Hello, I’m Virginia Martin and I run Jo Jingles in Stroud, Cirencester, Swindon, Cheltenham and Gloucester areas (see our class venues for more details of where & when).

I  have been running Jo Jingles classes in Gloucestershire for nearly 10 years. Between myself and my class teach Rosie (Blackwood) we run classes in Stroud, Cirencester, Cheltenham, Bishops Cleeve and Swindon. We are both passionate about the benefits of introducing young children to music and movement and we hope this passion and enthusiasm is evident in our class delivery. 

Jo Jingles classes are run for children between the ages of three months to 5 years and our classes are endorsed by speech therapists, health visitors, educational consultants and government-funded early years organisations.

 The classes are planned specifically with the child's developmental age in mind. We don't expect the impossible from children who attend our classes (yes, bashing a tambourine does count as playing an instrument!). Programmes are carefully written considering educational points as well as lots of fun activities. Our creative music-making classes incorporate singing, movement, playing instruments and listening. Children in the 3 – 4 year age group are still having fun but are being introduced to music as an overall subject, learning about the 4 basic notes, rhythm, pitch, classical music and group work. They often go on to learn a musical instrument at an earlier age because of this.