Real music – our repertoire is chosen to enable children to learn.  The songs and games we use all have a purpose; many support the steady pulse, some will prepare the way for language development, others will help children to develop key social skills, or musical skills.  Nothing happens by accident!  Our teachers are all trained to deliver real music -  with specially commissioned backing tracks for our dances, shake-alongs and just a few hand-picked songs, there’s no singing along to pre-recorded songs at Musical Bumps!

Real education – All our teachers are carefully trained by recognised experts in the field of music and of early childhood education.  We like to keep right up to date – thus ensuring that Musical Bumps fully supports the revised EYFS curriculum coming into place this year.

Real fun – We know children learn best through play – our classes are playful and engaging. We have enough percussion and puppets for everyone to use as well as colourful resources to support circle games and dances.  Many of our children who attend would like every day to be a “Musical Bumps day”.

But don’t just take my word for it – come along and see for yourself!  Whether you’re interested in joining our team of teachers, planning on inviting us to work at your nursery or keen to bring your child to one of our classes, why not get in touch today?

As I said in my last blog, it’s been a whirlwind of work this summer – but I’m really looking forward to getting stuck in with classes now.  Can’t wait in fact!  Because, whilst the website is crucial – my first love is teaching music!  That’s what I do best (like all Musical Bumps teachers) and that’s why I’m in this business.  So time to learn the new songs for the term…… lalalalalala!

You can follow the exploits of the Musical Bumps head office on our facebook page or via twitter. And don’t forget to sign up to your local teacher’s facebook page too – just look for the link at the bottom of their “find a class” page!

The rest of this week has had me in a spin.  The lesson plans for the year were my main priority over the summer (all the Musical Bumps teachers will be pleased to hear THAT!) but then there was also the new website to consider. The development of this site has been ticking along for a little while now – but all of a sudden I realised it was time to renew hosting the old site for another year, or make the move.  We have (as you can see) made the move.  It’s been a roller coaster of a ride, but I think we’re there.

If your teachers don’t get back to your emails straight away over the next few days, it’s because we’re setting up new web access for them – any blips should be sorted by the end of the weekend – my fingers, toes, legs (but not eyes!) are crossed!