MONKEY MUSIC BALDOCK, HITCHIN AND WELWYN

About

Welcome to Monkey Music in North Herts & Beds! Our age-specific weekly music classes for babies, toddler and preschoolers are a perfect way to spend precious time together with your little one, whilst nurturing a lifelong love of music too! Our special curriculum has been created so that families learn together through music whilst both little ones and grown-ups are having fun. Your first class is always free, you can join at any point and you can pay monthly.

I have always loved music and performing, which has led me to a special relationship with music and the arts in my life. I play several musical instruments including the piano and the guitar, and professional vocal coaching. There is a song for everything in our house! Sharing my love of music and performance with your little ones is a huge privilege. I am most proud of creating a safe, nurturing and fun environment, where you both can learn and have fun in your own way, with no social pressures, no judgement and be free to express yourself in a way that's right for you!

My team of amazing teachers run classes in Hitchin (SG5), Knebworth (SG3), Pirton (SG5), Stotfold & Fairfield Park (SG5), Shefford (SG17) and Baldock (SG7). You can see our timetable on Happity or on our website. Following on from your first free class you will be invited to book your spot at our small regular weekly class where you and your little one will learn together each week with children of a similar age. You can choose to pay for your booking on a monthly basis and we also offer catch-up classes as we know life with a little one can be unpredictable.

Our Classes we offer...

Beautiful Noise – a 5-part programme for parents or carers with newborn babies up to 16 weeks old. Making sense of Baby’s world through sound. A mix of in-person classes and pre-recorded sessions plus a kit bag containing musical instruments and a sensory scarf to use at home.

Rock‘n’Roll – weekly baby classes for parents and carers with babies from 3 – 12 months. This is our first stage of weekly classes and we focus on gentle songs and fascinating sounds. Our little ones learn and develop through our magical sounds and the sound of your voice. Each class is led by a specially trained Monkey Music teacher who will engage you and your baby as you bond together.

Heigh-Ho – weekly toddler classes for parents and carers with toddlers from 12 months. The second stage of our Monkey Music classes with our little ones up on their feet being musical explorers! Our catchy songs and simple dances keep our toddlers entertained whilst they make music and have fun together. Repetition and ‘having a go’ are key at this stage and our toddlers love playing their instruments whilst dancing and singing along to their favourite Monkey Music songs, especially when they are trying to find where Monkey is Hiding!

Jiggety-Jig – weekly classes for parents and carers with toddlers who are 2 and 3 years old. In this third stage of our Monkey Music classes the children are beginning to interact more with each other whilst making friends. They still enjoy singing and dancing but are now also very confident playing their instruments in the Monkey Music Band. They learn how to make music as part of a group and how to compose their own music using their favourite sounds.

Ding-Dong – weekly classes for children aged 3 and 4 with their parents and carers. In our fourth and final stage of regular weekly classes, our little ones are ready to learn to read music! They understand what they hear and now it is time to learn what sounds and music looks like written down. We introduce this in a clever and simple way using some of the Kodaly method which Monkey has adapted to fit with his favourite songs and musical activities! During these classes, our children take the lead from their parents or carers who enjoy watching their children grow in confidence through singing solos and having fun making Monkey Music together!

Book your first FREE class now. We look forward to sharing precious time with you and your family at a venue nearby very soon!