The Reggio Emilia Approach to early childhood education acknowledges the great impact of the environment on children by referring to it as the “third teacher” as the parents and teachers are the children’s first and second teachers respectively. Hence, preschool design is one of the factors that you should consider before choosing a preschool for your kids. It’s our job to ensure the preschool design and the learning spaces well organized, beautiful and welcoming.
A Good Preschool Design With Supportive Environment is:
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Well-organized
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Dependable
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Flexible
Today, we are here to share with you the 10 amazing local and international preschool design in Singapore so that you can mark them in your list!
1. Trehaus Preschool
Trehaus School is a Silicon Valley-inspired preschool in Funan. The preschool design idea was inspired by how parents and children can seamlessly work and play under one roof. The queen of achieving work-life balance, Elaine Kim as Trehaus’ co-founder and CEO, and Elizabeth Wu, an entrepreneur with a rich background as an educator, as fellow co-founder. Both incredible women and mothers of three have created a wonderful co-working space to realise work-life integration for parent professionals.
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The preschool design concept is made up of a combination of multiple zones, with common areas where parents can have their kids beside them as they work, and “child-free” areas where the working parents can have meeting and work.
2. Blue House Nursery & International Preschool
Blue House Nursery & International Preschool is Singapore’s leading International Nursery, Preschool and Kindergarten for children 18 months to 6 years old through a Reggio Emilia inspired programme. The preschool design offers an environment that is inspiring and can excite their curiosity in every encounter. They manage to make use of the incredible nature and wildlife and let children spend ‘chunks’ of outdoor time.
3. Sparkletots Preschool
Sparkletots Preschool by PAP Community Foundation in Punggol was designed by LAUD Architects. This preschool design is amongst the first mega child care centres to be introduced in Singapore. About 1000 children found their second home in Sparketots.
According to the architects,
“The elegant circular building form with an overhanging roof canopy conveys an image of shelter and protection. Prominently located along Edgefield Plains, the grand drop-off with the large ETFE (Ethylene tetrafluoroethylene) canopy and double-volume main entrance allows convenient and sheltered drop-off/pick-up points and doubles up as an event plaza for celebrations.”
Image Credit: Melvin H J Tan
Image Credit: Melvin H J Tan
Image Credit: Melvin H J Tan
4. Odyssey The Global Preschool
There is a total of five campuses in Singapore. All campuses guarantee big classrooms, top-notch facilities and lots of outdoor space.
In 2018, Odyssey’s very first bespoke campus set right at the Orchard. The campus is housed in a modern industrial building with 13,000 sqft, and featuring facilities that include a piazza, atelier, jam studio, children’s museum, La Cucina, and outdoor spaces. This is the first preschool that offers an education that combines the International Curriculum and Singapore preschool education.
Image Credit: The Odyssey
Image Credit: The Odyssey
Image Credit: The Odyssey
5. NAFA Arts Preschool
NAFA Arts Preschool is the first arts-themed preschool in Singapore. If your kids are keen into arts, then choosing an art preschool is definitely a good idea. Their fine arts programme covers the following art forms:
- Music (Keyboard and introduction to a variety of instruments
- Visual Arts (2-Dimensional and 3-Dimensional art)
- Dance (Creative movement and ballet)
- Speech and Drama (Bilingual)
The benefit of attending an arts preschool is exposure to four art forms. All programmes are taught by the NAFA industry veterans who are passionate about sharing their art experiences and insights.
Image Credit: Nafa Arts Preschool
Image Credit: Nafa Arts Preschool
Image Credit: Nafa Arts Preschool
The well-recognized interior of the Preschool design focuses on open layouts and glass windows to enhance children’s visual interconnectivity. Glass panels are installed in children classroom’s wall and passageways to create a more open and transparent design. Children can interact with different classes and the transparency provides a greater line of sight for teachers and students. The open dining area can hold up to 50 children.
The colour schemes of the woody style are designed to improve children’s learning. Clean, fresh neutral colours have been chosen for the walls, complemented with uplifting accent colours to highlight the fun and play areas.
6. MindChamps Preschool
MindChamps provides both preschool and Chinese preschool. If you are looking for a solid foundation in Chinese in Singapore, check out their Chinese preschool program that will really benefit both children and parents.
There are 39 centres across the island and each centre promises dedicated spaces for activity-based learning, open and conducive classrooms, a purpose-built children’s gym and for some centres, a spacious outdoor learning area.
Image Credit: Mindchamps Preschool
Image Credit: Mindchamps Preschool
7. Little Skool House
Little Skool House Preschool design stresses an open layout. Open-space classrooms are designed for maximum learning. The design layout provides an environment that allows children to move freely and interact with one another, and improve their communication and relationship building. Besides, they provide an immersive bilingual curriculum that enables high proficiency in both English and Mandarin.
This Little Skool House campus is located at One Marina Boulevard.
8. The Caterpillar’s Cove Preschool
The Caterpillar’s Cove @Jurong East was intended as the first of a new generation of preschools in Singapore. This preschool design has been recognized as Design Of The Year 2015 by Lekker Architects.
Image Credit: Lekker
Image Credit: Lekker
According to the designers, Joshua Comaroff, he said, “A lot of the time the environment that interested them the most were ones who were a little abstract and a little bit more of an opening for them to kind of insert themselves into it and imagine their own environment.”
Image Credit: Lekker
While for Ong Ker-Shing, another architect said, “We wanted to give them a lot of micro environment within that space that they could take as just opening suggestion for how to play.”
Image Credit: Lekker
However, The Caterpillar’s Cove has merged with Little Skool House effective from 1 January 2021.
9. Leclare Preschool
LeClare Preschool is purpose-built, designed in collaboration between architects, consultants, landscape artists and early childhood professionals with a commitment to functionality and aesthetics. Their iconic design is their amazing Roof Top Adventure Park where students can enjoy playing every single fun-filled day. There are riders, scooters, young kids sized playground, older kids sized wooden playground, trampoline and a giant chalkboard.
Image Credit: First Sight International
10. Skool4Kidz Campus @ Sengkang Riverside Park
Skool4Kidz Preschool Design at Sengkang is a preschool that is infused with lush greenery. With 4,000 square metres campus, Skool4Kidz is Singapore’s first childcare centre to be built within a public park. The campus is called as “learning cocoon“, the unique architecture has been recognized both internationally and locally.
The preschool features a high-stimulating learning environment including a garden atrium, eco pond and butterfly lodge which provide hands-on exploration and learning with the emphasis on the use of technology aids in a safe and nurturing environment. The greenery design and wooden furniture conveys the feeling of embracing nature and let children learn to be environmentally responsible.
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