Chinese Enrichment for 3 to 6 Year Olds in Singapore: 14 Schools (2026)

8 October 2026 · 10 min read

TL;DR – The Quick Version

We checked every school Jungle lists for Chinese against its own website, and 14 run a Chinese class for children aged 3 to 6. At 3 a class is songs, stories and first characters, 60 to 105 minutes long. Writing strokes start around 4, and by K2 most schools teach Hanyu Pinyin for Primary 1. Only four publish fees, from about $21 a Kumon session to $95 for a one-to-one lesson, and four run free trials. Browse language classes for kids on Jungle.

Most Chinese enrichment centres in Singapore say they teach preschoolers. What a 4-year-old actually gets varies far more than that. At Hua Language Centre it is 90 minutes of songs, stories and first writing strokes in a class of up to 10. At Kumon it is worksheets at the centre twice a week and at home on other days. At Fiaba Language Centre it is an hour of painting and calligraphy. At Berlitz it is a tutor, one to one.

This guide covers the 14 schools on Jungle that run a Chinese class for children aged 3 to 6, from Nursery 1 to K2. We checked 20 schools Jungle lists for Chinese or Mandarin on their own websites, timetables and fee pages on 7 October 2026. Every card says what a child of this age is taught, for how long, in how big a class, and the price where the school publishes one. Only four do.

Start with the summary of what changes from 3 to 6, then the three quick picks. After that every school is grouped by area, with the chains that have several branches at the end.

Chinese at 3, 4, 5 and 6, at a glance

At 3 (N1)Songs, stories and first characters, 60 to 105 minutes

At 4 (N2)First writing strokes and pen grip

At 5 (K1)Short sentences; Hanyu Pinyin starts at some schools

At 6 (K2)Hanyu Pinyin and Primary 1 preparation

Price a sessionAbout $21 to $95, at the four schools that publish fees

Trial classFree at four schools; most do not publish a price

Class size4 to 12 children, where the school states it

Schools on Jungle14

At 3 (N1)Songs, stories and first characters, 60 to 105 minutesAt 4 (N2)First writing strokes and pen gripAt 5 (K1)Short sentences; Hanyu Pinyin starts at some schoolsAt 6 (K2)Hanyu Pinyin and Primary 1 preparationPrice a sessionAbout $21 to $95, at the four schools that publish feesTrial classFree at four schools; most do not publish a priceClass size4 to 12 children, where the school states itSchools on Jungle14

A Chinese character game at Fiaba Language Centre. Photo: Jungle

At 3, a class is songs, stories and play. Hua, Tien Hsia, Beijing Language School, HaHa Chinese, Yuquan and BriliBrain all take children in Nursery 1, and Fiaba, Hanziland and Kumon take 3-year-olds too. Tien Hsia keeps one teacher to six children in a Chinese-only room. Hua caps its N1 class at 10 and Beijing at 12. Lessons run from 60 minutes at Fiaba and Hanziland to 1 hour 45 minutes at BriliBrain.

At 4, writing starts. Hua's N2 class adds writing strokes and simple characters, Tien Hsia teaches the basic strokes, Beijing works on pen grip, and HaHa starts radicals and strokes. Skylace's youngest class starts here, at N2. Le Xue's 3R Independent Reader takes children from 4, and Berlitz offers one-to-one Mandarin from 4.

At 5, children read and write short sentences. K1 at Hua and HaHa means short sentences and stroke order, and Hua's K1 class is two hours long. Beijing introduces the first Hanyu Pinyin sounds in K1, and Tien Hsia starts Pinyin in the second half of the K1 year.

At 6, almost everything points at Primary 1. K2 means Hanyu Pinyin at Hua, Beijing, Skylace, Yuquan, HaHa, Tien Hsia and Hanziland. Beijing adds a spelling test every week. The Eton Academy starts Chinese only at K2, and Han Hai takes children only from 6, one to one.

Is your child ready for a Chinese class?

They can sit at a table for an hour. Group classes here run 60 minutes to two hours, and most with a published length run 75 minutes or more. If not yet, start with a 60-minute class at Fiaba or Hanziland.
They are happy to be left with a teacher. None of these schools says parents stay in class at this age. If not yet, Hua's Playgroup, for 18 months to 3, has a parent in the room.
They hear some Mandarin at home, or the class is built for children who do not. Tien Hsia's nursery classes are taught only in Mandarin. Hua says no prior Chinese is needed, and Le Xue is aimed at children from English-speaking homes.

If one of the three is not there yet, a trial will tell you more than any checklist. Four schools here run free trials: Tien Hsia, BriliBrain, Le Xue (for families who follow it on Facebook or Instagram) and Han Hai. Kumon offers a free diagnostic assessment instead.

Quick picks

Best for a first-timer

Tien Hsia Language School

Children writing characters on the board at Tien Hsia Language School. Photo: Jungle

Tien Hsia is the only school here that runs a free trial, states a ratio of one teacher to six for 3-year-olds and says it never mixes levels. Nursery classes are taught only in Mandarin, by teachers trained in early childhood education, and the ladder runs a year at a time to Hanyu Pinyin in K2. Ten more centres are not yet on Jungle. The catch: neither fees nor lesson lengths are published.

Price: Tien Hsia Language School does not publish its fees online. Contact them for current prices. The trial is free.
Book on Jungle: Tien Hsia Language School, Heartland Mall-Kovan

Best value

Kumon Learning Centre

Worksheet study at Kumon. Photo: Jungle

Kumon is the cheapest of the four schools that publish fees: $170 a month for up to eight centre sessions of 30 to 45 minutes, about $21 each. The catch is that it is not a taught class. Your child works through worksheets while an instructor watches and gives hints, then does 15 to 30 minutes at home on the other days. Only 8 of the 21 Kumon centres on Jungle teach Chinese.

Price: $170 a month (up to eight sessions, about $21 each), plus a one-time $50 registration fee. The diagnostic assessment is free.
Book on Jungle: Kumon, Bishan North, or see all eight Chinese branches

If you want them ready for Primary 1

Beijing Language School

The entrance to a Beijing Language School centre. Photo: Jungle

Beijing runs the most school-like route here. Every level from Nursery 1 is a 90-minute class. K1 brings the first Hanyu Pinyin sounds and homework the school calls essential, and K2 is a Preparatory Course for Primary One with a spelling test every week. Its Sengkang timetable has K1 and K2 classes on every day of the week. The catch: classes take up to 12, and no fees or trial are published.

Price: Beijing Language School does not publish its fees online. Contact them for current prices.
Book on Jungle: Beijing Language School, Compass One

Chinese classes for 3 to 6 year olds, by area

North-east East West Central City and Orchard Schools with several branches

None of the schools on Jungle that teach Chinese at this age is in the North or Woodlands.

North-east

Tien Hsia Language School

Kovan · Kovan MRT (NE13), 70 m

N1 to K21:6 at N1Chinese onlyFree trial

N1, for children turning 3 that year, has one teacher to six children in a Chinese-only room: speech practice, rhymes with music and movement, and common characters. N2 (1:8) adds the basic writing strokes. K1 (1:10) reads and writes each lesson's characters, with Hanyu Pinyin from mid-year, and K2 reads short passages. Lesson lengths are not published. Ten more Tien Hsia centres, from Ang Mo Kio to Woodlands, are not yet on Jungle.

Price: Tien Hsia Language School does not publish its fees online. Contact them for current prices.
Trial: Free.
Address: 205 Hougang Street 21, #04-01 Heartland Mall-Kovan, Singapore 530205. Google Maps
Book on Jungle: Tien Hsia Language School

Beijing Language School

Sengkang · Sengkang MRT (NE16), 60 m

N1 to K290 minUp to 12Weekly spelling test in K2

Every preschool level is a 90-minute class of up to 12. N1 learns phrases, numbers and nursery rhymes with finger rhymes and dance, and N2 works on pen grip and everyday words. K1 starts writing characters and the first Pinyin sounds, and the school says homework after class is essential. K2 is the Preparatory Course for Primary One, with Pinyin tones and a spelling test every week. Nine more branches are not yet on Jungle.

Times: At Compass One, K1 and K2 classes run on every day of the week, N2 on Thursday and Sunday, and N1 on Saturday. This is the 2026 timetable; the 2027 one is already published.
Price: Beijing Language School does not publish its fees online. Contact them for current prices.
Trial: Not mentioned on the site.
Address: 1 Sengkang Square, #02-18A Compass One, Singapore 545078. Google Maps
Book on Jungle: Beijing Language School

Also in the North-east: Kumon at Ang Mo Kio Avenue 1 and Avenue 4, and Le Xue at Kovan. See schools with several branches.

East

Hanziland

Katong · Marine Parade MRT (TE26), 270 m

Ages 3 to 660 to 90 minUp to 6Saturdays only

Hanziland labels its levels a year younger than most schools: N2 Foundation is for 3-year-olds, K1 Foundation for 4 and the K2 to P1 Booster for 5. The 60-minute N2 class covers stories, rhymes, first characters and basic strokes, with a craft on each topic. The 90-minute Booster teaches every Pinyin initial, final and spelling rule for Primary 1. Class lengths differ between pages of the site, so confirm them. Its latest dated news is from September 2024.

Times: Saturday only. N2 Foundation at 9.30am, K1 Foundation at 10.50am, K2 to P1 Booster at 9am and 10.40am.
Price: Hanziland does not publish its fees online. Contact them for current prices.
Trial: Bookable online. The price is not published.
Address: 46 East Coast Road, #08-02 Eastgate, Singapore 428766. Google Maps
Book on Jungle: Hanziland

Also in the East: Kumon at Simei and Le Xue at Parkway Centre in Marine Parade. See schools with several branches.

West

The only Chinese classes for this age that Jungle lists in the West are at two Kumon centres, at Sunshine Place in Choa Chu Kang and at Clementi Avenue 2. See schools with several branches.

Central: Novena, Balestier, Bishan and Bukit Timah

Hua Language Centre

Novena · Novena MRT (NS20), 360 m

N1 to K290 min to 2 hoursUp to 10 in N1 and N2MOE-aligned

Preschool Chinese Foundation runs from Nursery 1 to K2. Nursery classes are 90 minutes of circle time, songs, mini dialogues and storybooks, then worksheets done in class, and N2 adds writing strokes. K1 and K2 classes run two hours, with idioms and spelling, and Hanyu Pinyin is formally taught from K2. No Chinese at home is needed. Centres at Greenwich V, Parkway Parade and Causeway Point are not yet on Jungle.

Times: At United Square, N1 on Saturday at 8.45am, 2.15pm and 4.45pm. N2 on Tuesday and Thursday at 5pm, Saturday at 11.15am and 2.15pm, and Sunday at 11.15am. K1 on every weekday and K2 from Monday to Wednesday, plus four classes of each on Saturday and more on Sunday. These are 2026 times.
Price: Hua Language Centre does not publish its fees online. Contact them for current prices.
Trial: The site mentions arranging a trial class but gives no price.
Address: 101 Thomson Road, #03-25/26 United Square, Singapore 307591. Google Maps
Book on Jungle: Hua Language Centre

BriliBrain Edu

Balestier · Toa Payoh MRT (NS19), 650 m

N1 to K21 hr 45 min1:6Free trial

The N1 to K2 Cultivation Class covers basic strokes and first characters, simple sentence patterns, stories, rhymes and drama, and a STEM activity linked to the words, at a ratio of one teacher to six children. The site lists one preschool class for N1 to K2 and does not say whether levels are taught separately. The website gives the centre as VIIO@Balestier, beside Zhongshan Mall; some pages still show the old unit in Hiap Hoe Building next door.

Times: Saturday at 9.30am and Sunday at 4.15pm.
Price: BriliBrain Edu does not publish its fees online. Contact them for current prices.
Trial: Free.
Address: 520 Balestier Road, VIIO@Balestier, Singapore 329853. Google Maps
Book on Jungle: BriliBrain Edu

Also in central Singapore: Kumon at Balmoral Plaza and Bishan, Le Xue at Bishan and Queen's Road, Yuquan at Beauty World and Coronation Plaza, and The Eton Academy at The Woodleigh Mall. See schools with several branches.

City and Orchard

HaHa Chinese

River Valley · Fort Canning MRT (DT20), 230 m

N1 to K275 minSmall classesMOE and YCT

Every level from Nursery 1 to K2 is a 75-minute class built around a new story each week, with songs, games and crafts. N2 starts characters, radicals and strokes. K1 moves to retelling stories, giving opinions and writing short sentences, mapped to the YCT test's vocabulary. K2 adds Chinese poems, idioms, Hanyu Pinyin and Primary 1 preparation. Terms are 12 lessons and children can join mid-term. Regular classes are sold in packs of 8 or 12.

Price: HaHa Chinese does not publish its fees online. Contact them for current prices.
Trial: A trial package, joining a class already running. The price is not published.
Address: 5 Tank Road, Singapore 238061. Google Maps
Book on Jungle: HaHa Chinese

Skylace Language School

Bras Basah · Bencoolen MRT (DT21), 190 m

N2 to K290 minMOE-alignedPinyin in K2

Skylace starts at N2. Its 90-minute N2 and K1 class is built on picture stories, nursery rhymes, music and movement, using radicals and pictures to help children remember characters. K2 is a Hanyu Pinyin and Primary 1 preparatory class that adds oral training and a reading programme. Founded in 1989, Skylace says it was Singapore's first private Chinese school certified by MOE. A branch in Bukit Batok is not yet on Jungle.

Times: N2 and K1 on Friday and Saturday at 2pm. K2 on Monday at 4.30pm and Saturday at 2pm. These are Term 2 2026 times, the latest the school publishes.
Price: Skylace Language School does not publish its fees online. Contact them for current prices.
Trial: Not mentioned on the site.
Address: 261 Waterloo Street, #01-09 Waterloo Centre, Singapore 180261. Google Maps
Book on Jungle: Skylace Language School

Fiaba Language Centre

Newton · Newton MRT (DT11/NS21), 450 m

Ages 3 to 660 minChinese and art

Learn Chinese Through Arts teaches 3 to 6-year-olds the basics of Chinese through art projects: painting, calligraphy and crafts. Each lesson is an hour, and the school says it follows the Singapore education system. It is the only class in this guide built around art, so ask how much of the hour is spent on the language. A sister centre, Fiaba Kids at Quayside Isle in Sentosa Cove, is not yet on Jungle.

Price: Fiaba Language Centre does not publish its fees online. Contact them for current prices.
Trial: Arranged by WhatsApp or phone. The price is not published.
Address: 10 Winstedt Road, #01-03, Singapore 227977. Google Maps
Book on Jungle: Fiaba Language Centre

Berlitz Singapore

Orchard · Orchard MRT (NS22/TE14), 320 m

Ages 4 to 1740 minOne to one$95 a lesson

Berlitz runs no group Mandarin class for this age. Children from 4 can take private Mandarin with a native-speaker tutor, two 40-minute sessions a week, in a conversational method built on speaking and listening. It suits a family that wants spoken Mandarin rather than the school syllabus, and lessons can switch online. The centre is on the 16th floor of Ngee Ann City Tower B, not the Takashimaya side.

Price: $1,900 for 20 lessons ($95 a lesson) or $3,300 for 40 lessons ($83 a lesson).
Trial: Not mentioned on the site.
Address: 391B Orchard Road, #16-01 Ngee Ann City Tower B, Singapore 238874. Google Maps
Book on Jungle: Berlitz Singapore

Han Hai Language Studio

Dhoby Ghaut · Dhoby Ghaut MRT (CC1/NE6/NS24), 40 m

From age 660 or 90 minOne to one$80 an hour

Han Hai is mainly a school for adults, and its youngest option is private tutoring from age 6, aimed at children from non-Chinese-speaking families and international schools. Lessons follow the child's school syllabus and the YCT test, in 60 or 90-minute sessions. There is nothing here for 3 to 5-year-olds, and no class built around Singapore's preschool Chinese.

Price: $80 an hour for one-to-one lessons.
Trial: Free trial class, booked online.
Address: 40A Orchard Road, #03-00 MacDonald House, Singapore 238838. Google Maps
Book on Jungle: Han Hai Language Studio

Also in the city: Kumon at Bukit Merah Central and The Eton Academy at Great World. See schools with several branches.

Schools with several branches

Kumon Learning Centre

8 branches on Jungle teach Chinese

From age 330 to 45 minWorksheets, not a class$170 a month

Kumon Chinese is not a taught group class. A child visits the centre twice a week to work through small-step worksheets on reading, vocabulary, grammar and comprehension, with an instructor watching and giving hints, then does 15 to 30 minutes of worksheets at home on the other days. A free diagnostic assessment sets the starting level. Chinese runs at selected centres only: 8 of the 21 Kumon centres on Jungle.

Branches: North-east: Ang Mo Kio Avenue 1, Ang Mo Kio Avenue 4. Central: Balmoral Plaza, Bishan North. City: Bukit Merah Central. East: Simei. West: Sunshine Place, Choa Chu Kang, Clementi Avenue 2.
Price: $170 a month per subject (up to eight centre sessions, about $21 each), plus a one-time $50 registration fee.
Trial: No trial class. A free diagnostic assessment and parent orientation instead.

Le Xue Education

4 branches on Jungle

Ages 4 to 62 hoursUp to 10Free trial

The 3R Independent Reader class teaches characters by how they were formed, as pictures and sound-and-meaning pairs. Children then practise them through play, songs, flash cards and drama, and read picture books on the same theme. It is aimed at children from English-speaking homes and groups children by ability rather than age. Classes are two hours, for up to 10. The website does not say which branches run the preschool class.

Branches: North-east: Kovan. Central: Bishan, Queen's Road. East: Parkway Centre, Marine Parade.
Price: Le Xue Education does not publish its fees online. Contact them for current prices.
Trial: Free for families who follow Le Xue on Facebook or Instagram. A free Chinese assessment is also offered.

Yuquan Language School

2 branches on Jungle

N1 to K26 to 8 a classNo homeworkP1 class in K2

The Chinese Literacy and Reading Programme, for N1 to K2, uses Yuquan's own Happy Chinese (汉学乐) method: high-frequency characters learned through rhyming texts, building towards independent reading. K2 children can join a Primary 1 Preparation Class in Hanyu Pinyin. Classes take 6 to 8, homework is set only if parents ask, and children can join mid-term. Lesson length is not published. A third centre at Parkway Centre in Marine Parade is not yet on Jungle.

Branches: Central: Beauty World Centre, Beauty World MRT (DT5), 160 m. Coronation Plaza, Tan Kah Kee MRT (DT8), 310 m.
Price: Yuquan Language School does not publish its fees online. Contact them for current prices.
Trial: Bookable. The price is not published.

The Eton Academy

2 branches on Jungle teach Chinese at K2

K2 only1 hr 45 minUp to 12About $90 a session

Chinese at The Eton Academy starts in K2 with Zhong Hua, an immersion class from the EtonHouse group built on storytelling, music, Chinese brush painting, classical poetry and calligraphy. There are two K2 Chinese classes a week. In Primary 1 the class switches to the MOE textbook. Its Chinese programme covers only K2 and Primary 1, and the Canberra Plaza and Sengkang centres teach Chinese only from Primary 1.

Branches: City: Great World, Great World MRT (TE15), 200 m. Central: The Woodleigh Mall, Woodleigh MRT (NE11), 110 m.
Times: Great World on Saturday at 2pm. The Woodleigh Mall on Sunday at 11am.
Price: About $87 to $93 for a 1 hour 45 minute session, charged by the term. The price varies by centre and between weekdays and weekends.
Trial: Bookable online. The price is not published.

What changes at 7

At 7, Chinese becomes a school subject with tests, and the schools here move children into Primary 1 classes aligned with the MOE syllabus. Hua, Tien Hsia, Beijing, Yuquan, HaHa, Skylace, Hanziland and The Eton Academy all run one. Eton switches from immersion to the Happy Companions (欢乐伙伴) textbook. Primary 1 classes here run 90 minutes to two hours.

If your child arrives at Primary 1 without Hanyu Pinyin, two schools run separate courses for it: Hua's 15-week Hanyu Pinyin Programme, for K2 and Primary 1, runs on Sundays from 2 August 2026, and Fiaba runs a Hanyu Pinyin holiday camp. Kumon carries on by level rather than age, and Berlitz and Han Hai stay one to one.

How we picked these

Every school here is listed on Jungle. We checked each one listed for Chinese or Mandarin on its own website, timetable or fee page, and kept the 14 that teach Chinese at some age from 3 to 6 and are trading. One-to-one, worksheet and art-based classes are labelled. The quick picks are our judgement: a free trial with the smallest stated class for 3-year-olds, the lowest published cost a session, and the clearest route into Primary 1.

Fees, trials and timetables were read on 7 October 2026.

At a glance

School	From age	Price and trial
Beijing Language School	3 (N1)	Not published by provider
Berlitz Singapore	4, one to one	$95 a lesson
BriliBrain Edu	3 (N1)	Fees not published. Free trial
Fiaba Language Centre	3, with art	Not published by provider
HaHa Chinese	3 (N1)	Not published by provider
Han Hai Language Studio	6, one to one	$80 an hour, free trial
Hanziland	3	Not published by provider
Hua Language Centre	3 (N1)	Not published by provider
Kumon Learning Centre	3, worksheets	$170 a month. Free assessment
Le Xue Education	4	Fees not published. Free trial
Skylace Language School	4 (N2)	Not published by provider
The Eton Academy	6 (K2)	About $90 a session
Tien Hsia Language School	3 (N1)	Fees not published. Free trial
Yuquan Language School	3 (N1)	Not published by provider