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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.

October 21, 2026

Why music matters: big claims, real science

Calmer babies, kinder little people, better self-control, a head start with words: the benefits of music for babies and toddlers, with the research behind every one. Flip the cards, play the games, and see the facts for yourself.

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October 21, 2026

The science of singing to your baby

In a lab study, babies stayed calm about twice as long when they heard singing. Lullabies soothe across cultures, and singing groups can ease postnatal depression symptoms too.

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October 20, 2026

Welcome to our new website!

Welcome to our brand new website! We hope you love it as much as we do. It’s been a long time coming, and we’re so excited to finally share it with you. It’s now easier than ever to find your nearest class and book your place…

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May 2, 2024

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…

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April 19, 2024

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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April 12, 2024

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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April 5, 2024

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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March 29, 2024

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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March 22, 2024

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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March 15, 2024

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…

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Such a fantastic mix of sensory, a chance to explore, listen to a lovely story but most of all hear some beautiful live music.
Class member
I cannot fault your class at all... Only that we would have loved another hour at least! :)
Class member
It's a great concept to incorporate sensory, stories, and music in one session, and is really imaginative.
Class member