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If your kids are musically inclined, you may want to bridge their love of toys and tunes.
The Fisher-Price Rockin' Record Player can give your toddlers some hands-on time to harmonize their gross motor skills, their attention and listening skills, and their independence.
Play and development go hand-in-hand. This fun, retro-style toy fosters growth, learning, and self-regulation through open-ended play, unlocking the door to a whole world of imaginative play and creative expression for pre-school kids.
It also encourages self-confidence and independence by letting little ones take control and customize their listening experience.
They can choose from 20 unique songs in five different musical styles, including:
- Kids Classics
- Country
- Pop
- Hip Hop, and
- Mindfulness
The vast musical library helps kids learn about rhyming and wordplay, following directions and movement, numbers, counting and sequencing, kindness, relaxation, affirmations, and more.
This interactive record player (which only plays the toy records, to be clear) has a spinning turntable and a volume knob that's easy for mini maestros to maneuver.
To get the melodies melding, they pick which genre of music they want, slide it out of its decorative sleeve, then choose from the A Side and the B Side, place it on the platter, (the spinning surface), and then slide the arm into position and place it into the groove.
Those who relish in the retro vibes this phonograph provides will appreciate the clicks and pops and white noise as the record gets rotating.
These same people will likely also get a kick out of the attention to detail that went into the design of this player, from the grooves in the records, to the movable tone arm with a "needle" on the end (a kid-friendly soft round stylus, in this case), to the slim and sleek play rack, which allows your tikes to display their vinyl collection in all its glory—which really is fabulous, with a rainbow of vibrant colors and textures that engage the senses and spark imagination.
While the Rockin' Record Player from Fisher Price is rated for ages three and up, our twins got this shortly after they turned 2.5, and they took to it right away, picking their favorite albums to listen and dance to while they rock out to the tunes.
An added bonus is that this record player is much more compact than the ones of yesteryear. It runs on four AA batteries, and at just under eight inches wide and about 3.5 inches tall, it won't take up very much real estate in your home. And it weighs just 1.5 pounds, so it's light enough that your twins can move it around in their play area, if they feel like rearranging their musical set-up.
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Rockin' Record Player by Fisher Price
Interactive Record Player
This is the Rockin' Record Player by Fisher Price. Designed for kids ages three and up, it encourages pre-school pretend play and fosters growth, learning, and self-regulation. It comes with one rotating turntable, five records, and a display rack for their rockin' collection of vinyl.
Unleash their inner DJ
So, let the beat drop and watch as your little ones get into the groove and explore their creative sides. Before you know it, they'll be scratching, mixing, and beat matching like the best of 'em.
And if you're really lucky, you may even draw a teenage mutant ninja audience, like we did.
He went round and round in time with the tunes. I'd have expected that from Raph or Mikey. But Donatello? Now, that's totally righteous.
What retro toys from your childhood would you like to see come back now that you have kids of your own? Let us know in the Comments section below or connect with us on Instagram to share your thoughts!
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