7.5.2019

I am (or rather my child is) a big fan of Baby Einstein products. Every single one I have rated on Amazon, I have given five stars. Yet while I like this piano a lot, I can't give it five, but only four, because of a few annoying and badly thought out features.SUMMARYGOOD TOUCH TONE EFFECT: The keys don't press, but you just touch them to create a sound. You have one octave, with each key a different colour, so it's good for learning colours as well as for creativity. HOWEVER, the sharps/flats don't work.NICE TONE: Sounds more like a marimba than a piano, but sounds nice.THERE IS AN AUTOPLAY BUTTON: Plays six songs, with excerpts of sheet music provided so (older) kids can play along. HOWEVER,

26.9.2019

Baby Einstein Magic Touch UKULELEBaby Einstein are good interactive toys for kids and are useful for the development of little ones.• The Ukulele is nicely presented in a strong open fronted box. To remove the Ukulele just cut the 3 tie wraps that are holding it in place.• Printed on the box the multi-lingual (English, French, Spanish, German, Italian & Portuguese) information provides all Mum & Dad need to know to operate the toy.• The Ukulele is lovely and colourful and really appeals to the little ones. It is well made, and the only part that could be weak, if the children were a bit too rough, is the four strings.• There are no sharp areas on the Ukulele so little fingers are safe.• It is Battery Operated by 3 x AA Batteries.

27.6.2019

We have had both Hape and Baby Einstein toys and products over the years and this is a lovely blend of the two.The piano itself is beautifully designed, nice and chunky natural wood with bright painted colours on the keys. There are two volume levels along with an off switch. Little plastic feet prevent it from scratching hard wood floors and its reasonably light to move around.The piano comes with colour coded sheet music for your little one to play and each is double sided on flexible plastic to keep them in good condition rather than paper music. A few have mentioned the coloured dots on the music not matching the keys and the two far right purple and dark pink keys show as light purple and

6.5.2019

I have to say I absolutely love the Baby Einstein Piano. Rather than having proper keys to press down, the piano is a flat piece of wood with a stand and colours printed on the wood – the slightest touch will create the sound of the key pressed and I love that rather than just playing single notes, they can just slap it with their hands and play several at once. It has a few different play options – you can insert one of the cards and learn to play the tunes by colour – they are very short but still a bit advanced for my 21 month old. By flicking the switch you can change it so it doesn’t matter what colour is pressed – it will play the tune from the card.

14.10.2019

I love the concept of this possibly a little more than the reality. This Baby Einstein is described as a ‘magic touch curiosity tablet. Although there are a number of press button, musical toys on the market, this is lightweight, travel portable and at £20, is very good value.There are a choice of three languages: French, Spanish and English and an on/off toggle at the top of the toy. It comes with batteries pre-installed (hooray!) and these are simple to replace with the aid of a small screwdriver and 3 x AAA batteries. There is, usefully, a battery indicator at the top of the screen.There are 16 colourful rounded squares in total. They are flush to the surface and are touch sensitive (see video).

13.10.2019

I think this Baby Einstein Xylophone is a fantastic toy, that appeals to older children as well as their younger siblings. As an adult the fun thing is trying to work out what melody you're playing when following the lights - it's not always easy.It's well made and feels sturdy. The xylophone comes with a little mallet to hit the coloured notes but it's just as easy (and fun) to use your fingers.It's a simple idea - it has 2 modes, instructor and freestyle. In instructor mode the lights guide you to the correct notes and you push the Einstein button to play a different song, this is great for older children who want to play tunes. In freestyle mode you create your own tunes and the Einstein button changes the background melody,

2.5.2019

Beautifully crafted from laminated light woods, this touch-sensitive keyboard is a joy to own. Stable, strong, able to stand up to toddlers, yet delightful looking, most appealing to the eye. Batteries are included.Touching the eight primary coloured keys or the five ebony look keys produces really sweet sounds which reverberate attractively. The tone is good, this is a quality 'musical box' as well as 'learn along with' keys. Six different tunes can be played automatically by the insertion of strong plastic tune cards into the front of the toy. These cards also show the notes by colour required to play a snatch of the melody. Spare cards can be stored behind as on a real piano music stand.

15.10.2019

****Please note this review is for a xylophone. There are other reviews on this product page for a play tablet toy.****Sound, lights and banging with a stick...what more does a kid want?This is a really great interactive gizmo. I thought at first that it was all plastic and a very different xylophone to the metal and wood gadget I remember from aeons ago as a kid. But then I realised the keyboard is wood embedded in the plastic framework. It’s kind of the best of both worlds. Modern technology combined with traditional. And it works.It can be used as a keyboard with a range of notes to play, but there are presets to add melodies and sounds and really add to the experience. Lights too,

31.10.2019

The whole family love the huge Baby Einstein range. They really do understand little ones and cater for their needs and their development, and all their products are high quality..This xylophone has integral bars in bright colours on a block of wood. Easy to clean and easy to play with baby's fingers when the controls are in Freestyle mode, or an older child can use the attached wand. Coloured lights indicate which note to play next when your little one begins to follow tunes and the controls are switched to Instructor Mode.A larger button changes the tune (lots of them!) and you can turn volume to high or low. Unlike metal xylophones, none of us found the sound annoying!Apart from the enjoyment this toy will bring,

13.10.2019

This wooden and plastic xylophone is a colourful and sturdy interactive musical toy. I would liken this more to a keyboard than a xylophone though; the surface is completely flat which enables you to run your finger across the keys to emit the full scale of notes. There are 2 volume levels, but there isn’t much difference to be honest. In addition, the keys are very sensitive, a light touch only is required; which makes the attached mallet somewhat redundant. It makes no difference in tone if you use your fingers or the mallet on the keys, but you do get an accompanying loud pounding when using the latter.There are 2 settings. There is a ‘freestyle’ mode which allows you to potter around on the keys.

26.9.2019

The description states this is a wooden toy but it has a completely plastic housing and a sort of wood laminate front. It has 4 strings and two modes with two volume settings and a button you press to change the song. The settings are either it playing music constantly (Twinkle Twinkle, Old MacDonald, Baa Baa Black Sheep, Frere Jaques, Pop Goes the Weasel etc-all the usual nursery rhymes) in a pleasing sort of way. No words, just music. You press the button to move through the songs.The other mode is the freestyle mode which plays real ukelele chords. The volume control is ok although I don't know why they didn't just make 1 setting with the lower volume on it. The strings are robust,

22.10.2019

Multi Language Learning Fun.This is a fun little toy for young children, each press of a button makes a different saying and plays a tune.3 x AAA Batteries are included and fitted in the machine but they will need seating properly before it will work, they are sample batteries and may not last too long.For example pressing the apple button saysApple  One AppleRed AppleThe Apple is CrunchyThere are 16 buttons in all, Apple, Leaves, Fish, Butterflies, Aeroplane, Car, Submarine, Train, Sun, Umbrella, Rainbow, Moon, Octopus, Elephant, Tiger & BirdThere are 2 volume levels on the On/Off switch.There is also a language switch on the top which is great fun to use to introduce different languages to children,

19.10.2019

I’m looking at the Xylophone as this page covers several items.Kids love making a noise and parents hate them making a noise. At least this xylophone has a low volume setting and the noise it makes is somewhat musical. They’re never too young to learn about music. Remember, they may be playing your favourite song but not necessarily in the right order (thank you, Eric Morecombe)!To get them started, the xylophone can play over 30 different melodies all on its own. As it plays, it lights up each key so that they can follow it. Yet again, kids love things that light up and this has a range of colours, one for each note.You can then switch to manual mode where they can play their own tune (earplugs time)!

30.9.2019

This ukulele’s arrival was timed just right as it was my great nephews first birthday. So, I was able to get an immediate response as to its attractiveness and maintaining an interest.He was strumming it straight away even before it was taken out of the packaging. He even started to cry when his dad took it off him just to unpackage it. His face lit up again when it was returned. Switching the unit on and he was jigging to the music. He soon learnt which button started the next tune.There are three controls on the ukulele. One is a slide switch for turning on the unit and also selecting high or low volume. There is another slide switch for manual tunes or automatic play along when the strings are plucked.

28.4.2019

This 'Baby Einstein Magic Touch Piano Musical Toy' is a hybrid wooden and plastic toy, in the form of a toy piano. It doesn't have 'keys' in the usual sense, but a sort of wooden touchpad version, which is quite odd but works well (and reduces the bashing sounds you get when presenting a little 'un with a normal toy piano!). It can be used either as a toy piano or as a music player, as it can play tunes on its own from the special cards (three are included, and they get the toy to play classical tunes, with the option for the child to play the colour-coded notes themselves as they get older). The sound is not quite 'real piano' but it's very good for a toy - my only quibble is that the 'volume'

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