Now that my kiddo is 15 months, I have a lot of toys around. My family thinks, because I am a music teacher, I want ALL the musical baby toys. Some are awesome for Henry and some of them, I have found, are AWESOME for all ages and I want to bring them into my classroom for centers, whole class learning and more.
Here are 2 of my favorites- that don't even look TOO toddler-y so I think they would be an easy sell to the kids.
Munchkin Music Cube
Wow- I LOVE this cube (and so does Henry). It is a 6 sided instrument cube. The sides are Orchestra, French Horn, Flute, Violin, Harp, and Piano. When you touch a side, that instrument plays a Mozart Song. If you touch two sides- both instruments play. You can start and stop a side at any moment to hear different arrangements of the Mozart Songs. If you want to hear the whole orchestra, you can touch all the instruments OR just touch the orchestra side. It is so fun to hear the instruments isolated and then in different groupings. Very cool for teaching instruments of the orchestra, texture and more.
Giant Step and Play Piano
This one I saw at a friends house and really wish I had my own. I love that you can play around and then record and playback your composition. This would be awesome for centers on orchestral instruments, texture, and even solfege and rhythm.
Description from the Target Website:
This GIANT vinyl keyboard provides hours and hours of big musical fun! It features 8 instrument sounds and 4 different play modes, including a demo mode. Choose from piano, saxophone, violin, accordion, trumpet, harp, xylophone, and guitar sounds to create your own musical masterpiece. Test the sounds in Play mode, then record your tune and use the playback feature to share it with family and friends!
Do you have any favorite toys that you use in your music room?
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