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Get the behind-the-scenes scoop on all things Musical StoryBox!  Find out what we have been up to, future plans and more about exciting opportunities to become part of our story.

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Mixed class or babies?

We get asked so often, ‘Which class should I bring my baby to?”Our Musical StoryBox classes are divided into two separate groups.  StoryBox Mixed and StoryBox Babies. Our Babies classes cater for non-walkers only and the mixed for babies through to preschoolers – siblings can then come together as well as friends with different age…

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The Juggle is Possible!

As lots of you know already, I spent many years working full time as a teacher, Key Stage lead and part of the Senior Leadership team in a lovely Infant School in Bath. I loved my job but if you are a teacher you’ll know this means 60+ hours a week at times! The 9-3…

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A tune a day..

It has been lovely having the Easter holidays to spend with our families! One of the many benefits of running your own business is that we can pause our classes and choose our timetables to work around our children’s school holidays and make things work for our own individual needs. Having said that, there is…

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On our way to awards!

In just over two years we are so proud to have made it to the finals of three business awards! As well as being nominated in a further two – (we are waiting to hear if we have made it to finals later this year!) This helps to recognise the sheer hard work we have…

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What makes us unique?

Since setting up our business, Melissa and I, have poured our hearts and souls into making every session as creative, interesting, educational and fun as we possibly could. For the first two years of running, we were writing a song every week. For each new story, we were spending hours making props- sewing puppets, putting…

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Melissa’s Story

Books and reading have always been a passion of mine – my mum tells me I always had a book in hand and was even known to have read the dictionary as a child (oh dear!). I still have some of my favourite childhood books which I am now able to share with my own…

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Katie’s Story

Music has always been a huge part of my life. Having both parents as music teachers I have grown up surrounded by music, and started learning the cello at the age of 4. I studied cello performance at the Royal Academy of Music and have freelanced as a professional cellist ever since! My work has…