Smiling Star was founded by Mr Jimmy New, PBM in 2001 as a neighbourhood playgroup provider in the Residents Committee at Block 32 Marsiling Drive. Within two years, Smiling Star expanded to 3 more centres in the Woodlands estate, along with the help of our preschool supervisor, Mdm Margaret Lim.



In 2002, Smiling Star Phonics programme was created at various centres, namely at - Block 32 Marsiling Drive, Block 178 Woodlands St 13 and Blk 363 Woodlands Ave 5, along with the help of our phonics supervisor Mdm Rajeswary D/O Ramasamy. This programme aims to enhance the learning of and cultivate the love for English language for young children.



In 2004, Smiling Star started our very first Childcare at Bukit Panjang Community Club at 8 Pending Road.



In 2005, Smiling Star started our first Kindergarten at Block 303 Woodlands St 31. This allowed our students from the Playgroup programme to continue their pre-school education. In the same year, Smiling Star created Chinese programmes, namely the Speedy Chinese Characters Recognition (SCCR), Speedy Chinese Improvement Programme (SCIP), as well as Han Yu Pin Yin respectively due to the uprising emphasis of Chinese language in Singapore. These programmes are designed to build the foundation of Chinese Language for our children in a fun learning way.



In 2007, Smiling Star Started our first overseas Kindergarten expansion to China, Shanghai Pudong as Smiling Star International Kindergarten.