Gateway Kids Club

All our activities are a way for parents to get involved with their kids in arts-related activities. Studies show that creative activities are imperative in early child development.

Gateway Kids Club gets you and your child engaged in arts-related activities that are not only fun but also feed the imaginative creator hidden within!

Each month features a different theme, around which activities are focused.

Recommended for children 3 to 7 years old.

What We Believe

In the early childhood years between 3 to 7 years old, kids have a large capacity to develop their creativity and grow their imagination through various positive artistic stimulations. Studies show that children after the age of 6 will multi-task their modes of learning due to the pressures of formal schooling, therefore their capacity to imagine and create is much greater before reaching this age!

More and more Singaporean parents are introducing their children to the arts through weekend art workshops, theatre plays or musicals for young people, as well as enrolling their children in music lessons. Gateway Kids Club provides another option for parents to introduce their kids to activities that are centred around visual arts, performing arts, music and dance.

More Great Reasons to Join

Arts to Enrich Young Minds

Children develop a variety of skills from participating in arts-related activities regularly.

Motor skills, especially in making arts and crafts.

Language appreciation, in listening and participating in storytelling.

Listening, improving a child’s attention span when listening to stories, as well as active listening when taking instructions.

Empathy, appreciating other people or animals through their stories.

Visual appreciation, when drawing and making crafts; developing graphic cues and understanding symbols.

Problem-solving & critical-thinking, as applied in craft-making or free play interactive games.

Inventiveness, when expressing themselves during the storytelling or craft-making sessions.

Great Family Time

COME DOWN AND TAKE PART IN ACTIVITIES AS A FAMILY

Parents and children can play together, interact when making crafts together or share in an experience through the storytelling sessions. Parents talk about the story at home, sing the songs and do the actions that were shared at the storytelling session. They can also use the skills they’ve learnt making crafts to create their own play at home too.

"Once Upon A Time" Storytelling

Listen to and imagine a world through storytelling as our professional storytellers share, through narration and enactment, loveable children’s stories. Children are encouraged to interact, sing and dance with our storytellers as they describe and act out the world of the story.

A different story every week!

10.00am – English Storytelling
11.00am – Chinese Storytelling (First Saturday of the month ONLY)
Dance Studio, Level 5, Gateway Theatre (English Storytelling)
Studio 1, Level 4, Gateway Theatre (Chinese Storytelling)

Superwomen – Stories in May

“Dads are most ordinary men turned by love into heroes, adventurers, storytellers, and singers of songs.” – Pam Brown

We know many superheroes from movies and comics, but there is one special hero who may not be as famous but is just as amazing: A Father! Catch Storyteller Chandran, Rino, and the Young Storytellers from The Storytelling Centre as they dive into stories of superhero dads!

Register now and enjoy these stories for FREE!

GKC - 1200 × 1200

Upcoming Stories

3 Jun, 10amStoryteller Chandran
The Wolf and The Young Goats
3 Jun, 11amStoryteller William
The Legend of Qu Yuan 屈原的故事
10 Jun, 10amYoung Storyteller from The Storytelling Centre Ltd
Brave Jack & the Giant
17 Jun, 10amStoryteller Rino
Superhero Go, Go, Go!
24 Jun, 10amYoung Storyteller from The Storytelling Centre Ltd
The Heroic Dragons

“Look What I Made!” Arts & Crafts

Whether it’s sand or sticker art, colouring or painting, kids can participate in making their own take-home art pieces. Creativity is key and their imagination the captain of this hands-on arts and crafts workshop.

10.30am - 1.00pm
Sky Terrace, Level 6, Gateway Theatre
$4

Our Storytellers

Gateway Theatre collaborates with some of the best and brightest in the local performing arts industry to bring stories to life in a way that is engaging, entertaining, and inspiring. These include freelance actors as well as storytellers from the following arts companies:

Young Storytellers from The Storytelling Centre Ltd

The Storytelling Centre Limited is a non-profit organisation based in Singapore. Their core mission is to foster and advance the art of storytelling through performances, collaborations, artistic exchanges, mentorships, training and community outreach. They firmly believe that stories are storehouses of Singapore’s unique multidimensional legacy. The oral traditions of folktales, mythology, legends and fables are avenues for preserving, showcasing and developing Singapore’s rich and diverse heritage. Their focus is on ensuring the sustainability of the art form by nurturing emerging Young Storytellers

ACT 3 Theatrics

Stepping into the fourth decade as Singapore’s first professional theatre company, Act 3 Theatrics’s focus continues to be children. Where once the professionals were the creators and enactors, today, Act 3 Theatrics endeavours to be the catalyst to inspire children in their hands-on quest to learn, explore, experiment, create, articulate and present.

What children enjoy most is the act of doing things. They blossom to their full potential when surrounded by a sense of joy, wonder, spontaneity and freedom

Gateway Kids Club

Every Saturday from 10am – 1pm.
Our programmes are targeted at ages 3 – 7, but children of all ages are welcome.
We encourage parents to do the activities with your children, whether it’s Storytelling, Art & Craft, Free Play, or a workshop. It’s great for building your relationship with your child.
You can drive or come by bus, train or taxi. Details here.
There are no carparks in the building itself, but there are a few carparks in close vicinity. Details here.
Yes! Gateway Theatre is right next door to Bukit Merah Hawker Centre. There are also 3 coffeeshops and plenty of eateries and cafés nearby, such as McDonald’s, KFC (and Pizza Hut), Hao Wei Lai, Brinda’s, and Café4You, to name a few. We are also just down the road from Redhill Food Centre, Bukit Merah View Hawker Centre, Alexandra Village Food Centre, IKEA Alexandra and Anchorpoint.

Storytelling

Most definitely! We have a varied team of storytellers that take turns to bring you and your children a different story every week. You can see the schedule on the events tab.

Storytelling is approximately 20 minutes, but our arts and craft corner is open from 10am – 1pm.
Tickets for the whole month will be available on SISTIC 2 weeks before the first Saturday of each month. They will be released at 10am on Friday. For example, all 4 sessions in June will be available for purchase from 21 May. Do note that there are limited tickets, so click here to book them early!
Storytelling is a free programme, however you are required to register and book tickets on SISTIC.

Infants in arm (18 months and below) are counted as 1 pax.

Walk-ins are allowed subjected to availability, however we strongly encourage all patrons to purchase tickets in advance to avoid being turned away due to full capacity.

Children under the age of 6 must be accompanied by an adult.
Skip to content