:30am | – | $200 per month |
Blk 23 Ghim Moh Link | 9:30am-11:30am | – | $200 per month |
ADDRESS | TIMING (CLASS A) | TIMING (CLASS B) | REMARKS |
LITTLE INDIA | |||
Blk 1G Cantonment Road | 9:00am-11:00am | – | $200 per month |
SERANGOON | |||
Blk 111 Serangoon North Avenue 1 | 9:00am-11:00am | – | $200 per month |
Blk 410 Serangoon Central | 9:30am-11:30am | – | $200 per month |
UPPER SERANGOON | |||
Blk 471B Upper Serangoon Crescent | 9:30am-11:30am | – | $200 per month |
Blk 477A Upper Crescent View | 9:30am-11:30am | – | $200 per month |
BISHAN | |||
Blk 170 Bishan Street 13 | 9:30am-11:30am | – | $200 per month |
Blk 245 Bishan Street 22 | 9:30am-11:30am | – | $200 per month |
Blk 261 Bishan Street 22 | 9:30am-11:30am | – | $200 per month |
TOA PAYOH | |||
Blk 63 Lorong 4 Toa Payoh | 9:30am-11:30am | – | $200 per month |
Blk 78B Toa Payoh Central | 9:00am-11:00am | – | $200 per month |
Blk 86 Lorong 2 Toa Payoh | 9:30am-11:30am | – | $200 per month |
Blk 122 Lorong 2 Toa Payoh | 9:30am-11:30am | – | $200 per month |
Blk 131 Lorong 1 Toa Payoh | 9:30am-11:30am | – | $200 per month |
Blk 139B Lorong 1A Toa Payoh | 9:30am-11:30am | – | $200 per month |
Blk 149 Lorong 1 Toa Payoh | 9:30am-11:30am | – | $200 per month |
ANG MO KIO | |||
Blk 121 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 3 | 9:30am-11:30am | – | $200 per month |
Blk 134 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 3 | 9:30am-11:30am | – | $200 per month |
Blk 212 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 3 | 9:30am-11:30am | – | $200 per month |
Blk 253 Ang Mo Kio Street 21 | 9:30am-11:30am | – | $200 per month |
Blk 309B Ang Mo Kio Avenue 1 | 9:30am-11:30am | – | $200 per month |
Blk 524 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 5 | 9:30am-11:30am | – | $200 per month |
Blk 606 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 5 | 9:30am-11:30am | – | $200 per month |
HOUGANG | |||
Blk 101 Hougang Ave 1 | 9:30am-11:30am | – | $200 per month |
Blk 132 Lorong Ah Soo | 9:30am-11:30am | – | $200 per month |
Blk 143 Lorong Ah Soo | 9:30am-11:30am | – | $200 per month |
Blk 154 Hougang Street 11 | 9:30am-11:30am | – | $200 per month |
Blk 415 Hougang Ave 10 | 9:30am-11:30am | – | $200 per month |
Blk 515 Hougang Ave 10 | 9:30am-11:30am | – | $200 per month |
Blk 658 Hougang Ave 8 | 9:30am-11:30am | – | $200 per month |
Blk 669 Hougang Ave 8 | 9:30am-11:30am | – | $200 per month |
Blk 686 Hougang Street 61 | 9:30am-11:30am | – | $200 per month |
Blk 836 Hougang Central | 9:30am-11:30am | – | $200 per month |
*All class timings are subjected to changes.