Questions parents ask

CurioKids gives children aged 4–12 live, 1-to-1 online English lessons with a real teacher. Each lesson is 25 minutes, in the CurioKids online classroom with video, an interactive whiteboard, slides and games. Children start with Phonics Starter, learning to read sound by sound, then move on to CEFR-based levels.

How CurioKids works

Choose “Book a free lesson”, create your parent account, add your child and pick a time for their free first lesson. You don't need a card. Your child then joins a live 25-minute lesson with a real teacher in the CurioKids online classroom, and you decide afterwards whether to continue.

No. Your child's first lesson is free and you don't need a card to book it. You only add payment details if your child wants to continue and you choose a plan. If you decide not to continue, there is nothing to cancel and nothing to pay.

Your child meets a teacher for a live 25-minute lesson in the CurioKids classroom. The teacher gets to know your child, checks their English and records a starting level, so lessons begin in the right place. You see how lessons work before you choose whether to continue.

Lessons are for children aged 4–12. Phonics Starter teaches reading sound by sound. Most children start with Phonics Starter; a child who already reads can be placed straight into a CEFR-based level after the free first lesson. Every lesson is 1-to-1, so the teacher can go at your child's pace.

In Singapore, plans cost S$79, S$139 or S$199 every 4 weeks, from S$16.58 per lesson. In Malaysia they cost RM119, RM199 or RM279, from RM23.25 per lesson. Starter has 1 lesson a week, Growth 2 and Accelerator 3. Your first lesson is free, and you can pay weekly instead.

See every plan and price

Every plan can be billed every 4 weeks or weekly, for the same lessons. Paying every 4 weeks costs less than four weekly payments: in Singapore, for example, Starter is S$79 every 4 weeks or S$21 a week. Paying weekly means smaller payments.

Calendar months have different numbers of days, so the number of weekly lessons in a month changes from month to month. Billing every 4 weeks means every cycle has an exact number of lessons: 4 on Starter, 8 on Growth and 12 on Accelerator. You always know what you're paying for.

Families in Singapore see and pay prices in Singapore dollars (SGD). Families in Malaysia see and pay prices in Malaysian ringgit (MYR). Families in every other country see our prices in Singapore dollars and pay in SGD. The country you choose when you sign up sets your currency.

Families outside Singapore and Malaysia see our prices in Singapore dollars and pay in SGD. The plans, the free first lesson and the offer are the same. Lessons are online, so check that the lesson times on offer suit your time zone.

Yes, in Singapore. Launch offer: 50% off your first 4 weeks for the first 50 families, until 30 November 2026. For example, Growth is S$69.50 instead of S$139 for the first 4 weeks. Standard prices apply from the second cycle.

Your price is locked on your subscription, so future price changes don't affect you. If we change our prices for new families later, you keep the prices of your subscription, even if you switch plans. Until you subscribe, the prices shown are today's prices. The offer is separate: it only applies to your first 4-week cycle.

Never for the free first lesson. You're charged when you subscribe to a plan, and then at the start of each billing period, every 4 weeks or every week, at the price locked on your subscription. If you cancel, you aren't charged again after the end of your current billing period.

Yes. You can change your plan at any time, for example from Starter to Growth if your child is ready for more lessons each week, or back again. Your new plan uses the prices locked on your subscription, so future price changes don't affect you.

You can cancel your plan anytime from your parent account. Cancellation takes effect at the end of your current billing period, so you aren't charged again after that. If you only want to miss one lesson, cancel that single lesson instead, up to 2 hours before it starts.

When you cancel, you're not charged for future billing periods, and your plan runs until the end of the period you've already paid for. Whether a payment can be refunded depends on the situation: our refund policy sets out when refunds apply and how to ask for one.

Read our refund policy

A device with a camera and microphone, a reliable internet connection and a quiet place to learn. Lessons happen in the CurioKids online classroom, which your child joins from your CurioKids account. Headphones can help your child hear the sounds clearly, which matters for phonics.

A laptop or desktop computer, or a tablet, with an up-to-date version of Chrome, Edge or Safari, a camera and a microphone. A phone works too, but the lesson slides and whiteboard are easier to see on a bigger screen. On an Android phone or tablet, join in Chrome.

The CurioKids classroom has live video, an interactive whiteboard, lesson slides and games, all in one place. Your child and the teacher see each other, work on the same whiteboard and play games together. There are no ads or third-party trackers inside the classroom.

Your family's data is hosted on AWS in Singapore. Payments are handled by Stripe, so card details go to Stripe rather than to us. Our privacy policy explains what we collect, why, and the choices you have, including how to contact us about your data.

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No. Payments are handled by Stripe, and CurioKids never sees your full card number. You add your card only when your child continues after the free first lesson and you choose a plan. Your price is locked on your subscription.

There are no ads or third-party trackers inside the classroom or the children's app. Our public website asks before using analytics or advertising cookies, and you can change your choice at any time with “Cookie settings” at the bottom of every page on this site.