Clubs & Classes

Monkey Music
Ive been attending Monkey
Music with my son Aidan
since he was just four months
old. From the very first session
of the RocknRoll baby class,
I could tell that he really loved
music and rhythm, his little
eyes watching everything
going on.

Seeing how happy

the class makes
Aidan, I have taken
a lot home with me.
I have bought more
musical instruments
to entertain him with,
we dance around the
living room (with the curtains
closed!) and play the RocknRoll CD, which always
makes Aidans face light up and calms him in
fractious moments.

With a mixture of familiar and original songs and a

variety of percussion instruments to explore,
there has always been
We dance around the living room (with the In the eight months
plenty to keep Aidan
entertained,
curtains closed!) and play the RocknRoll CD, that we have been
but enough repetition
going to Monkey
which always makes Aidans face light up and Music, Aidan has
to help him recognise
calms him in fractious moments
cues and sounds.
grown in confidence
The class is
and now crawls
structured, so that the babies know what is coming
around the room babbling away to the other babies.
they dance along to the welcome songs, peer excitedly
His listening skills are well developed, hes comfortable
into Monkeys Magic Box to find out what treasures lie
with a group environment, and he has made some
inside, and happily shake/chew the instruments.
great friends too (as have I a perk of any mother
and baby group).

Monkey Music follows a progressive four-stage

curriculum, for babies from 3 months through to
the pre-school year and Im excited to see what the
next chapter will bring, as I stick Aidans RocknRoll
certificate to the fridge door and watch him move up
to the Heigh-Ho class this autumn.
Julie Bassett is a freelance journalist and mum to
Aidan, 1 year. julieannebassett@gmail.com

BOURNEMOUTH AND NEW FOREST

E: bournemouth@monkeymusic.co.uk
T: 01202 461 943

Westbourne, Monday - St. Michaels Church, BH2 5QU

Southbourne, Tuesday - St. Katharines Church, BH6 4AR
Ringwood, Thursday - Greyfriars Centre, BH24 1DW
Bournemouth, Friday - Richmond Hill St. Andrews BH2 6JJ

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