Here in Wandsworth, Tooting and Streatham we have a very talented team, teaching our Award-Winning Curriculum, which is at the heart of our pre-school classes. With their high energy and creativity, they provide children's musical activities within a family friendly environment.

Families

As with so many families' music has always been part of our daily lives and we welcome parents, grandparents, nannies, carers of babies, toddlers and nursery aged children to share our classes. My own background is in musical theatre, and so at home my family still happily trips over the much-loved instruments to gather around the piano for a song.

I am delighted to be part of a teaching team with experts in the field of music, pre-school development, professional musicians and performers. Our specialist teachers are selected not only for their evident musical talent and singing, but also for their natural ability to communicate with and entertain your baby, toddler or nursery aged child.

Music Groups and Learning

Music plays an important role in the pre-school early development of a child. As a baby we are instinctive music makers and as parents we naturally use music to sooth and calm. At Monkey Music our curriculum and resources use songs and activities that are carefully selected for each developmental stage. The children will learn to move to music, socialise with other babies and children, communicate effectively and develop their fine and gross motor skills through playing, singing and dancing. Children listen to themselves and others, strengthen their memory and recall skills... The benefits of music are enormous, and our activities and resources are used to stimulate and educate your child at every stage. We will teach your child the structure of our classes from the very beginning.

Classes are deliberately small and make full use of the 30-minute sessions to captivate your child and family. Monkey Music's tried, and tested children's musical activities use 300 original and traditional songs, a wide range of resources, musical games, and exciting movement ideas throughout the curriculum.

Pre-school babies and toddlers are grouped for our children's musical activities  to ensure the 'best fit' for your child with our four unique groups:

Rock'n'Roll Classes - Babies from 3 months enjoy gentle songs and absorbing activities learning with sensory stimulation, specialist instruments and resources.

Heigh Ho -  Toddlers from 12 months get up on their feet and develop gross motor skills, learning activities such as clapping rhythms and dancing to a favourite song.

Jiggety Jig Classes - 2 and 3 year-old children are now displaying a range of musical skills on a variety of instruments, learning singing and even beginning to compose their own music.

Ding Dong Classes - 3 and 4-year old children at this stage can read music and explore instruments of the orchestra. Our musical activities and songs are looked at in more detail and so they are learning to compose, listen and start singing in groups and on their own.

In all our classes, unlike nursery and kindergarten, our musical activities are a shared experience with other families.

Making Progress

Often a child that has spent the entire first class glued to a carers lap will grow in confidence and self-esteem so rapidly that they are able to collect their own instruments and participate fully in the same song or activities only a few weeks later. This development is gained by understanding the structure and routine of the class, knowing what to expect, feeling part of a group and being involved in the experience. 

We have yet to meet a toddler or nursery aged child whose face doesn't light up when offered a drum to beat or a maraca to shake with the rest of the group. In fact, all children are born with instinctive musicality, but it takes early encouragement to enable a baby or child to reach their full musical potential and our Monkey Music curriculum and resources have been honed over many years to allow them to do so.

Monkey's Story

Monkey Music has provided Award Winning Children's Music Activities for 25 years. They are the longest running pre-school music classes in the UK. Thousands of babies, toddlers and nursery aged children are learning in our weekly classes all over the country. Here in Wandsworth, Tooting and Streatham our classes have become highly sought after.

Since classes started Monkey Music has been nominated and won many prestigious mother and baby awards, including Best National Pre-Schooler Development Activity Award and the  Best National Toddler Development Class. There are now more than 50 franchises across the country operating in more than 300 locations in the UK.

Wandsworth SW18, Tooting SW17 and Streatham SW16

For 18 years we have continued to teach classes locally in venues carefully chosen for easy access, space for buggies including all the equipment that accompanies a little one. Several have onsite cafés where you can enjoy a coffee and a chat with other parents from your child's class. 

Many lasting family friendships are formed in our classes.

I would be absolutely delighted to meet your family so please have a look at the current timetable on this web site and book in for your complimentary class to experience the Monkey Music magic.