Tappy Toes expands its award winning franchise to Dubai

The multi-award winning UK pre-school children’s activity provider, Tappy Toes, is expanding overseas and launching in Dubai, United Arab Emirates this September.

Tappy Toes music, movement and dance classes are for babies and children aged from six months to f ive years old. The sessions suppor t child development, building f ine motor skills, conf idence, posture, co-ordination and social skills through class activities.

The sessions also follow the UK early years foundation stage framework that focuses on encouraging children to speak out in class and share ideas to develop the skills they need to be the decision makers of the future

Claire Munday, founder and chief executive of Tappy Toes, said: “I have been teaching these classes for 20 years and have seen how valuable this life skill is for children and how it helps them to prog ress in education

“We encourage the children not to be afraid to express their opinions By getting them used to doing this at a young age, it becomes par t of who they are, leading to more conf idence and the understanding that their voice matters These are all skills that will prove invaluable as they move through schools and university and even into the workplace ”

Munday launched her franchise model 10 years ago and cur rently there are 30 Tappy Toes franchises across the UK The brand is well received by parents and has achieved f ive-star reviews

The class activities are based around children’s development as Munday explains: “The str ucture of the classes and the use of props within them, help children to develop many different skills such as sharing and teamwork

“Most impor tantly, the children have lots of fun and although they are developing their speaking and listening skills, they are also encouraged to par ticipate in a g roup setting, building their social skills and g rowing their conf idence.”

Tippy Toes Dubai is owned by Paisley McGlashan, who opened her franchise with a soft launch and trial sessions in

August before its off icial September launch McGlashan, is originally from York and after g raduating from university in the UK, she taught dance to children while working at a U.S. summer camp, before moving to Los Angeles to spend 12 years working in the media After meeting her husband, the couple relocated to Dubai in 2016 and now have a child, Jaxon

McGlashan discovered the benef its of Tappy Toes after str uggling to f ind a dance class that suited her child, she explains: “My love of dance f irst attracted me to Tappy Toes and to combine that with something I can do with my four-year-old little boy was a real bonus. I have str uggled in the past to f ind a dance and movement class that has something for ever yone (parents included), and Tappy Toes offers that

“I f ir mly believe things come to you when they are supposed to and children’s dance is something I have thought about doing for a long time. It is an absolute honour to bring this incredible brand to the city ”

Tappy Toes says families in Dubai can expect to f ind a safe space for children to play, lear n and g row and most impor tantly have fun with friends, new and old.

McGlashan added: “I am excited to see more children and parents enjoy music and dance and to bring an established and award-winning product to the region I’m committed to creating an established, tr usted and recognised brand within Dubai that people want to come back to and tell their friends about ”

Tappy Toes was established in the UK in 2005 and has won several awards including Best Franchise of the Year in the WorkBuzz Best Franchise Awards and for the last two years has been an award winner in the What’s On 4 Kids National Children’s Activities Awards

Tappy Toes says it works with P&O Cr uises on-board its Car nival Cr uise lines providing teachers to enter tain the young under f ive-year-old passengers

The franchisor has fur ther expansion plans for Tappy Toes in Sharjah, Abu

Dhabi, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and fur ther af ield, for potential franchisees who have a love of working with children in a creative environment n claire@tappytoes.com www.tappytoes.com/franchise