23
Mar
2012
MAD Academy visit Southampton
MAD Academy will be coming to Southampton next Sunday to launch the first of their Spring Open Days. Founder, Helen Harrington, and her team, will be at the Holiday Inn, Herbert Walker Avenue, Southampton from 3pm to 6pm on Sunday 1st April. If you are interested in possibly joining MAD Academy or would just like [...]
20
Mar
2012
MAD Academy get sporty
An amazing summer of sport lies ahead of us and already the anticipation is building. Everyone at MAD Academy is getting very excited too as we love to be active and energetic! We wanted children everywhere to join in the sporting fun, so we have developed a whole range of exciting new sports themed activities for [...]
15
Mar
2012
MAD Academy Open Days
Have you ever thought you would like to teach children music and dance? Have you enjoyed a MAD Academy class and thought what a brilliant job it seems bringing fun and laughter to babies and toddlers? Or have you always wanted to run your own business but weren’t sure where to start? If you have, [...]
12
Mar
2012
MAD Academy through to next stage of awards
Thank you all so much for supporting our nominations in the up and coming What’s On 4 Little Ones awards. We are thrilled to announce that we are through to the next stage! You have put us through in three categories: Best National Baby and Toddler Development activity; Best National Preschool Development Activity, and you [...]
28
Feb
2012
Be a kid again and raise money for charity
MAD Academy Torquay and Paignton wants everyone to ‘be a kid’ on Thursday 8th March. Whether you are young or old, become a kid for an hour and join in the fun whilst raising money for Heart FM’s Be a Kid for a Kid appeal. Gemma Williams will be running a special music and movement [...]
27
Feb
2012
Nursery rhymes, movement and school results
A small research project is testing whether moving to nursery rhymes can help improve children’s results in school. The Primary Movement project is working with 40 schools in North East England to assess the impact that a set sequences of movement can have on children’s development when performed regularly over a long period of time. [...]
21
Feb
2012
Ralph’s art gallery
Ralph has been very excited this week thanks to one little boy. Benji, who has enjoyed MAD Academy classes in Reading for a number of years, was so inspired by some of the music and dancing in class last week that he drew some very special pictures for his furry friend, Ralph the bear. Ralph [...]
13
Feb
2012
Children’s colouring pages
It’s half term and if you are looking for ideas to keep the children busy, why not check out brand new children’s colouring pages. We have thirty fun colouring pages for you to download and enjoy with your little ones. You will recognise many of the characters as all the colouring pages are based on [...]
9
Feb
2012
New Nominations
It seems even more of you have been showing how much you love MAD Academy’s music and movement classes by nominating your class instructors. Karen Morgan (MAD Academy Epsom), Maggie Duerden (MAD Academy Dorking), Trish Nawacki (MAD Academy Reading), and Sophie Hill (MAD Academy North Oxford) all join Pauline Llewellyn as nominees in this year’s [...]
7
Feb
2012
Listening skills lacking in today’s toddlers
Young children are not getting the opportunities they need to develop important listening skills, according to a recent article in Right Start magazine by Robert Watts. Watts has been exploring why listening skills are so important for young children and what we should be doing to help. These days children are exposed to so many [...]
