Gallery Activities
Check out exciting activities in the KidsSTOP™ gallery here!
Announcement
Please be informed of the following temporary exhibit closures:
12 Nov – 15 Dec: Critters Room & Playmaker Room
Please be informed that there will be no sales of regular admission for KidsSTOP™ from 29 Nov – 15 Dec 2024 for STEAM Festival 2024. You may purchase tickets to participate in STEAM Festival here. Regular KidsSTOP™ operations and admission will resume on Monday, 16 Dec 2024.
Address
KidsSTOP™
21 Jurong Town Hall Road, Singapore 609433
Operating Hours:
Session A: 10.00 am - 1.00 pm (Last Entry 12.15 pm)
Closed for Disinfection: 1.00 pm - 2.00 pm
Session B: 2.00 pm - 5.00 pm (Last Entry 4.15 pm)
Book your tickets online here!
Where Every Child Gets to Imagine, Experience, Discover and Dream
KidsSTOP™ is the Science Centre Singapore’s dedicated Children’s Science Centre. Officially opened on 5 June 2014, children aged 8 years and below can learn to inquire, investigate and innovate in a safe and conducive 3,000m² gallery that focuses specifically on science for kids.
With more than 20 exhibits
Designed to introduce concepts of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, children are provided with ample opportunities to learn through interactive play.
Hands-on Activities
Themed zones such as Flight and Space, Built Environment and Supermarket provide children with ample room for exploring science topics through hands-on activities. For example, our Planet Warriors marine conservation exhibit uses immersive technology to enhance learning, and our PlayMaker Studio’s robot toys and Tinkering Lab’s activities allow children to build and create. Simple basic skills in sequencing and coding are some skills that the children will pick up as they enjoy the tech toys provided.
Edutaining Programmes
Our Educational Programmes for Schools employ creative drama and hands-on activities to communicate, engage and teach science to young children. Our dedicated educators guide them to grasp science concepts through first-hand experiences. We aim to make learning positive and enjoyable for children and to inspire continuous engagement with science through our edutainment activities.
Accessible and Inclusive
This is part of our commitment to becoming more accessible and inclusive, as such, we have prepared a Sensory Levels information guide below to help you plan your day better. Social Stories, Sensory Bag, and Quiet Sessions are available to you when you need them. View in full details here.
Our Exhibition Galleries
As part of our commitment to becoming more accessible and inclusive for our guests, we provide a Sensory Levels information guide to help you plan your day better. View full details here.
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Little Ant Kingdom (New!)
Become an ant for the day at the Little Ant Kingdom. Explore your underground home, meet fellow nestmates, and take on different roles!
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Four Seasons
SENSORY LEVELS
Why do some countries experience four seasons? This is because the Earth is tilted on its axis! Although we experience only tropical weather in Singapore, our Four Seasons station teaches children about seasonal changes through hands-on activities. This exhibit also aims to promote numeracy skills as children learn to match, create patterns and count.
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Smaller World
SENSORY LEVELS
Smaller World is a magical garden where children can get to identify different animals by listening to the sound they produce!
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Flight & Space
SENSORY LEVELS
The Flight and Space station is designed to promote an early interest in astronomy through exploring the fascinating galaxy. Children will be able to create their very own constellation and enhance their creativity, eye-hand coordination, and motor skills. Adventurous children can enter the Typhoon Simulator and experience the effects of a typhoon without having to worry about the danger of flying debris. Children can also enhance their social and communications skills through collaborative play when they build structures using special foam materials at this zone.
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Nature
SENSORY LEVELS
The Nature Area offers a complete sensory experience for your child.
It will acquaint children with the wildlife and ecology of Singapore as they use mounted binoculars to search the canopy and surrounding trees to discover artistic representations of animals found throughout the island.
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Supermarket
SENSORY LEVELS
Our Supermarket Zone engages children and teaches them how to identify foods with the Healthier Choice Logo by taking part in a ‘game show’ called My Healthy Plate! They will also learn about the importance of drinking enough water with our life-sized mascot Win. Children will also continue to have fun and learn while role-playing roles of a shopper, a cashier or a cook.
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Planet Warriors
SENSORY LEVELS
The Planet Warriors exhibit features thematic virtual environments to educate children on wildlife and the impact of pollution. Children can personalize their own forest or marine creatures and interact with their creations via touch. The exhibit also features a gamified component, where children help to clean up the pollution and save the animals!
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Critters
SENSORY LEVELS
The Critters Room features live animals such as, tree frogs and hermit crabs to bring nature closer to young children. Given that most children in Singapore grow up in an urban environment, it is essential for them to be closer to nature, as it encourages them to care for the environment and gives them a head start on a better understanding of environmental conservation.
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Kiddie Theatre
SENSORY LEVELS
The Kiddie Theatre gives children the opportunity to learn about the performing arts and the special effects techniques used in film-making. Children can perform on stage and sing to familiar tunes as they express themselves through songs, dance, and creative movements.
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PlayMaker Studio
SENSORY LEVELS
A versatile space, PlayMaker Studio can be separated from the rest of the exhibition area and be transformed into a exploratory space.
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Tinkering Lab
Tinkering Lab features worktables, surrounded by cabinets filled with materials and tools for an infinite number of tinkering projects or activities.
Tinkering Lab is closed until further notice.
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Giant J
A must for thrill-seekers, the Giant J slide is where children get to safely experience the sensation of free fall before they slide to ground zero from a height of 7-meters! Children make their own decisions on how high they would like to be lifted up the slide as they challenge themselves and build confidence while having fun.
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Small World
SENSORY LEVELS
Small World is a multi-sensorial play space designed for children under 3. Be acquainted with textures and bright colours, and develop early numeracy skills through matching and sorting!
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The Big Dream Climber
SENSORY LEVELS
The Dream Climber is a lofty 9-metre high climbing structure – the signature piece of KidsSTOP™. Children can climb and explore different unique hanging elements (fashioned after clouds, fanciful doors, and gears) and make their way to the top where the Music Room awaits them!
The Dream Climber is a favourite among children as it allows them to take risks safely. Children develop their coordination skills and physical strength by moving between the platforms. They can enhance their navigational and cognitive skills as well as their spatial awareness as they navigate the structure.
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Know Your Body
SENSORY LEVELS
The importance of a healthy lifestyle shines through this zone!
With a variety of interactive exhibits such as Run with Max, Cycling with Sally, Lift Yourself, Goodnight Belle and 4 Emotion Pods, children are engaged through play and hands-on while learning about the importance of exercise, good sleep habits and identifying and handling their emotions.On top of that, children will be able to view 4 different body systems of skeletal, muscular, circulatory and endocrine through the Kinect exhibit in which the reflected body system image will match itself to their height as well as mirror their movements!
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Dino Pit
SENSORY LEVELS
The Dino Pit is designed to provide children with sensory experiences as they utilise tools to uncover the dinosaur fossil in the sand. Children can work together as a team to find and identify the different parts of the fossil, all while learning about the process of scientific inquiry and building communication skills. The interactive game board also widens children’s knowledge of dinosaurs and prehistoric reptiles, and how animals have evolved over time.
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Built Environment
SENSORY LEVELS
Become a builder and have fun operating the crane, maneuvering the wheelbarrow, and transporting the balls. The Built Environment is a simulation of a bustling building site and provides ample opportunities for kin-aesthetic learning. Role-playing as a builder encourages children to be creative as they find ways to activate wall gears and transport balls from one place to another.
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Music Room
SENSORY LEVELS
Music and movement help children express their ideas and feelings about themselves and the world as they see it. At the Music Room, children can select different musical instruments and make their own music! Children will learn to recognize sounds from a variety of sources in the environment and encounter different materials that can be used to make musical instruments.