Neurosmith - Music Blocks with Mozart Music Cartridge

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Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 4.6 x 10.2 x 16.4 inches ; 4 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 4 pounds
• ASIN: B00000ISE2
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• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #231,147 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (115 customer reviews)

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Editorial Review

A sturdy, radio-like box; five colorful, sensor-controlled blocks; and one of several memory cartridges are included in the Music Blocks Mozart Set. Together, they create a unique learning product for infants and toddlers that has earned several coveted toy awards. The objectives of this developmental toy are simple: to introduce babies to classical music, and to challenge them in identifying sounds and instruments. Before children can even identify the instruments represented by the blocks' symbols (woodwinds, violins, a xylophone, trumpets, human voices, and a percussion ensemble), they will be able to identify sounds and famous refrains by Mozart, such as "Night Music," which is included in this set. Each block activates a segment of the composition, and switching around the blocks creates a new song.

The quality of the sound is impressive. It's stereophonic, rather than synthetic, though it's all created digitally. And, with that said, it's loud. Even at its lowest setting, the sound projects into the next room quite clearly. Included in the box is Music and Your Child's Mind, an informative sourcebook for parents interested in exploring classical music with their developing children. --Diane Beall

Product Description

Give your child the gift of beautiful music with Music Blocks. Research shows that music develops the higher-level cognitive skills necessary for math and reading. Music Blocks gives children an easy way to make beautiful music all on their own, simply by

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52 of 52 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Every Kid can be musical genius, November 2, 2001

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weflyinhi "weflyinhi" (north babylon, ny United States) - See all my reviews

= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Neurosmith - Music Blocks with Mozart Music Cartridge (Toy)

I purchased this toy Xmas of 1999, my son was only 2 months at the time. He loves classical music and I thought that this would be great for him. Well, this has become an all time classic toy for him, my nieces, myself and husband as well as my sister-in-law's favorite toy. The unit comes with the Mozart block. You will get tired of this if you do not purchse any other cartridges(there are so many available now (. . .) You can create your own score to each block over and over again. Each colored block has six shapes on them. Each block and each shape within each block is a different piece of the music or instrument. There are so many different combinations. A child can play for quite some time with this and there creativity will flow. My son gets so proud when he puts a new piece together. We have many of the different cartridges for this so he has a lot of variety.

This is extremely durable too. My son throws the blocks, steps on the unit, throws the cartridges, you name it and it plays every time.

There is 2 volume levels. The loud is very loud and the low is still somewhat loud, but tolerable.

I highly recommend this creative toy to anyone. The recommended age is 2 and up, but a smaller child can play very well with it as well. My son has been playing with it since he was under 1 and has loved it ever since. It is just nice to see how excited they get when they make the whole piece play. A child will be using his creativity to play with this toy.

65 of 67 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Musical 2-Yr.-Old Finds It Boring, March 17, 2001

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Kevin Barrack (San Mateo, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:3.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:2.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:2.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Neurosmith - Music Blocks with Mozart Music Cartridge (Toy)

My son is 2-and-a-half-years old, and has had this toy for 6 months. Except for a couple 5-minute trials when he first got this toy, he has never played with it. This surprised me because my son loves music. He loves listening to all kinds of music on CD, loves musical videos from the Wiggles to Sesame Street, and enjoys playing on the piano and drums.

But as I said, the musical blocks didn't interest him at all, perhaps because they seem so simplistic. Although each block can be positioned in 3 ways to make 3 different sounds, and the blocks can be placed in different locations to change the order that the parts play, it just doesn't seem that challenging or interesting to my son. In my opinion, the options for creativity are too linear with this toy.

Another down side of this toy is that it requires the blocks to remain clean and dry, which is a challenge at times. My 7-month-old daughter LOVES to chew the blocks when she can sneak them in her mouth. It is also easy to lose the blocks, thereby rendering the toy useless.

Overall, this toy seems less educational than just listening to a music cd (which is cheaper than one cartridge, and contains about an hour more music). It is less fun for my son than just playing on a piano (or cheap keyboard), and it is a fairly delicate device that can be essentially ruined by losing one 2" block. How many 2" toys have been lost in your house in the last couple years?

If your kid loves to dance, this toy may be frustrating, due to the short length of the musical selections (only 4 seconds per block, less than 30 seconds total).

47 of 47 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The limit is not 5 years old!, November 28, 2000

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Wayne Cease - See all my reviews

= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Neurosmith - Music Blocks with Mozart Music Cartridge (Toy)

We got one of these for our two year old. I thought my wife was going to wear it out before it was wrapped-up! We have a 2, 4 and 9 year old, and they all love it. They all play with it in different ways. It's so flexible that it is entertaining for each of the kids (and for Mom and Dad too).

The other cartridges are nice, but not an absolute necessity. You'll probably want at least one more though, for some more variety. We have two and are getting a third for the 2 year old for christmas, but I think my wife might be getting it for herself. :)