Bridger Jill

Dance School in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Dance School in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire Jill Bridger's Melody Movement syllabus is a music and movement program of creative and inspiring pre-school dance classes which can be adapted to all abilities. The focal point of Melody Movement is dancing teddy, Melody Bear who has helped create an exceptional and magical approach to dance for the very young. The Melody Movement Class-in-a-Boxes are ready to professional dance teachers and Melody Bear classes are running throughout the UK and overseas.

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32 Westlands
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
CB23 7EH
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Bridger Jill
read moreMelody Movement Early learning is a unique dance curriculum which addresses the needs of children aged 18 months upwards. It is tailored to discovering and fulfilling the potential of each child, nurturing their creative development, whilst supporting teachers with the tools to deliver effective and happy classes in music and movement, ballet and tap dancing. Loveable teddy, Melody Bear, is the focal point of the early years curriculum, and all her activities, stories, ideas and dreams can be told through dance and movement.
About Us
read moreMelody Movement Early Learning is a creative teaching curriculum of movement, dance, ballet, tap and modern dance for children age 18 months upwards, created by Jill Bridger, a member of the Royal Academy of Dance with over 30years teaching experience. Since the launch in 2006 of the first Melody Movement Class-in-a-Box, the range of products has grown to a 116-page catalogue of teaching resources for professional dance teachers. Professional dancers wishing to embark on a Melody Movement teaching career can apply for our distant learning training programme.
Teacher training
read moreMelody Movement Early Learning is a licensed teaching resource for professional dance teachers registered to recognised dance associations. Teachers who are not members of the recognised dance associations but have a suitable background may apply to enrol as a pre-registered teacher and complete the MMEL distant learning programme. Melody Movement Early Learning (MMEL) Teacher Training Award for teachers wishing to teach Little Bear Feet and/or Melody Movement classes. Melody Movement Early Learning are delighted to announce that the CDET (Council for Dance Education and Training) has confirmed Affiliate status for our programme of Continuing Professional Development for teachers.
Sample MP3 music
read moreMelody Bear's story books are available from our online shop. Each full colour picture book has easy to follow guidelines for parents and carers suggesting dance movements appropriate to the story. The accompanying CD includes the songs and music to dance to based on the story, and the story read aloud. The books are children's story books available to members of the public and are not teaching resources. They do not carry with them any rights to teach Melody Bear's Melody Movement classes or use the trademarks Melody Bear, Melody Movement, Little Bear Feet, Milligan Bear.
Groovy Moves
read moreTip Tap Toe & Groovy Moves is a combined modern and tap syllabus for pre-school children aged 2 to 4 years. The class plan is a journey on Melody Bear's Fun Bus stopping at the Games Stop, the Musical Stop, the Rocket Stop to Planet Groove and more! Groovy Moves songs and exercises include a fun warm-up song 'Shake your leg and twist your hips', a counting song, the 'Star Stretch', musical games, ball dance and 'Make your Move on Planet Groove!' The final stop is Melody Bear's Tip Tap Toe stop for lots of fun tap dance ideas including the 'Boogie Woogie Bend and Bounce', 'Magic Shoes', 'Disco Bears', 'Hawaiian Tap', 'Melody Bear's Cheerleading Song' and 'Line Dance' to name a few.
Student Helper
read moreThis set-up package is available to licensed Melody Movement teachers and is an innovative training programme for student class helpers assisting Melody Bear classes. The set-up package includes guidance notes on how to implement the scheme, sample student file, sample awards and student application forms for submission to Melody Bear HQ. The Melody Movement Student Assistant Development Programme (SADP) is an innovative new training programme and award scheme for your student helpers. It is designed to guide, support and recognise senior students who help in Melody Movement Early Learning dance classes.
Melody Movement Teacher Syllabus
read moreThe Melody Bear programme has been carefully written to fully integrate every aspect of the music, action songs, dances, stories, picture cards or props so that each of these elements contribute to create the whole world of Melody bear. Additional to the resources, guidelines are included on marketing your classes and successfully structuring, sustaining and growing your preschool dance department. Junior Ballet is for the maturing ballet dancer. Melody Movement Early Learning has a choice of five gateway entry levels available to members of the dance teaching profession.
Milligan Bear dances with Melody
read moreMilligan Bear is Melody Bear's best friend. He has his own songs, music, stories and dance themes for boys who love to dance in addition to his own stickers and medals. Visit our 'classes' page to find your nearest class. This extension package is available to licensed Melody Movement teachers. Girls and boys love his energetic theme song. Full details of all our extension packages are available in the MMEL Teacher Resource Catalogue.
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