TwinkleKidz International Schoolhouse at Changi Business Park provides infant care and preschool education for children from their earliest months right up to Kindergarten 2. It is one of four TwinkleKidz centres in Singapore — alongside Bendemeer, Siglap and Toa Payoh — and part of a group that has been part of the local early childhood scene since 2012. The Changi centre keeps the longest hours of the four, open Monday to Friday from 7:00am to 7:30pm to fit around the working days of parents in and around the business park.
The centre's approach is built on a literature-based curriculum that incorporates visual and performing arts. Rather than treating stories, art and performance as extras, TwinkleKidz uses them to fuel children's natural curiosity, and pairs them with inter-disciplinary programmes aimed at developing the competencies young children need for the 21st century. Teachers follow developmentally appropriate practices and work from a holistic curriculum with assessment, so that each child's knowledge, skills and dispositions are observed and nurtured deliberately rather than left to chance.
Families consistently point to the people as much as the pedagogy. Parents describe teachers who greet children warmly each morning, take time to learn each child's routines, needs and ways of expressing themselves, and give helpful feedback at pick-up each evening. One family reported their daughter speaking both English and Chinese within ten months of joining; others mention songs and lessons that follow children home. The centre also brings the community together with festive events such as Chinese New Year celebrations for children and their parents.
TwinkleKidz is SPARK certified by ECDA, certified under HPB's Healthy Meals in Pre-Schools Programme, and awarded under NAC's Artist-in-School Scheme — a fitting recognition for an arts-centred curriculum. The group has taken part in ECDA's Start Small Dream Big President's Challenge, earned Bronze in National Parks' Community In Bloom Awards, and been featured on Channel 8's Project-i and CNA's A Class Above. Guided tours can be arranged through the website for parents who want to see the facilities, care and classroom life for themselves.
Tucked into 1 Changi Business Park Cres, TwinkleKidz International Schoolhouse offers something increasingly rare in a business district: a full preschool and infant care centre where children can grow from their first months all the way to Kindergarten 2. It is one of four TwinkleKidz locations in Singapore — the others sit at Bendemeer, Siglap and Toa Payoh — and it keeps the longest hours of the group, opening Monday to Friday from 7:00am to 7:30pm to fit around working parents' days.
TwinkleKidz has been part of Singapore's early childhood landscape since 2012, and its approach has stayed consistent: a safe, fun environment staffed by creative and dedicated teachers, where learning is made to feel natural rather than forced.
At the heart of the centre is a literature-based curriculum that weaves in visual and performing arts. Rather than treating stories, art, music and movement as add-ons, TwinkleKidz uses them as the engine of learning — drawing on children's natural craving to be inquisitive and channelling it into language, expression and confidence.
The programmes are deliberately inter-disciplinary and aim at 21st-century competencies: the knowledge, skills and dispositions children need long after preschool. Teachers follow developmentally appropriate practices and work from a holistic curriculum with assessment, so progress is observed and understood rather than assumed. Lessons balance fun with engaging learning — a phrase the school itself returns to often, and one echoed by parents who describe classrooms full of songs, stories and creative play.
The centre covers the full preschool pathway. Infant care welcomes the youngest children with attentive daily routines; Playgroup introduces toddlers to group life; Nursery 1 and Nursery 2 build language, social and early academic foundations; and Kindergarten 1 and Kindergarten 2 round out the journey toward primary school.
Beyond the core programmes, TwinkleKidz runs enrichment and value-added programmes — robotics among them — giving children hands-on experiences that go beyond the regular curriculum.
What parents consistently highlight is the teaching team. Families describe teachers who greet them warmly each morning, take time to familiarise themselves with each child's routines, needs and ways of expressing themselves, and give helpful feedback at pick-up every evening. One family shared that their daughter began speaking both English and Chinese within ten months of joining; others mention Chinese songs and lessons that follow children home, and small daily touches like teachers tying little girls' hair in fanciful ways.
Community is part of the package too. The centre organises festive celebrations — Chinese New Year among them — that bring children and parents together, and it has taken part in national initiatives such as ECDA's Start Small Dream Big President's Challenge.
TwinkleKidz holds SPARK certification from ECDA, Singapore's early childhood development agency, and is certified under the Health Promotion Board's Healthy Meals in Pre-Schools Programme. The National Arts Council has recognised the school under its Artist-in-School Scheme — fitting for a curriculum so centred on the arts — and National Parks awarded the group Bronze in its Community In Bloom Awards.
The school has also found its way onto screens: it was featured in Project-i on Channel 8's TV info-education series and in A Class Above on CNA, and once hosted a Learning Journey visit by the Minister for Manpower and the Minister of State for Manpower.
Parents interested in the Changi Business Park centre can sign up for a guided tour through the TwinkleKidz website to witness the facilities, care and fun for themselves. The school extends a standing invitation to visit any of its centres for more information, and general enquiries go to enquiry@twinklekidz.com.
For parents working in or around Changi Business Park, the combination of a long weekday window (until 7:30pm), a full age range under one roof, and an arts-infused, literature-driven curriculum makes this branch a practical and distinctive choice in the neighbourhood.