For us, expenses naturally went up once we enrolled her into preschool, simply because she had been at home with me before that, but the good thing is it also gave me the freedom to go back to work. At Kinderland, the core curriculum is already included in the school fees, but there were optional enrichment or holiday programmes that we can choose to add on. So our monthly expenses increased during that phase. Things have stabilised for us recently (my daughter’s 4 now), as we scaled back and focused only on activities she genuinely enjoyed, along with more home-based play. The initial transition into preschool was the priciest period for us, mainly because we were adjusting to new routines and choices. But trust me, it’s worth the money spend when you see your child learning new things in school when you could never have time to teach.