Infant Care
Our Infant Care Services
NTUC First Campus offers Infant Care programmes for infants from 2 months old to toddlers up to 17 months old. Our Relationships-Based Curriculum fosters a sense of trust and security between the child and their educators, enabling effective learning experiences for these young children to maximise their holistic potential within this “golden window” of child development.
Infant Care
Age
Our preschool centres* offer infant care services for children aged 2 months to 17 months old.
*Infant care services are currently not available at some of our preschool centres.
Operating Hours
Generally, our preschool centres operate from Mondays to Fridays, from 7 am to 7 pm, and on Saturdays from 7 am to 2 pm.
Note: For further information regarding the operating hours of your preferred centre, kindly refer to the respective centre’s page for more details.
Brands
Fees
My First Skool
Full-day infant care: $1,235/mth*
* Before subsidy for children who are Singaporean and before GST. It is based on ECDA’s Anchor Operators Scheme (AOP) fee cap (My First Skool is an Anchor Operator funded by the Early Childhood Development Agency).
Note: All fees are subject to revision. Additional charges for registration, uniforms, and insurance may be applicable.
Little Skool-House
Full-day infant care (POP Centres): Up to $1,290/mth^
Full-day infant care (non-POP Centres): For specific fees, please contact Little Skool-House directly.
^ Before subsidy for children who are Singaporean and before GST. It is based on ECDA’s Partner Operators (POP) Scheme fee cap.
Subsidies
All parents with Singapore Citizen children enrolled in infant care preschool centres licensed by ECDA are eligible for a basic subsidy. For working applicants, the basic subsidy for full-day infant care is S$600 per month. For non-working applicants, the basic subsidy is S$150 per month. Additional subsidies are also available with means testing specifically for working mothers.
For more information about preschool and childcare subsidies, kindly refer to this link.
Locations
Registration
Learn about our preschool’s infant care curriculum
Early Years Centres
Our Early Years Centres (EYCs) provide infant care and childcare services for children aged 2 months to 4 years old. In the year they turn 5, eligible children in the EYCs are guaranteed a place at a partner MOE Kindergarten (MK) and can choose to enrol at the MK to continue their Kindergarten 1 (K1) and Kindergarten 2 (K2) programme.
My First Skool currently has three EYCs in Punggol.
Explore our research findings on infant care
Featured ARTICLE
A Mixed Methods Study on Infants’ Experiences of Involvement in Infant Care Centres in Singapore
Written by Ms Cynthia Tan, this is a report presented at PECERA 2022 that examined infants’ experiences of involvement in infant care centres in Singapore. Involvement is a critical indicator of children’s learning quality and is shown to affect their growth and development in early years.
Featured ARTICLE
Children’s Well-Being: A report of a Three-year Follow Through Study in Singapore
Written by Emeritus Prof Marjory Ebbeck, Dr Minushree Sharma, and Dr Sheela Warrier, this is a report presented at PECERA 2022 that investigated the outcomes of a relationships-based curriculum introduced in 20 childcare centres in Singapore. The results indicate that the curriculum had benefited children’s well-being over the three years of the study’s duration.
Featured ARTICLE
Continuity of Care: Primary Caregiving in Singapore
Written by Emeritus Prof Marjory Ebbeck, Dr Hoi Yin Bonnie Yim, Dr Siew Yin Ho, and Dr Minushree Sharma, this paper reports on a research study in Singapore that investigated parents’ satisfaction and understanding of the primary caregiving system, an approach where one main caregiver is assigned to three or four infants within an early…