City Square Mall with Kids: A Free Playground, AIRZONE, Kidodo and 24 Enrichment Centres (2026)

29 September 2026 · 15 min read

The best playground at City Square Mall is not in the mall, and it does not cost anything. The two flower-shaped climbing towers at City Green, the 49,000 square foot park between the mall and Farrer Park MRT, opened in March 2026 at the end of a $50 million, three-phase refit that began in September 2023.

For the first time since the mall opened in 2009, a family can get off the train, play for an hour under a perforated canopy, and go home without spending a cent. That changes how to read the rest of the building. AIRZONE, the suspended-net playground strung through the atrium from Level 2 to Level 6, is still the reason most parents have heard of the mall.

Kidodo on Level 2 is the cheap indoor option for toddlers. Giggle Jungle by Yooland arrived on Level 4 in late 2025 with a three-storey spiral slide. All three are paid, and none of them is where a Farrer Park parent now starts. What City Square Mall has that no other mall on the North East Line has is Levels 6 to 9.

The mall's own directory lists 24 education and enrichment tenants, from Heguru and Sparkanauts for babies to Kawai Music, Kodecoon and Dancepointe for the primary years. Only two of them are on Jungle. The rest are named below with units, so you know which lift to take. For the streets around the mall, read our guide to things to do with kids in Bugis, Bras Basah and Little India.

Quick steer

• Best for a rainy hour with a toddler: Kidodo, $12 for an hour on a weekday, Level 2.
• Best free thing: the City Green playground outside the Level 1 entrance, open daily.
• Best class to trial first: Tree Art, free trial, #04-18.
• Best age for this mall: 2 to 9.

Family favourites: play at City Square Mall

1. City Green playground

The playground at City Green is the centrepiece of the 2026 refit, and it replaced the old one wholesale. Two flower-shaped climbing towers stand side by side: a yellow three-tier tower with vertical nets, a telescope at the top, talking tubes and a spiral tube slide, and a red two-tier tower with a gentler slide for younger children.

Around them sit a balance and sensory zone with stepping pods and hammock swings, a raised wooden deck around the trees with a small slide, and a musical zone with spring riders near the mall door. A perforated canopy gives shade from the sun but not shelter from rain.

Why kids will love it: Climbing the yellow tower to the telescope, then racing a sibling down the two slides. Best for ages 2 to 10, with the red tower and the wooden deck for the under-fours. Go before 10am or after 5pm; the canopy has holes in it and the ground heats up by noon.

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Website: City Square Mall
Address: 180 Kitchener Road, City Green, Level 1 outside the mall entrance, Singapore 208539. Google Maps
Opening hours: Open daily. No closing time is published.
Price: Free.
Ages: 2 to 10.
Nearest MRT: Farrer Park (NE8), Exit I, direct link.

2. CDL EcoTrain

Next to the playground stands a decommissioned SMRT train cabin, refitted as a zero-energy climate education hub. Inside, children scan QR codes for a digital character hunt and redeem a prize from a capsule machine at the end. It is a 15-minute activity, not an afternoon, but it is free and it is the thing they will talk about on the train home.

The mall lists it as open from 11am; BYKidO's March 2026 visit recorded it closed on Mondays and shutting at 6.30pm on weekdays and 7.30pm at weekends, so do not plan a Monday around it.

Why kids will love it: Being allowed inside a real train that does not move, and winning a capsule for finding all the characters. Best for ages 4 to 9. Bring a phone with a camera for the QR hunt.

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Website: City Square Mall
Address: 180 Kitchener Road, City Green, Level 1 outside the mall entrance, Singapore 208539. Google Maps
Opening hours: From 11am. Reported closed on Mondays and closing 6.30pm on weekdays, 7.30pm at weekends. Confirm at the counter.
Price: Free.
Ages: 4 to 9.
Nearest MRT: Farrer Park (NE8), Exit I.

3. AIRZONE

AIRZONE's nets in the north atrium. Photo: AIRZONE, Jungle listing

AIRZONE at #02-K4/K10 is the suspended-net playground that hangs through the mall's north atrium from Level 2 up to Level 6, and it is still the only one of its kind in Singapore. The nets carry a ball pit on the first tier, giant inflatable balls for dodgeball on the second, inflatable presents to rest on and a slide down from the fourth.

A session is 60 minutes, of which about 45 are play after the safety briefing, and you must arrive 20 minutes early. Sessions run from 10am, up to ten a day.

The rules matter. Socks and covered shoes are compulsory, Crocs with jibbitz are turned away, the weight limit is 120kg, and each session holds 59 people. Children under 5 need a paying adult on the nets with them; 5 and 6-year-olds need a parent watching from the side.

Why kids will love it: Bouncing four storeys above the shoppers and looking down through the mesh at them. Best for ages 6 to 12. Book online, where the single ticket is $27.90; the weekday two-to-play at $55 is the cheapest way in for a parent and child.

Book on Jungle: AIRZONE
Website: AIRZONE
Address: 180 Kitchener Road, #02-K4/K10, City Square Mall, Singapore 208539. Google Maps
Opening hours: Mon to Fri 10am to 8.30pm. Sat and Sun 10am to 9.30pm. Sessions of 60 minutes.
Price: $27.90 per session online. Weekday two-to-play $55. 4-session pass $100, 8-session pass $168, shareable and valid a year.
Ages: No minimum. Under 5 with a paying adult on the nets. Best for 6 and up.
Nearest MRT: Farrer Park (NE8), Exit I.

4. Kidodo Indoor Playground

Kidodo on Level 2. Photo: Kidodo Indoor Playground, Jungle listing

Kidodo at #02-19A is the small one, and that is its advantage with a toddler. Three compact tiers hold a ball pit, trampolines, a spiral slide that winds from the top tier to the floor, climbing and balance beams, an interactive wall game and a simulated sand pit. You can see the whole room from the bench, which you cannot say of the other two. Tickets admit one child and one adult, and an extra adult is $6.

Prices have held since 2022: $12 for an hour and $22 for two on a weekday, $15 and $26 at the weekend. A 10-hour value pass is $100 and a 20-hour pass is $189. Socks for both of you.

Why kids will love it: The spiral slide, taken 20 times in a row. Best for ages 1 to 6; a nine-year-old will be done in 20 minutes. Weekday mornings are near empty.

Book on Jungle: Kidodo Indoor Playground
Website: Kidodo at City Square Mall
Address: 180 Kitchener Road, #02-19A, City Square Mall, Singapore 208539. Google Maps
Opening hours: Mon to Thu 11am to 8pm. Fri to Sun and public holidays 11am to 9pm.
Price: Weekdays $12 for 1 hour, $22 for 2 hours. Weekends $15 for 1 hour, $26 for 2 hours. One child and one adult. Extra adult $6.
Ages: 1 to 10.
Nearest MRT: Farrer Park (NE8), Exit I.

5. Giggle Jungle by Yooland

Giggle Jungle at #04-38 is the newest and the biggest of the three, opened by the Yooland operator in late 2025 on the Level 4 dining floor. It is jungle-themed and built upwards: a three-storey spiral slide, a double-lane racer slide, an LED rainbow slide, a high-ropes obstacle course and a tribal climbing wall, with a trampoline zone, a bead pit and a two-storey teddy bear house for the smaller ones.

The high ropes and the climbing wall are for children aged 4 and up who are at least 1.1m tall. Entry covers one child and one adult: $30 for an hour, $35 for two hours, $45 for the whole day. Extra adults are $10 an hour and babies under 12 months are free. Socks are compulsory and sold at $3 a pair if you forget.

Why kids will love it: The high ropes, which a seven-year-old will do six times, and the three-storey slide. Best for ages 4 to 10. The two-hour ticket is the right one; the $5 step from one hour to two is the best deal in the building.

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Website: Yooland
Address: 180 Kitchener Road, #04-38, City Square Mall, Singapore 208539. Google Maps
Opening hours: Mon to Thu 11am to 8.30pm. Fri 11am to 9pm. Sat and Sun 10am to 9pm.
Price: $30 for 1 hour, $35 for 2 hours, $45 unlimited, for one child and one adult. Extra adult $10 an hour. Under 12 months free. Socks $3.
Ages: 2 to 10. High ropes and wall from 4 and 1.1m.
Nearest MRT: Farrer Park (NE8), Exit I.

The smaller kids' reasons are spread across the floors.

• Basement 1: Q & M Dental at #B1-13/15.
• Level 1: Smiggle at #01-39 and Minmed Clinic at #01-17.
• Level 2: Toys"R"Us at #02-25 to 28, Popular Pals at #02-23/24 for stationery and Cotton On Kids at #02-17/19. Two atrium kiosks: One2Play at #02-K01 runs craft workshops from $15.80 where children paint their own piggy bank or figurine, and Star Arts at #02-K02 sells art kits.
• Level 3: Ma Kuang TCM Women's and Children's Clinic at #03-26 and Foot Tree, a children's shoe shop, at #03-15.
• Level 4: Timezone at #04-24/29, Puzzletopia at #04-01/02 and Sciencetopia at #04-03/04 for puzzles and science kits, and Simply Toys at #04-22.
• Level 5: Inmers at #05-04 runs digital floor games such as Floor Is Lava, next to the Golden Village cinema at #05-01/03.
• Not there: Zoomoov's animal rides, which returned to the mall in 2024, are no longer in the mall's directory, so do not promise one.

Learn and play: classes at City Square Mall you can book on Jungle

The mall's directory lists 24 education and enrichment tenants, most of them on Levels 6 to 9, reached by lift, not escalator. Two are on Jungle and come first. Five more that parents ask about most follow, marked not yet listed, and the rest are named after.

6. Tree Art

Photo: Tree Art, Jungle listing

Tree Art's Farrer Park campus is at #04-18, on the same floor as Giggle Jungle, which makes it the easiest class in the building to pair with play. The school runs Creative Art for ages 3 to 8, Professional Art from 8, Portfolio Preparation for 8 to 18 and DSA Visual Art coaching for primary and secondary pupils.

It offers a free trial class for any child from 3 to 18. Fees are not published. The studios open Tuesday to Friday afternoons and all day at weekends, and close on Mondays.

Why kids will love it: Acrylic on a real canvas from the first lesson, not a colouring sheet. Best for ages 4 to 10. Book the free trial for a Saturday morning and let them run Giggle Jungle after.

Book on Jungle: Tree Art
Website: Tree Art
Address: 180 Kitchener Road, #04-18, City Square Mall, Singapore 208539. Google Maps
Opening hours: Tue to Fri 1.30pm to 7.30pm. Sat and Sun 9.30am to 7.30pm. Closed Mon.
Price: Free trial class. Tree Art does not publish its term fees online. Call 8892 7675.
Ages: 3 to 18.

7. Dancepointe Academy

Photo: Dancepointe Academy, Jungle listing

Dancepointe's Farrer Park branch is at #08-02/03, one of 18 outlets of the largest dance school chain in Singapore, and it is the syllabus school in this mall: Royal Academy of Dance ballet, CSTD jazz and tap, Rambert contemporary and RSL hip hop, plus K-pop, from age 3 to professional level. A trial class is $20, booked through the form on its site with a genre and a branch. Term fees are not published.

Why kids will love it: Graded exams that come with a certificate, and a K-pop class for the sibling who refuses ballet. Best for ages 3 to 12. Call the branch on 6721 3381 for the timetable before you book the trial.

Book on Jungle: Dancepointe Academy
Website: Dancepointe Academy City Square Mall
Address: 180 Kitchener Road, #08-02/03, City Square Mall, Singapore 208539. Google Maps
Opening hours: By class timetable. Call 6721 3381.
Price: Trial class $20. Dancepointe does not publish its term fees online.
Ages: 3 to 18.

8. Galaxy Gymnastics

Galaxy Gymnastics at #02-01/02 is a proper sprung-floor gym on the shopping level, next to Decathlon, with classes banded tightly by age: Mini Martians for 18 months to 3 years with a parent, Little Dippers for 3 to 6, Big Dippers for 7 to 9, Moon Rockers for 10 to 12, and two-hour Comets and Shooting Stars squads for boys and girls from 5.

A trial class is compulsory before a package, and neither the trial nor the term fee is published; enquiries go by WhatsApp.

Why kids will love it: A foam pit and a real beam, on the floor where the toy shop is. Best for ages 3 to 9. Ask for a Saturday trial and expect a waiting list for the squads.

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Website: Galaxy Gymnastics
Address: 180 Kitchener Road, #02-01/02, City Square Mall, Singapore 208539. Google Maps
Opening hours: By class timetable. WhatsApp 8804 1034.
Price: Trial class required. Galaxy Gymnastics does not publish its class fees online.
Ages: 18 months to adult.

9. Heguru Singapore

Heguru at #06-01 is one of two Singapore centres for the Japanese right-brain method, the other being The Woodleigh Mall. Classes run from a prenatal programme through infant and toddler, preschool and primary school levels, in fast-paced 50-minute sessions of flashcards, memory games and physical play. It is the class parents drive across the island for, and it is priced accordingly, though the fee is not on the site.

Why kids will love it: The speed of it. Best for ages 6 months to 6 years with a parent in the room. Call 6509 1961 for the schedule and a trial.

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Website: Heguru Singapore
Address: 180 Kitchener Road, #06-01, City Square Mall, Singapore 208539. Google Maps
Opening hours: By class timetable. Call 6509 1961.
Price: Heguru does not publish its class fees online.
Ages: 6 months to 12.

10. Sparkanauts

Sparkanauts at #09-07/08 is a baby and toddler gym and brain-development centre that has been at City Square Mall since 2010, with its programmes cut into six-month bands: Baby Cadet from 6 months, Cadet from 12, Junior Pilot from 16 months, Pilot from 28 months, Explorer from 3.5 to 4.5 years, and a weekday Eduplay drop-off for 17 months to 3.5 years. Trials are bookable; fees are not published.

Why kids will love it: Tunnels, balance beams and songs at a pace built for a 14-month-old. Best for ages 6 months to 3 years. The drop-off class is the one to ask about if you need a morning.

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Website: Sparkanauts
Address: 180 Kitchener Road, #09-07/08, City Square Mall, Singapore 208539. Google Maps
Opening hours: By class timetable. Call 6509 0071.
Price: Trial class bookable. Sparkanauts does not publish its class fees online.
Ages: 6 months to 4.5.

11. Kawai Music School

Kawai Music School at #06-07 teaches piano, drums, guitar, violin and voice in individual, duet and group formats, in both classical and rock and pop streams, from age 3 to adult, with tracks for graded exams and for leisure. Its website was under maintenance when we checked, so the mall's directory is the source for the unit and the phone, 6732 0031.

Why kids will love it: Drums as a first instrument, which most piano-led schools will not offer a five-year-old. Best for ages 4 to 12.

View on Jungle: not yet listed
Website: Kawai Music School at City Square Mall
Address: 180 Kitchener Road, #06-07, City Square Mall, Singapore 208539. Google Maps
Opening hours: By lesson timetable. Call 6732 0031.
Price: Kawai Music School does not publish its lesson fees online. Its website is unavailable.
Ages: 3 to adult.

12. Kodecoon Academy

Kodecoon at #06-05 is the coding school on the education floor, with courses in coding, robotics, AI and cybersecurity for ages 4 to 16. It shares the unit with The Logic Coders, which runs a similar programme. Fees and trial terms are not on the mall's listing, and Kodecoon's own site refused our connection, so call before you commit.

Why kids will love it: Building a game they can play at home the same evening. Best for ages 7 to 12.

View on Jungle: not yet listed
Website: Kodecoon Academy at City Square Mall
Address: 180 Kitchener Road, #06-05, City Square Mall, Singapore 208539. Google Maps
Opening hours: By class timetable.
Price: Kodecoon does not publish its course fees online.
Ages: 4 to 16.

The other education tenants in the mall's directory, none of them on Jungle, by floor:

• Basement 2: Leap SchoolHouse at #B2-19/20.
• Level 4: Home Baking Day at #04-11/12/13, which runs baking workshops for children.
• Level 6: Kumon at #06-09 and The Write Connection at #06-06.
• Level 7: Eye Level at #07-11, CMA Mental Arithmetic at #07-10, I Can Read at #07-09, Hua Cheng Education Centre at #07-07/08, Blessed Kidz Learning Hub at #07-06 and MindChamps PreSchool at #07-01/05.
• Level 8: Aptos Taekwondo at #08-01, Bridging the Gap early intervention at #08-06 and Greatminds at #08-11.
• Level 9: MindSpace at #09-09/10 and Perfect Pitch at #09-11.
• Not in the directory: Global Art and Zoomoov, which Jungle still lists at this address. Global Art's own centre list does not include City Square Mall.

Two of the seven centres above publish a trial: Tree Art's is free and Dancepointe's is $20. For the island-wide list, read our guide to free trial classes for kids in Singapore. Browse City Square Mall classes on Jungle.

Eat with kids at City Square Mall

City Square Mall has about 100 food outlets, and the family ones cluster on three floors: the Food Republic food court on Basement 3, fast food on Basement 1 and Level 1, and Level 4, renamed Gastro Square. One feeds under-fives free daily, one gives a free kids' meal monthly.

13. Food Republic, Basement 3

Food Republic at #B3-04 is the food court, two floors below the supermarket, with chicken rice, fishball noodles, ban mian, Korean and Japanese stalls. It is where a family with one child who wants noodles and one who wants tonkatsu ends up, and the tray-return trolleys double as a stroller lane. It is at the bottom of the building, so the lift from the car park at B3 is the quick way in.

Why kids will love it: Choosing their own stall. Best for any age. Eat at 11.30am or after 1.30pm; the office crowd from Kitchener Link takes the tables between.

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Website: Food Republic at City Square Mall
Address: 180 Kitchener Road, #B3-04, City Square Mall, Singapore 208539. Google Maps
Opening hours: Mall hours, 10am to 10pm. Confirm at the counter.
Price: Food court stall prices.
Nearest MRT: Farrer Park (NE8), Exit I.

14. Seoul Garden: under-fives free, 5 to 12 half price

Seoul Garden at #B2-02 is a halal Korean grill and steamboat buffet, and its children's pricing is the clearest in the mall. A child under 5 eats free at every sitting. Children aged 5 to 12 pay half the adult rate: $12.45++ at the weekday lunch buffet, where adults pay $24.90++, and $17.45++ against $34.90++ at weekday dinner and all day at weekends.

The sister Seoul Garden HOTPOT and Cafe at #B2-03 next door serves personal hotpots and has no published children's price.

Why kids will love it: Cooking their own meat on the grill and a soft-serve machine they can operate. Best for ages 3 to 10. Book the weekday lunch; it is $10 cheaper per adult.

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Website: Seoul Garden
Address: 180 Kitchener Road, #B2-02, City Square Mall, Singapore 208539. Google Maps
Opening hours: 11.30am to 10.30pm, last order 9.45pm.
Price: Under 5 free. Child 5 to 12 $12.45++ at weekday lunch, $17.45++ at dinner and weekends. Adult from $24.90++.
Nearest MRT: Farrer Park (NE8), Exit I.

15. PastaMania: kids' meal $9.90, free on the last Sunday

PastaMania at #02-21/22 is halal Italian on the playground floor, and its kids' meal is $9.90. On the last Sunday of every month a child aged 10 or under gets that meal free with every adult main ordered, at every outlet except three that are not this one. Mains run $6.80 to $13.50, which makes it the cheapest sit-down meal on Level 2 after Kidodo.

Why kids will love it: Spaghetti they are allowed to eat with a spoon. Best for ages 2 to 8. Go on the last Sunday and the family eats for the price of the adults.

View on Jungle: not yet listed
Website: PastaMania
Address: 180 Kitchener Road, #02-21/22, City Square Mall, Singapore 208539. Google Maps
Opening hours: Mall hours, 10am to 10pm. Confirm at the counter.
Price: Kids' meal $9.90, free with an adult main on the last Sunday of the month for ages 10 and under. Mains $6.80 to $13.50.
Nearest MRT: Farrer Park (NE8), Exit I.

The rest of the kid-friendly list

• Din Tai Fung, #01-10/11: the egg fried rice and plain xiao long bao a fussy eater accepts; queue after 12pm.
• Jollibee, #B1-07, and McDonald's, #01-19/23: the two children's meals with a toy, one floor apart.
• KFC, #B1-29/30: the third fast-food counter, on the Jollibee floor.
• Saizeriya, #B2-55/56: the cheapest pasta and pizza in the building, beside the supermarket.
• Lai Lai Taiwan Casual Dining, #03-39/40: braised pork rice and popcorn chicken, mains $8.90 to $14.90++.
• Canton Paradise, #02-51/52, and Daily Dim Sum, #B1-01/02/03: dim sum for the table.
• Genki Sushi, #02-37/38: conveyor sushi on the Kidodo floor.
• Jack's Place, #04-39/40, and Astons, #04-14/16: the Level 4 steak stops after a Tree Art class.
• Dessert, Level 2: Baskin-Robbins at #02-55, Cat and The Fiddle at #02-50, Daydream Desserts at #02-15A, Beyond Pancakes at #02-35/36.
• Dessert, Level 3: @i Mango at #03-56.
• Dessert, Basement 1: Dunkin' at #B1-K12, Mr Bean at #B1-K8, and snacKING at #B1-K15 for $1.50 satay sticks and kuih.
• Gastro Square, Level 4: live music from 6.30pm on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.

Family facilities at City Square Mall

• Nursing rooms: next to the toilets on Basement 1 and Level 2, with lockable breastfeeding rooms, a hot and cold water dispenser, a changing station and room for two strollers. Access is by intercom.
• Diaper changing: stations in the male and female toilets from Basement 2 to Level 4. The same toilets have child basins and taps, baby seats in the cubicles and boys' urinals.
• Loans: kiddy carts, baby strollers and wheelchairs, free from the Customer Service Counter on Basement 2, open 10am to 10pm daily. Umbrella loan is $10, refunded within three days.
• Family car park lots: 11, near the lift lobbies on Basement 3 and Basement 4, plus 11 EV charging lots.
• Car park: more than 500 lots on Basements 3 and 4, entry from Kitchener Link or Kitchener Road, height limit 2.1m. Grace period 15 minutes. Motorcycles $2.18 a day.
• Car park, 6am to 5.59pm: $2.18 for the first hour then $1.09 per 30 minutes, every day.
• Car park, after 6pm: $3.27 per entry on weekdays, $3.82 at weekends and public holidays.
• CONNECT @ City Square Mall: #04-05/10 and #B2-29A, a 15,000 square foot community hub run with the National Council of Social Service.
• CONNECT programmes: five agencies, including the Singapore Children's Society, offer counselling, KidSTART and Thriving Families programmes and free parenting talks. The Meadow and Canopy spaces are walk-in; the rest is by appointment.
• Free WiFi: Basement 2 to Level 5.
• Mall hours: 10am to 10pm daily.

Getting there

City Square Mall is at 180 Kitchener Road in Farrer Park, linked directly to Farrer Park MRT on the North East Line.

• By MRT: Farrer Park (NE8), Exit I, which brings you out at the mall's Level 1 door beside City Green.
• By bus: 21, 125 and 130 stop on Kitchener Road outside the mall (stop 07231). Services 23, 64, 65, 66, 67, 139, 141, 147 and 857 stop on Serangoon Road (stop 07211), a three-minute walk through the park.
• By car and taxi: the taxi stand is on Basement 1, reached from Kitchener Road. Cars enter the car park from Kitchener Link or Kitchener Road.

Make a day of it

Farrer Park has more free things within ten minutes on foot than any mall district in the centre.

• Mustafa Centre, 145 Syed Alwi Road: open 24 hours again since 6 September 2024, and the after-dinner toy and stationery run.
• Indian Heritage Centre, 5 Campbell Lane: free for citizens and permanent residents, open 10am to 6pm. Closed on Mondays.
• Jalan Besar Swimming Complex: a wading pool with slides and fountains, 50 cents a child on weekdays and 60 cents at weekends. Closes on Tuesdays for cleaning.
• Former House of Tan Teng Niah, 37 Kerbau Road: the painted 1900 villa, a five-minute detour for a photo on the way to Tekka Centre.
• Boulder Movement, Tekka Place, 2 Serangoon Road: takes climbers from age 5, for an older child who has outgrown AIRZONE.
• The rest of Little India: the district guide linked above has the prices.

At a glance

City Square Mall is a mall where the free playground is outside and the classes are upstairs, past the escalators. Book a trial before you go, and browse every enrichment class in Farrer Park on Jungle.