
12 October 2026 · 10 min read
At 2, most classes still want you in the room. Of the 45 schools in our five age guides that take a 2-year-old, 37 say a parent or carer joins the class: dancing alongside at ballet, in the water at swimming, beside your child at music. The other eight do not say either way. If you want a morning to yourself, look at playgroups instead. Three on Jungle take toddlers from 18 or 19 months for two or three hours.
This guide covers six activities for 2-year-olds, toddlers and young preschoolers: ballet, gymnastics, swimming, music, art and playgroups, at 51 schools listed on Jungle. The first five come from our age guides, checked on each school's own site on 6 and 7 October 2026. The playgroups were checked on 12 October 2026. For each activity we show two or three schools with the clearest class for exactly age 2, then link the full guide.
Start with the summary and the readiness checklist, then go to the activity you have in mind. Every card says what a 2-year-old does, for how long, whether you stay, and what it costs where the school publishes it. Many schools do not publish fees, and the cards say so.
At 2, a class is something you do together. Ballet is songs, props and copying the teacher. Gymnastics is obstacle courses and first rolls. Swimming is jumping in to you and turning back to the wall. Most classes run 30 to 60 minutes, once a week.
From 3, many of the same schools switch to drop-off. Ritz, All That Jazz, Tanglin Arts Studio and Bubbles all move children to a class without parents at 3. Swimming keeps you in longer: Swish until three and a half, and aquaDucks until its fifth preschool level.
If one of the three is not there yet, a trial will tell you more than any checklist. Most trials at this age are paid: $40 to $75 at the schools below that publish a price. Yamaha's sit-in trial for its course for 2-year-olds is free.
At 2, ballet is songs, props and copying the teacher rather than steps. Seven of the 21 ballet schools in our guide take a 2-year-old, and five of them have a parent dancing alongside. Classes run 30 to 45 minutes, and most mix ballet with jazz or creative movement.
2 branches on Jungle
Ages 2 to 345 minParent joinsBallet and jazz
Family Fun Ballet & Jazz is a 45-minute class for ages 2 to 3 where a parent joins in. Each lesson has a theme, characters and small missions, so toddlers learn steps by acting them out to music, such as gliding like a swan on a lake. It runs eight times a week across the two studios on Jungle. Twinkle Tots, a 60-minute drop-off class, follows at 3. A third studio at Dunearn Village is not yet on Jungle.
Branches: City: Forum, Orchard Road, Orchard MRT (NS22/TE14), 450 m. East: i12 Katong, Marine Parade MRT (TE26), 290 m.
Times: Forum on Monday 3.15pm, Wednesday 3.30pm, Saturday 9am and Sunday 3pm. i12 Katong on Saturday 11am and 11.45am, and Sunday 10am and 2.30pm.
Price: The booking system lists $52 for this class without saying how many lessons that covers. Contact them to confirm. A $200 refundable deposit applies.
Trial: The price is not published. Trials are non-refundable.
Marine Parade · Marine Parade MRT (TE26), 140 m
Ages 2 to 340 minParent joinsBallet, jazz and movement
Dance & Grow is a 40-minute parent-and-child class for ages 2 to 3. Parent and child learn first ballet and jazz steps through stories, songs and chants, stretching and props, with a new theme every few lessons. There is one slot a week. From 3, Ballet Preschool is a 45-minute class on the RAD syllabus, and parents wait outside.
Times: Sunday 9am.
Price: Ritz Dance Studios does not publish its fees online. Contact them for current prices.
Trial: Offered. The price is not published.
Address: 1 Marine Parade Central, #06-01 Parkway Centre, Singapore 449408. Google Maps
Book on Jungle: Ritz Dance Studios
Hollandse Club, Camden Park · Botanic Gardens MRT (CC19/DT9), 840 m
18 months to 330 minBallet-basedFrom $25 a class
Dance With Me is a 30-minute Early Years class on Leap 'N Learn, a ballet-based creative movement curriculum mixed with pretend play, for up to ten children. The studio prices its "accompanied classes" separately, but its pages never name the class or say outright that a parent joins, so ask. It runs four times a week inside the Hollandse Club, which non-members can use.
Times: Wednesday 3.45pm, Saturday 9.45am and 11am, and Sunday 10.15am, for the August to December 2026 term.
Price: Accompanied classes are $30 each, or $250 for a 10-class card ($25 a class).
Trial: $50, non-refundable.
Address: Hollandse Club, 22 Camden Park, Singapore 299814. Google Maps
Book on Jungle: Tanglin Arts Studio
See all 21 ballet schools for ages 2 to 4
At 2, gymnastics is 45 minutes to an hour of climbing, rolling and obstacle courses with you beside your child. Nine of the 16 gymnastics schools in our guide take a 2-year-old, and eight put a parent in the class. What happens in it varies, from real bars and beam at Bubbles to soft play, games and music at NorthStar.
Holland Village · Holland Village MRT (CC21), 280 m
Walking to 3.560 minParent joins$49 a class
Gymtots is a 60-minute class for walking toddlers up to three and a half, with a parent joining in. It opens with circle time, songs and a focus skill, then moves round stations on bars, beam, vault, rings and trampoline, changing each week. The gym has a 12-metre tumble track and a foam pit. Kindergym, the drop-off class, follows at 3. A second gym in Bedok is not yet on Jungle.
Times: Monday 10am, Thursday 9.30am and 3pm, Friday 10am, Saturday 8.45am and Sunday 11am. These are Term 6 2026 times.
Price: $392.40 for an 8-lesson term including GST ($49 a class), for Term 6 2026. $60 registration.
Trial: $54.50 including GST.
Address: 7 Holland Village Way, #07-01 One Holland Village, Singapore 275748. Google Maps
Book on Jungle: Bubbles Gymnastics
Our Tampines Hub · Tampines MRT (DT32/EW2), 370 m
Ages 2 to 460 minParent joins$54 a class
Parent & Baby is an hour of movement games and exercises for balance and coordination, with a parent alongside. The school says toddlers can start at 24 months. A paid trial is compulsory, and no timetable is published: you agree a fixed weekly slot after the trial. Funfit Kinder, the drop-off class with an assessment every term, starts at three and a half.
Price: $594 for an 11-lesson term ($54 a class), plus $65 registration.
Trial: $56, and compulsory.
Address: 1 Tampines Walk, #B1-11/12 Our Tampines Hub, Singapore 528523. Google Maps
Book on Jungle: Tumble Joy Gymnastics
3 branches on Jungle
18 months to 350 to 60 minParent joins$63 a class
Gym Tots, for 18 months to 3, is obstacle courses and stations with a parent. KinderTots, an hour on bars, beam, vault and floor, follows at 3. Classes can hold 32 children with four coaches. Billing is monthly by card and renews automatically, and leaving needs 30 days' notice or a $120 charge. The Bukit Timah gym has moved to KAP Mall, and the Jurong gym to Perennial Business City.
Branches: Central: Dempsey, Napier MRT (TE12), 990 m. KAP Mall, King Albert Park, King Albert Park MRT (DT6), 450 m. West: Perennial Business City, Jurong East, Jurong East MRT (EW24/NS1), 310 m.
Classes: Gym Tots runs 50 minutes on the branch pages and an hour in the FAQ. A fourth gym, in Dover, is not yet on Jungle.
Price: $63 a one-hour class including GST, billed monthly. $60 lifetime registration.
Trial: From $63.
See all 16 gymnastics schools for ages 2 to 4
At 2, a swimming lesson still has an adult in the pool. Of the 17 swim schools in our guide that take a 2-year-old, 15 put a parent or carer in the water, and the other two do not say. Toddler levels add jumping in to the parent, turning back to the wall and climbing out. Lessons are 30 minutes at most schools.
4 branches on Jungle
6 to 35 months30 minParent in the water$40 a class
The Duckling toddler levels, for 13 to 35 months, are 30-minute classes of six children per coach, each with a parent, grandparent or helper in the water. Toddlers jump in, turn back to the wall, climb out and practise swimming underwater for three seconds. The pools are heated and salt-chlorinated. Preschool levels follow at 3, unaccompanied from level 5. Pools at Pasir Panjang and Upper Bukit Timah are not yet on Jungle.
Branches: City: Queenstown. East: Mountbatten. Central: Hollandse Club, Swiss Club.
Price: $40.06 a weekday lesson or $51.50 at weekends at Queenstown, and $41.20 or $57.23 at Mountbatten, GST included, billed monthly. The two clubs give fees by email.
Trial: $43.60 at every venue.
Dempsey · Napier MRT (TE12), 990 m
24 to 42 months30 minParent in the water$40 a class plus GST
Mini Fini classes are grouped strictly by age, and a 2-year-old joins Mini Fini 4, for 24 to 42 months: 30 minutes for up to five children, each with a parent in the water. Toddlers practise safe entry, water on the face, bubbles and supported floats through games and songs. All three Dempsey pools are temperature-controlled, two of them outdoors. From three and a half, children join Learn to Swim without a parent.
Price: $40 a weekday class or $46 at weekends, before 9% GST, billed monthly. One make-up token a month.
Trial: Requested through the Customer Portal. The price is not published.
Address: 72 Loewen Road, #01-08, Dempsey, Singapore 248848. Google Maps
Book on Jungle: Swish Swimming
Jurong West · Pioneer MRT (EW28), 390 m
Ages 2 to 4.5Parent in the waterPublic pool$35 a class
Toddler classes take ages 2 to 4.5, with a parent in the water and three to six children per coach. Children work through three stages aligned with SwimSafer 2.0: safe entry and brief submersion, then floating and rolling from face-down onto the back, then kicking and gliding short distances. Classes run about 30 minutes at Jurong West Swimming Complex, three times a week. The address below is the school's office.
Times: Thursday 5.30pm, Saturday 6pm and Sunday 5.30pm at Jurong West Swimming Complex.
Price: $140 a month ($35 a lesson), collected every two months. Pool entry is paid to ActiveSG.
Trial: The price is not published. Registration is free.
Address: Jurong West Sports Centre, 20 Jurong West Street 93, #02-18, Singapore 648965. Google Maps
Book on Jungle: Isplash Swim School
See all 18 swim schools for babies and toddlers
At 2, a music class is songs, movement, percussion and listening games. Ten of the 14 music schools in our guide take a 2-year-old, and eight of them have a parent in the room. Classes run 30 to 60 minutes. Fees for this age are rare: only Yamaha and one MYC centre publish a figure.
Ang Mo Kio · Ang Mo Kio MRT (NS16), 660 m
18 months to 345 minParent joinsUp to 7 children
Family Music for Toddlers is Bloom's Musikgarten class for 18 months to 3, with a parent in every class. Toddlers do finger plays, rocking, bouncing, singing and listening games, and tap out rhythms with hands, feet and percussion, ten weekly sessions a term. A Family Pack of book, CD and instrument is compulsory. Tutti Tots, from 3, takes four children and ends on a mini keyboard.
Price: Bloom School of Music and Arts does not publish its fees online. Contact them for current prices. Registration is $49.
Trial: $49. Sign up on the day and the registration fee is waived and the $94 Family Pack is free.
Address: Blk 528 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 10, #02-2387, Singapore 560528. Google Maps
Book on Jungle: Bloom School of Music and Arts
3 of its 10 branches on Jungle run it
Age 240 minParent joins$438 a term
The Apple Course is Yamaha's course for 2-year-olds: 40 minutes of rhythm work, songs, imagination games and live music from the teacher, with a parent alongside, in groups of five to ten. It runs for a year, at only three schools. At 3, the Explorer course adds piano or Electone in 50-minute groups, still with a parent. Missed lessons are not replaced.
Branches: City: Plaza Singapura, Dhoby Ghaut MRT (CC1/NE6/NS24), 130 m. East: Kallang Leisure Park, Stadium MRT (CC6), 140 m. North-east: Hougang, Kovan MRT (NE13), 310 m.
Times: The Apple Course timetable is not published.
Price: $438 a three-month term, or $402 on weekdays, GST included. Yamaha says 36 lessons a year but does not print the number a term. Registration is $60, and books cost $76 a year.
Trial: Free sit-in trial for one parent and one child.
See all 14 music schools for babies and toddlers
Art is the hardest class to find at 2. Of the 27 studios in our art guide, only two take a child under two and a half, and only Abrakadoodle says a parent stays. Seven more start at two and a half; Da Little and Art Grain say those classes are drop-off.
Great World · Great World MRT (TE15), 200 m
18 months to 360 minParent joinsUp to 5 children
Twoosy Doodlers is an adult-accompanied hour for 18 months to 3, with five children at most. Toddlers scribble, tear, paste, print and paint with washable materials, with songs and movement between short activities. The studio warns that sessions get messy. Mini Doodlers follows from 3, moving on to acrylic, watercolour, gouache and oil pastel.
Times: Tuesday 3.30pm and 4.30pm, Wednesday 4.30pm, and Saturday and Sunday 10am. These are 2026 times.
Price: Abrakadoodle Art Studio does not publish its fees online. Contact them for current prices.
Trial: Booked by WhatsApp. The price is not published.
Address: 1 Kim Seng Promenade, #03-104 Great World, Singapore 237994. Google Maps
Book on Jungle: Abrakadoodle Art Studio
River Valley · Fort Canning MRT (DT20), 540 m
18 months to 360 min1 teacher to 4$40 to $48 a class
Art for Toddlers, for 18 months to 3, mixes painting, drawing, play dough and mixed media with stories, music and games, one teacher to four children. The website does not say whether a parent stays, so ask before you book. Seeding Artist follows from 4, building line, shape and colour skills in one or two-hour classes.
Price: $190 a month for 4 weekly lessons ($48 a class), or $605 for 15 ($40 a class). $40 registration, which covers materials.
Trial: $40 for one hour.
Address: 263 River Valley Road, #B1-01 Aspen Heights, Singapore 238309. Google Maps
Book on Jungle: Shine Arts Creative Studio
See all 27 art studios for ages 2 to 4
Playgroups are where a 2-year-old is most often left with a teacher. Three on Jungle take toddlers from 18 or 19 months for two or three hours on weekday mornings, as a step before preschool. The Makers' Club says plainly that its playgroup is drop-off. None of the three publishes its playgroup fees. Three more programmes keep you in the room: a drama class, a stay-and-play space and My Gym's toddler hour.
East Coast Road · Marine Parade MRT (TE26), 550 m
18 months to 2.52 hoursDrop-off2 to 4 mornings a week
Curious Makers is a drop-off playgroup for 18 months to two and a half, from 9am to 11am, Tuesday to Friday. Families choose two, three or four mornings a week, or ad-hoc sessions. Each month takes a children's book as its theme, with stories, making, baking and gardening, and the educators send a written observation report every week. From two and a half, Master Makers runs until noon.
Times: Tuesday to Friday, 9am to 11am.
Price: Plain as Play by The Makers' Club does not publish its playgroup fees online. Contact them for current prices. Ad-hoc drop-off play sessions are $35 an hour, or $300 for 10 hours.
Trial: A trial morning is offered. The price is not published.
Address: 199A East Coast Road, #02-00, Singapore 428902. Google Maps
Book on Jungle: Plain as Play by The Makers' Club
Siglap · Siglap MRT (TE28), 730 m
18 months to 33 hoursPreschool morning2 to 5 days a week
Mosaic's playgroup has moved from Joo Chiat Place to its preschool in Siglap. The 3-Hour Flexi Programme runs from 9am to noon, Monday to Friday, for toddlers from 18 months to 3, on two to five days a week. Mornings are play-led: sensory exploration, child-led inquiry and outdoor play in the campus garden. Mosaic offers a campus tour rather than a trial.
Times: Monday to Friday, 9am to 12pm.
Price: Mosaic Play Academy does not publish its fees online. Contact them for current prices.
Trial: None published. A campus tour is booked online.
Address: Mosaic Preschool Siglap, 20 East Coast Avenue, Singapore 459210. Google Maps
Book on Jungle: Mosaic Play Academy
4 branches on Jungle
19 months to 3.5Parent hour or 3-hour playgroupUp to 10 a group
My Gym runs both kinds of class for 2-year-olds. Gymsters, for 19 months to 3, is a 60-minute class with a parent: toddler-safe rides, new equipment each week, songs, skill stations and a puppet show, with homework for parents. Preschool Ready, for 19 months to three and a half, is a 3-hour morning on three or four days a week, ten children at most, one teacher to five.
Branches: City: Great World, Great World MRT (TE15), 200 m. West: Westgate, Jurong East, Jurong East MRT (EW24/NS1), 130 m. North-east: Oasis Terraces, Punggol, Oasis LRT (PE6), 80 m. East: Tampines, Tampines MRT (DT32/EW2), 330 m.
Times: Great World runs Gymsters 16 times a week, including four Saturday slots, and Preschool Ready from Tuesday to Friday, starting at 9am or 9.30am. These are from the timetable updated on 1 October 2026.
Price: My Gym does not publish its fees online. Contact them for current prices.
Trial: $75 for a gym class on the trial page. Other pages on the same site show $65, and $45.40 at Jurong East. Preschool Ready starts with a site visit.
Cairnhill · Newton MRT (DT11/NS21), 430 m
18 to 36 months60 minParent joins$35 a class
ACT 3 Drama Academy's class for 18 to 36 months is an hour of sensory-rich storytelling, songs and movement, and every child comes with a parent. A term is ten weekly sessions. This term the toddler class runs once a week, on Saturday morning at Cairnhill, and the Kovan and Punggol studios list nothing under 3. ACT 3 has run drama classes for children since 1994.
Times: Saturday 10.45am to 11.45am, for Term 4 2026 (12 September to 14 November).
Price: $380 for a 10-week term, including a one-time $30 registration fee ($35 a class without it). These are Term 4 2026 fees.
Trial: $40.
Address: 126 Cairnhill Road, ONE-TWO-SIX Cairnhill Arts Centre, Singapore 229707. Google Maps
Book on Jungle: ACT 3 International
Katong Point · Marine Parade MRT (TE26), 480 m
4 months to 4Stay and playDrop-in classes$38 a class
Better Play is a play space for 4 months to 4 years where a parent stays: entry is priced for one child and one adult. Visiting teachers run drop-in toddler classes, Mandarin music for ages 1 to 3 and 2 to 4, English story play for 1 to 3 and Spanish music for 1 to 4, each followed by up to an hour of free play. You register by WhatsApp. It is closed on Wednesdays.
Times: Mandarin Music for 1 to 3 on Friday 9.30am, English Story Play on Thursday 10am, and Mandarin Music for 2 to 4 on Thursday 4pm. These are August and September 2026 times; October's are not posted.
Price: $38 a drop-in class, or $42 for Mandarin music. Play-space entry alone is $25 for two hours from Monday to Thursday, and $29 from Friday to Sunday.
Trial: None. Classes are drop-in.
Address: 451 Joo Chiat Road, #02-12 Katong Point, Singapore 427664. Google Maps
Book on Jungle: Better Play
Also for toddlers with a parent: Centre Stage School of the Arts runs Drama Tots for 18 months to 3, and one adult must come with every child. Its course page names Portsdown, while its timetable lists Saturdays at Laguna Park, so ask which.
| Activity | From | Guide |
|---|---|---|
| Ballet | 18 months, with a parent | 21 schools, ages 2 to 4 |
| Gymnastics | Walking toddlers, with a parent | 16 schools, ages 2 to 4 |
| Swimming | 2 months, with a parent | 18 schools, ages 0 to 3 |
| Music | Newborn, with a parent | 14 schools, ages 0 to 3 |
| Art | 18 months, with a parent | 27 studios, ages 2 to 4 |
| Playgroups | 18 months, drop-off | 6 programmes, on this page |
For more, browse toddler activities on Jungle or toddler playgroups. Our list of free and paid trial classes for babies and toddlers covers trials in other activities too.





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