Product Description

With this just-for-Baby piano, LeapFrog offers classical piano play with light-up keys and leveled learning that advances as baby learns and grows. Three learning screens let Baby choose the level that matches his abilities and interests.

Six months: "Make a Melody" develops eye-tracking trough twinkling lights that respond as baby presses piano keys and hears nursery rhymes. Baby sees Tad's smile and twinkling lights, and hears five instrumental nursery rhymes that play when any key is pressed. Encourages visual development. Introduces cause and effect and nursery rhymes.

Nine months: "Musical Rainbow" introduces colors and five musical instruments. Each key press is rewarded with lights, color names and instrumental riffs and rhythms. Baby sees a fan of bright colors, musical instruments and light-up color keys. Baby hears colors and five instrument names.

Requires 3 "AA" batteries, included. Measures approximately 10" x 10.5".

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #59722 in Toys & Games
• Brand: LeapFrog
• Model: 10201
• Released on: 2006-06-12
• Dimensions: 10.70" h x 10.10" w x 4.90" l, 1.90 pounds

Features

• 6 months - 3 years

From the Manufacturer
Classical piano play with light-up keys, plus leveled learning advances as baby learns and grows. 3 Learning Screens let you choose the level that matches your baby's abilities and interests! 6 months+ Make a Melody: Develops eye tracking trough twinkling lights that respond as baby presses piano keys and hears nursery rhymes. Baby sees Tad's smile and twinkling lights. Baby hears 5 instrumental nursery rhymes that play when any key is pressed. Encourages visual development. Introduces cause and effect and nursery rhymes. 9 months+ Musical Rainbow: Introduces colors and 5 musical instruments. Each key press is rewarded with lights, color names, and instrumental riffs and rhythms. Baby sees a fan of bright colors, musical instruments and light-up color keys. Baby hears colors and 5 instrument names, instrumental riffs and musical patterns. Encourages language development. Introduces colors, instrument names and sounds and matching concepts. 12 months+ Count & Sing Animals: Introduces counting, number-object correlation, and animal names and sounds through the fun count-along songs. Baby sees count-along farm animals. Baby hears numbers, animal names and sounds and sing-along counting songs. Encourages counting and number-object correlation. Introduces animal names and sounds.

Customer Reviews

LeapFrog????
LeapFrog! This is so unlike you!! I give this two stars because the piano lights up and is a nice size. My disappointment comes from my children ages 5 months; 18 months; 3 years. The piano comes with little half circle discs. You need these discs to have the piano play different songs or hear different things. Disc 1(Stage 1)the child can hit "play" the piano along to a song(s). It sounds like bubbles playing. Disc 2 (Stage 2) It names the colors with an instument and plays a song. Disc 3 (stage 3)has counting with animals and plays a song.
Notice I keep saying "discs". There are only three. The piano does light up/play without the disc...but that is it. The age says 6 mo-3 years. The baby just drooled and accidentally hit this toy. This piano is more for a toddler. The problem with that is the toddler thinks it is crazy to keep the disc in the piano and almost impossible for them to do it themselves. The best example I can give--it is like having a toddler put in viewmaster discs. It just takes too much coordination. (plus a toddler likes to "take" the little discs to secret hiding places) My three year old liked the discs/piano for a 1-2 time play session. It is very repetative and unimaginative. Really...an xylophone piano is a much better purchase. It is noisy (which they all like)...it is cheaper...and it doesn't take batteries.
LeapFrog is usually so much better. They typically make really age appropriate toys. Not in this case.

A Parent/Child Interaction Toy
It was a Christmas present for my 16-month old, and he certainly does enjoy it. It's much more rewarding for him when we "share" the toy with him. There is a level of complexity to the Learning Piano that is well beyond him. As is, the keys makes sounds and flash, and he enjoys them. To get the most mileage out of it requires changing three half-circled discs. By doing so you change the sounds that are produced on the keyboard.

For a 16 month old this present's a couple of challenges. First, and foremost is that he doesn't grasp the idea of the discs, their purpose and what happens when you switch them. To him it is all lights, sounds and music. The second challenge, and accepting that their are child geniuses in the world, is the whole manual dexterity issue. Even if my boy understood the concept of the disc's, I am not certain that he could actually change them himself. It requires pulling them out and placing the one you want into a slot. Tough stuff for someone his age. Perhaps at the age of three this would work, but my 3 and a half year old isn't too interested in this type of toy anymore.

With that said, when he and I sit down and "share" the toy, it provides for a wonderful interaction with my son. He enjoys it more fully (as do I), when we play with it together. As a stand alone, it flashes and makes sounds.

What a Great Little Toy
Leap frog has once again shown us a better way to improve our children's learning with the Leap stages Learning Piano. How better to start than with their own piano, learning sounds and colors with this easy to use play toy. They can have fun while teaching their brain things they need to grow up. What a great little toy.