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When should I join preschool waitlists?

Preschool waitlist timeline planner

Enter your child's birth or due date and return-to-work day. See when to shortlist, join waitlists and confirm a place. Typical lead times are marked as such.

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How much childcare subsidy will I get?

Childcare subsidy calculator

Enter household income, family size and working status. See your monthly infant care or childcare fee after ECDA subsidies, now and from 1 January 2027.

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How many days of childcare leave can I take?

Childcare leave entitlement checker

Answer three questions about your youngest child and your job. See how many days of childcare leave each parent can take this year, and who pays.

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What do I need to sort out before baby arrives?

Confinement countdown checklist

Enter your due date to date every pre-birth task, from booking confinement help to registering the birth on LifeSG within 42 days. Ticks stay on this device.

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How much government support will my baby get?

Baby Bonus + CDA maximiser

Choose birth order and birth or due date, and enter planned CDA savings. See the cash gift, CDA grant, matching and MediSave Grant, and what is still unclaimed.

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How much paid leave do we get as a couple?

Parental leave planner

Enter the birth or due date and choose how to split Shared Parental Leave. See each parent's weeks and the date a parent can be home until.

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What will our baby's first year cost?

First-year baby cost estimator

Choose hospital, delivery, confinement plan, care and gear style. See a rough first-year cost. Only the Baby Bonus cash comes off cash costs.

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How much has baby fed and slept today?

Baby sleep & feeding log

One tap logs a feed, a nappy or a nap, and today's totals add up for the doctor's questions. Everything stays on this phone, with export, import and delete.

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When is my child's next jab due?

SG vaccination schedule tracker

Enter your child's date of birth to date every visit on Singapore's National Childhood Immunisation Schedule and see the next one due.

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What should I mention at my child's next check-up?

Milestone checker

Pick your child's age and tick what you have seen. Get a short list of things to mention at the next developmental check-up. Never a score.

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Where does my child sit on the growth chart?

Growth percentile calculator

Enter your child's age and a weight, length or head measurement. See the percentile on the WHO Child Growth Standards, from birth to 5 years.

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Which leave days give us the longest family breaks?

School holidays + leave optimiser

Choose how many leave days you can spend and the year, 2026 or 2027. See the longest breaks around Singapore public holidays, with MOE school holidays flagged.

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How much will our child's birthday party cost?

Birthday party planner

Pick a venue, the number of kids and adults, and the extras. Get an itemised budget from estimates you can edit, plus a four-week prep checklist.

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What can we do today that fits our kids, budget and time?

What can we do today?

Enter your kids' ages, budget, time, area and indoor or outdoor. Get checked Singapore outings and home ideas, each with why it fits and its price.

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Which P1 registration phase can my child register in?

P1 registration phase checker

Answer a few questions about the school you want. See your P1 registration phase, how distance affects a ballot and what changes in the 2027 exercise.

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Which primary schools are within 1km and 2km of my home?

School finder by distance

Enter your postal code to list primary schools by straight-line distance from home. Schools are grouped into MOE's within 1km, 1 to 2km and beyond 2km bands.

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How much in LifeSG Credits has my family received, and what is still to come?

Child LifeSG Credits tracker

Enter your children's birth years. Tally Budget 2025 and 2026 Child LifeSG Credits, Large Family LifeSG Credits and the cash Child Credits from April 2027.

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How much tax can our child reliefs save this year?

Parent tax relief stacker

Say who is claiming, then enter your earned income and children. See the child and parent reliefs you can stack, the tax saved and the Parenthood Tax Rebate.

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Will our CDA, PSEA and savings cover university?

Education savings projector

Enter your child's birth year, CDA balance and monthly savings. See what the CDA, PSEA and your savings could hold at 19 against an estimated university bill.

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What will my child's education cost from preschool to degree?

Kids' education cost projector

Pick an enrichment level and compare schooling costs from preschool to degree in today's dollars: all-local, overseas university or international school.

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What PSLE Score and Posting Group do these marks give?

PSLE AL score calculator

Enter each subject's mark, including Foundation subjects. See its Achievement Level, the PSLE Score from 4 to 32 and the Secondary 1 Posting Group it maps to.

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Is our life and critical illness cover in line with the LIA benchmark?

Family insurance gap checker

Enter one working parent's income and cover. Compare death and critical illness cover with the LIA Protection Gap Study rule of thumb. No insurer named.

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Which of these preschools works for our family?

Preschool comparison workbook

Put 2 to 4 centres side by side with your notes on fees, commute, hours, languages and settling in. Anything you do not know yet becomes a tour question.

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Who has the children at every hour of our week?

Family care coverage planner

Enter work and travel times and every care arrangement, from preschool to grandparents. See who is on duty when and what a closure means, then print it.

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How do we get through mornings and bedtime with fewer battles?

Visual routine builder

Start from a school morning, after-school or bedtime template. Reorder steps, pick pictures or words, note which adult helps and print an A4 chart.

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What can we practise together before P1 starts?

My P1 transition plan

Pick up to three priorities for a week-by-week list of things to practise before P1, from packing the bag to buying food at recess. Tick off each practice.

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When is my baby due, and what comes next?

Due date and antenatal timeline

Get your due date from your last period, conception, IVF or dating scan, or work back to when you conceived. See check-ups by week, leave and Baby Bonus dates.

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How much cash do we need for the birth?

Delivery bill estimator

Pick the delivery type, ward class and hospital. See MOH's published bill sizes, what the MediSave Maternity Package covers and what you may pay in cash.

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When do we pay for the pregnancy and birth, and from which pot?

Pregnancy cash planner

Enter your due date and delivery choice. See, month by month, the check-ups, delivery, baby's bill and confinement, and what cash, CDA and MediSave each pay.

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Can I eat this when I’m pregnant?

Pregnancy food check

Type a local food or drink, such as half-boiled eggs, durian or bird’s nest. See what HealthHub, KKH and SFA say, and count kopi against the caffeine limit.

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When is my fertile window this month?

Ovulation and fertile window calculator

Enter the first day of your last period and your usual cycle length. See your next fertile window, when to see a doctor, and MOH co-funding for IVF and IUI.

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What will a helper really cost us?

Helper true cost calculator

Add salary, levy, insurance, bond, agency fee, upkeep and air tickets. See one monthly and yearly cost, with the S$60 concession from your citizen baby's birth.

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What does each care option cost us?

Baby and toddler care compare

Compare infant care, ECDA's childminding pilot, a helper, a grandparent and a parent pausing work. See each option's monthly cost and the hours it covers.

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How should we spread our six S1 choices?

S1 six-choice planner

Enter the PSLE Score and last year's range for up to six schools from MOE SchoolFinder. See which sit above, around and below it, with MOE's 2026 dates.

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What will student care cost after SCFA?

Student care comparison and SCFA estimator

Put 2 to 4 student care centres side by side on fees, hours and location. Estimate MSF's Student Care Fee Assistance now and from 1 January 2027.

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MOE Kindergarten or childcare from K1?

MOE Kindergarten or childcare route chooser

MOE Kindergarten with KCare or full-day childcare for K1 and K2. See the monthly cost after subsidies and the hours covered, from your income and centre fee.

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When can my baby start solids?

Starting solids planner

Enter your baby’s birth date. See HealthHub’s around-6-months start, readiness signs, a weekly texture and local-food plan, and when to try egg and peanut.

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Which year does my child start N1, K1, P1 and the PSLE?

School years from birth date

Enter your child’s birth date or due date. See the N1, N2, K1, K2 and P1 years, MOE Kindergarten and P1 registration, and the PSLE year.

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What does our family get this year, and what is due next?

Our family’s year

Enter up to 6 children’s birth or due dates. See the schemes that apply to each child this year, each child’s next deadlines and one calendar file.

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What will childcare and school cost for all our children, year by year?

Family cost projector

Enter up to 5 children’s birth years. See preschool, school and university costs for the whole family each year, and the years they overlap.

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What changes with Foundation subjects?

Subject levels at P4

Pick Standard or Foundation for each P4 subject. See the AL grades, the PSLE Score range, the Posting Groups and the S1 subject levels it opens, from MOE.

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What baby gear do we need to buy, borrow or skip?

Baby gear checklist

Mark each item buy, borrow, have or skip and add your own budget. See the car seat, safe-sleep and product safety rules. Ticks stay on this device.

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Which hours does no one cover on our shift roster?

Shift roster care planner

Enter each adult’s 2 to 4 week rotating roster, nights included. See the hours no adult is home, what a centre can cover and what needs other care.

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How does an international student get a school place?

School places for international students

Enter your child’s birth date and arrival month. See MOE’s route (P1, AEIS or S-AEIS), the next published window and the fee for ASEAN and non-ASEAN pupils.

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How far apart are my contractions?

Contraction timer

One tap starts and stops each contraction. See how far apart and how long they are over the last hour, with your hospital’s own words on when to come in.

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What goes in our birth plan?

Birth plan builder

Pick your choices for pain relief, the birth partner, the cord, skin-to-skin, feeding and baby’s first jabs. Print one A4 page for the ward.

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Which Chinese names go with our surname?

Chinese name builder

Pick your surname and a meaning. See each name’s pinyin, tones and meaning, how it could read on the birth certificate, and keep a shortlist.

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Is our school week too full?

Week balance planner

Enter a typical school day, weekend day and the week’s classes. See the free time left, and how sleep, play and screens compare with Singapore’s guidelines.

Comparison

Which bank for your child’s CDA?

Compare the CDA at DBS/POSB, OCBC and UOB: interest on your balance, fees, gifts and how to open, from each bank’s own pages.

Comparison

Where can your child keep their savings?

Children’s savings accounts at POSB, OCBC, UOB and CIMB: first deposit, interest on your balance, fees and who can open, from each bank’s own pages.

Comparison

What will preschool cost each month?

The most an Anchor or Partner Operator preschool can charge each month for infant care, childcare and kindergarten, from ECDA’s own pages.

Comparison

MediShield Life or Integrated Shield?

MediShield Life and every Integrated Shield Plan by ward: premium by age, the MediSave and cash split, deductibles, riders and newborn cover.

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Secondary schools side by side

Pick 3 to 6 secondary schools. See MOE’s latest S1 posting ranges, distance from your postal code, CCAs, affiliation and DSA talent areas.

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What each residency gets

Baby Bonus, CDA, preschool subsidies, MediSave, MediShield Life, vaccines, the helper levy and school fees for a citizen, PR or foreign child.

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How to get a preschool place in time for your return to work

Work back from your first day at work to know when to shortlist centres, join waitlists and confirm a place. Typical lead times are kept apart from official ECDA and MOE dates.

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How much childcare subsidy will you get from ECDA?

See your monthly Basic and Additional Subsidy for full-day infant care or childcare, the minimum co-payment, and what changes when the income ceiling rises to S$15,000 on 1 January 2027.

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How many days of childcare leave can you take?

See each parent’s statutory childcare leave, who pays for each day, and how it changes as your youngest grows. Includes the rules for new jobs and self-employed parents.

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How much does a kids’ birthday party cost in Singapore?

Budget a child’s birthday party in minutes. Compare a party at home, a condo function room, a fast-food package and an indoor playground, then follow a four-week checklist.

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What can we do with the kids today in Singapore?

Find an outing or a home idea that fits your children’s ages, budget, time, area and the weather, from a small list we checked on the official pages.

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How to turn 3 leave days into 9 days off in 2027

Find the leave days that give your family the longest breaks around Singapore public holidays, with MOE school holidays flagged, for 2026 and 2027.

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How to compare preschools and know what to ask on your tour

Put 2 to 4 centres side by side on fees, commute, hours, languages and settling in. Every gap becomes a question for your tour. We never rank centres.

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Who has the kids at every hour of your working week?

Line up work, travel and every care arrangement to find the hours nobody is covering, and see what a centre closure would mean before it happens.

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How to make a visual routine chart that gets you out the door

Turn school mornings, after school, bedtime or a toddler’s day at home into a picture chart your child can follow. Edit the steps, print it on A4 and put it on the fridge.

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What can your child practise before P1 starts?

A gentle week-by-week list of things to practise before Primary 1, from packing the bag to buying food at recess. It tracks practice, never readiness.

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What do I need to sort out before baby arrives?

Every task from booking confinement help to registering the birth on LifeSG, dated to your due date, so nothing is left for the sleepless first weeks.

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How much will the Baby Bonus and CDA give my baby?

Your baby’s birth date decides the scheme. See what the Baby Bonus gives babies born up to 31 March 2027, what the SG Child Support Package gives from 1 April 2027, and how to claim every dollar of CDA matching.

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How much parental leave do we get, and how should we split it?

For babies born or due from 1 April 2026, a couple can get 30 weeks of government-paid leave. See how maternity, paternity and Shared Parental Leave add up and how to split them.

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What will our baby’s first year really cost?

Add up delivery, confinement, gear, care and running costs with estimates you can change. See what the cash gift pays and what the CDA and MediSave grant cover.

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How do I keep track of baby’s feeds, nappies and sleep?

Log every feed, nappy and nap with one tap at 3am, see today’s totals at a glance and hand over to the next carer, with everything kept on your phone.

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When are my child’s vaccinations due in Singapore?

The National Childhood Immunisation Schedule dated to your child’s birthday, so every clinic visit from birth to 18 months goes in the calendar now.

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What can I mention at my child’s next developmental check-up?

A calm look at what most children do by each check-up age from 4 weeks to 5 years, turned into a short list of things to raise with your doctor. Never a score.

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What does my child’s growth percentile mean?

See where a weight, length or head measurement sits on the WHO Child Growth Standards from birth to 5 years, explained in plain words for your next clinic visit.

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Which P1 registration phase can my child register in?

Know your child’s P1 registration phase before the exercise opens, see how home-school distance decides a ballot, and what changes for the 2027 exercise.

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Which primary schools are within 1km and 2km of my home?

Shortlist the primary schools near home by distance band in under a minute, then confirm the official distance on MOE SchoolFinder before P1 registration.

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How much in Child LifeSG Credits has my family received?

See every Child LifeSG Credit and Large Family credit your children have had, what is still on the way, and the new S$2,000 a year Child Credits from April 2027.

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How much tax can our child reliefs save this year?

See which child and parent reliefs you can claim, whether you are a working mother, a father or a single parent, how much tax they save and what the Parenthood Tax Rebate adds.

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Will our CDA, PSEA and savings cover university?

See how much of a university bill your child’s CDA, PSEA and your own monthly savings could cover by age 19, and how much more a month would close the gap.

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What will my child’s education cost from preschool to degree?

Compare what three education routes could cost in today’s dollars, from preschool to a degree, and see what monthly saving each route implies.

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How does our life and critical illness cover compare with the LIA benchmark?

Compare each working parent’s death and critical illness cover with a published industry rule of thumb, so you know which questions to ask at your next policy review.

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How do PSLE marks turn into a score and Posting Group?

Understand how each subject mark becomes an Achievement Level, how four ALs add up to a PSLE Score from 4 to 32, and which Posting Group that score maps to.

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When is my baby due, and what happens before the birth?

Work out your due date from your last period, then see when Singapore’s scans and tests fall, when maternity leave can start and which baby scheme applies.

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How much does it cost to give birth in Singapore?

See MOH’s median delivery bills by ward class, what the MediSave Maternity Package pays, and how much cash to set aside for a public or private hospital birth.

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What does a helper really cost in Singapore?

Add up a live-in helper’s real monthly cost: salary, the MOM levy and S$60 concession, insurance, security bond, fees, upkeep and air ticket over the contract.

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Childminder, helper, grandparent or centre: What does each cost?

Compare five ways to care for a baby or toddler: infant care, ECDA’s childminding pilot, a helper, a grandparent or a parent at home, by cost and hours.

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How do we spread our six S1 choices after the PSLE results?

Order six secondary schools after PSLE results using last year’s ranges in MOE SchoolFinder, MOE’s posting rules and tie-breakers, and the 2026 choice dates.

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How much will student care cost after SCFA, now and from 2027?

See what a student care centre costs after MSF’s Student Care Fee Assistance, who qualifies, what changes on 1 January 2027 and what to ask on a visit.

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MOE Kindergarten or childcare for K1 and K2: What will we pay?

Compare an MOE Kindergarten with KCare against full-day childcare for K1 and K2: the 2026 fees, subsidies by income, hours covered and the P1 priority note.

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When can my baby start solids, and what comes first?

Find HealthHub’s starting age for solids, baby’s readiness signs, suitable local first foods, foods that must wait, and when egg and peanut can be introduced.

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Help if money is tight: what can we ask for?

ComCare, KidSTART, fee help for preschool and school, student care, CDC Vouchers and Child Credits: who each is for and how to ask, and what GCR really is.

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Born early or twins: bills, grants and leave

Corrected age, NICU bills and MediShield Life, the MediSave Grant and CDA, maternity leave after a hospital stay, infant care leave and how twins count.

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Adding another child: support, subsidies and leave

Birth-order support for a new baby, how a bigger family can lower siblings’ preschool fees, and what changes for parental leave, childcare leave and costs.

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Learning support in primary school

Who helps a child who struggles at a MOE primary school: SEN Officers, LSP, LSM, dyslexia support, PSLE access arrangements and the P4 subject levels.

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My child is sick: where should we go?

When to call 995, when to go to children’s emergency at KKH or NUH, when a GP or polyclinic is right, fever in young babies, and what to bring with you.

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Home safety and first aid for young children

Window grilles, water, choking, medicines, car seats, safe sleep and burns, in HealthHub, KKH, SCDF and Traffic Police words, plus where to learn CPR.

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Pregnant at 35 or older: screening choices, timing and cost

First-trimester screening, NIPT, CVS and amniocentesis: the week windows in official words, published costs, MediSave, IVF co-funding and questions to ask.

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International students: P1, AEIS or S-AEIS?

How a child who is not a Singapore Citizen or PR gets an MOE school place: P1, AEIS and S-AEIS by age, the published dates, the 2026 school fees and passes.

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One parent from overseas: citizenship, passport and visits

For families with one Singapore Citizen parent: registering the birth, the child’s citizenship and passport, two citizenships at 21, and grandparents’ passes.

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Madrasah or MOE primary: the facts

Full-time madrasah or MOE primary school for P1: admission dates against P1 registration, fees, subjects, PSLE, compulsory education and if there is no place.

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Helping with Malay at home, P1 to P2

What MOE’s 2024 primary Malay Language syllabus covers in P1 and P2. Plus a weekly home-practice card, and free books and worksheets from MLLPC and NLB.

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Baby spa and baby swimming in Singapore

What a baby spa or float session is, who it suits and what it costs. Plus water safety, ActiveSG pool rules for babies, and what to pack for the pool.

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Kids’ classes: gymnastics, ballet or art

Starting ages for gymnastics, ballet and art, and what a trial shows you. Plus what a term costs, what to ask, and lower-cost classes at a community centre.

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Your child’s first dentist visit

When to book your child’s first dental check, and what happens there. Brushing and fluoride by age, free school dental care, and what each type of clinic costs.

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Chinese baby names and what they mean

How to choose a Chinese name for your baby: meaning, sound and tones, generation names and dialect surnames. Plus a list of names, and how ICA records them.

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What can I eat when pregnant in Singapore?

Raw fish, half-boiled eggs, cockles, kopi, durian, bird’s nest: what do HealthHub, KKH and SFA say? Plus how much caffeine is too much when you are pregnant.

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Trying for a baby in Singapore

Your fertile days by the calendar, and what KKH advises before you try. Plus when SGH says to see a doctor, and MOH co-funding and MediSave for IVF and IUI.

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Is our school week too full?

How much sleep, active play and screen time Singapore’s guidelines suggest for ages 3 to 12. Plus how to check your family’s school week against them.

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Where should we start when we are expecting a baby in Singapore?

The decisions and deadlines between the second trimester and the first weeks home: money, leave, birth registration and care, in the order they arrive.

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Where should we start in baby’s first year?

The first year runs on clinic visits and the return to work. Here is what is due when, from the 2-month vaccinations to infant care and childcare leave.

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Where should we start with a toddler in Singapore?

From the 12-month vaccinations to the move into childcare and calmer bedtimes: the toddler years in the order things come up.

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Where should we start with preschool and P1 registration?

Choosing a preschool that fits your family’s day, paying for it, and getting ready for P1 registration in the year before P1.

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Where should we start when our child begins primary school?

Getting ready for P1, covering the hours after school, and knowing what comes later in primary school, from the P5 boosters to the PSLE Score.

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Where should we start with family time, money and leave?

The yearly habits that save families the most money and stress at every stage: leave around school holidays, child tax reliefs, credits and payouts, and protection.