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Tot Bop Dance Classes for children aged 1-9 are at The Anthony Hall in Aston Clinton, Aylesbury every Saturday morning in term time. Tot Bop provides fun, funky & imaginative dance and creative movement classes for younger children aged 1-9. Our classes are designed to give boys and girls an accessible, inspiring and educational introduction to dance, where learning and fun are delivered in equal measures. Our syllabus is underpinned with EYFS (Early Years Foundations Stages) guidelines.
Our Tiny Tots class for children aged 1-2.5 focuses on providing a fun and engaging introduction to music, movement and rhythm. There is a strong emphasis on rhythm, moving to the beat and copying actions and movement patterns with the help of our fun puppets, props, parachute and bubbles!
Our Baby Boppers class for children aged 2.5 - 3.5 introduces the structure of a dance class in a fun and inspiring way, with warm-ups, 'make a shape' stretch, centre and travelling step routines, music section, storytime and the Tot Bop boogie, where even the grown ups get up and dance! We finish our class with our sensory cool down with scarfs and bubbles.
Our Funky Monkeys class for children aged 3.5-5 (preschool & reception year) follows the same structure as the Baby Boppers class but increases slightly in challenge in line with age and development. There is a focus on school readiness, with frequent links to numbers, counting, shapes, colours, lefts & rights and other landmarks outlined in EYFS guidelines. All still super fun & engaging with lots of funky music, props and energy!
Our Groovy Movers class for children aged 5-9 (school years 1-4) introduces more techniques, steps and knowledge into the jazz class. Children now learn a choreographed routine as well as the favourites of our Tot Bop structure, such as the music section and Tot Bop boogie.
We have classes in a number of other venues in Herts, Beds and Bucks for children up to and including the age of 9.
We also offer professionally filmed, engaging and imaginative online classes. For more information, please visit our website: https://totbop.co.uk/online-dance-class-booking/
We offer 1 week (£7.50) and 3 week (£22.50) trials to discover what we’re all about. Book a trial class here - https://totbop.co.uk/childrens-dance-classes-herts-beds-bucks/ Scroll down and click on your preferred day/venue to open up the booking form.
We also offer the following term-time classes across Herts, Beds and Bucks;
• Mondays - Pitstone Memorial Hall, Pitstone, LU7 9EY:
o 9.30-10.05am - Tiny Tots (age 1- 2.5)
o 10.20-11.05am - Baby Boppers (age 2.5-rising 5)
• Tuesdays - Fairford Leys Church Hall, Aylesbury, HP19 7HT:
o 9.30-10.05am - Tiny Tots (age 1- 2.5)
o 10.20-11.05am - Baby Boppers (age 2.5-rising 5)
• Wednesdays - Northchurch Social Centre, Bell Lane, Northchurch, Berkhamsted, HP4 3RD:
o 9.30 -10.0 5am - Tiny Tots (age 1 - 2.5)
o 10.20 -11.05am - Baby Boppers (age 2.5 -rising 5)
• Thursdays - Wing Village Hall, Wing, LU7 0NN:
o 9.30 -10.0 5am - Tiny Tots (age 1 - 2.5)
o 10.20 -11.05am - Baby Boppers (age 2.5 -rising 5)
• Thursdays – Nora Grace Hall, Tring, HP23 5BA:
o 9.30 -10.0 5am - Tiny Tots (age 1 - 2.5)
o 10.20 -11.05am - Baby Boppers (age 2.5 -rising 5)
• Fridays - Billington Village Hall, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 9BW:
o 9.30 -10.05am - Tiny Tots (age 1 - 2.5)
o 10.20 - 11.05am - Baby Boppers (age 2.5 -rising 5)
• Saturdays - Pages Park Pavilion, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 4RF:
o 8.45 -9.15am Tiny Tots (age 1 -2.5),
o 9.30 -10.15am Baby Boppers (age 2.5 -3.5)
o 10.30 -11.15am Funky Monkeys (age 3.5 -5; preschool & reception year)
o 11.30 -12.15pm Groovy Movers (age 5 -9; school years 1-4)
• Saturdays - The Anthony Hall, Aston Clinton, HP22 5HG:
o 9.00-9.30am - Tiny Tots (age 1-2.5)
o 9.45-10.30am - Baby Boppers (age 2.5-3.5)
o 10.45 -11.30am Funky Monkeys (age 3.5 -5; preschool & reception year)
o 11.45 -12.30pm Groovy Movers (age 5 -9; school years 1-4)
Holiday classes are workshops are available in the school holidays. For more information, please visit our website.
We also offer professionally filmed, engaging and imaginative online classes. For more information, please visit our website.
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Saturdays at 11:45
• Saturdays - The Anthony Hall, Aston Clinton, HP22 5HG:
o 9.00-9.30am - Tiny Tots (age 1-2.5)
o 9.45-10.30am - Baby Boppers (age 2.5-3.5)
o 10.45-11.30am - Funky Monkeys (age 3.5-5; preschool & reception year)
o 11.45-12.30pm - Groovy Movers (age
1 years to 9 years
1 week trial - £7.50 / 3 week trial - £22.50 £8.00 for 35min Tiny Tots (age 1-2.5) classes £9.00 for 45min Baby Boppers (age 2.5-3.5) classes £9.00 for 45min Funky Monkeys (age 3.5-5) classes £9.00 for 45min Groovy Movers (age 5-9) classes
The Anthony Hall
33 London Road
Aylesbury
Buckinghamshire
HP22 5HG
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Meet Rachel Kenning
Meet Rachel: a dynamic, accomplished & experienced dance teacher, choreographer and founder of Tot Bop; a fun, funky and imaginative dance programme for children aged 1-9. Mum of two, she lives with her husband & kiddies in Bedfordshire. Rachel has over 20 years teaching experience to children and adults of all ages and is passionate about inspiring children and making dance accessible to all.
Dance has always played a huge part in Rachel’s life. Rachel was lucky enough to be inspired at an early age by an incredible teacher, setting the stage for a lifetime of dance.
She went on to train for 3 years at the prestigious Laine Theatre Arts, gaining both performing and teaching qualifications, before embarking on a wonderful and fulfilling professional performing career in dance, performing in a variety of musical theatre and jazz dance productions in the UK and worldwide. Rachel then transitioned into professional choreography and eventually teaching.
Rachel’s teaching career began initially with workshops in between performing and choreographic contracts. In 2006, she took a full-time position as a jazz dance teacher on the dance faculty at Tring Park School For The Performing Arts, where she remained for 12 years, teaching jazz and tap to 8-19 year olds. While there, she furthered her teaching qualifications, honed her teaching and choreographic skills and worked among a team of hugely skilled and inspiring, like minded dance professionals, developing additional skills such as management and course writing/development.
When babies made an appearance in Rachel’s life, she decided to use her skills in a different way and developed a programme for younger children that could deliver the fundamentals of dance in a way that inspires a lifelong love of movement, while also giving children the educational building blocks needed to start their dance journey. Tot Bop was born!
Since it’s humble beginnings, Tot Bop has grown to deliver in-person classes to thousands of families, provide classes for educational settings such as nurseries, preschools & schools and is an online resource to parents/carers nationwide.
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