| Toy pianos for children are great for helping their | | | | table top models by Schoenhut that are complete in |
| development, not only musically, but also in their | | | | every detail, including the black keys. The tuning is |
| education in general. Playing the piano, even a toy | | | | perfect and the sound obtained by small hammers |
| piano, helps to promote creativity and also provides | | | | striking carefully crafted and tuned metal rods. This |
| the child with a self confidence that enables him or | | | | type of piano is suitable for preschool toddlers who |
| her to easily interact socially with others. | | | | will have great fun just making a sound. However, |
| There is a wide range of toy pianos online, from the | | | | they will soon begin to recognize that certain keys |
| very small suitable for little toddlers to multi-octave | | | | provide them with certain sounds, and while as yet |
| spinets that are not so much toys as genuine musical | | | | unable to create or even distinguish tunes from |
| instruments. But why a piano? What is it about a | | | | random sounds, will have favorite keys for their |
| piano that is specifically effective in promoting these | | | | favorite sounds. |
| important educational benefits and socially acceptable | | | | Once your toddler is able to knock out the same |
| skills? | | | | sounds consistently with a bit of help from you |
| It is generally accepted that if a child learns how to | | | | perhaps, you might want him or her to graduate to |
| play the piano, and is able to play in front of others, | | | | something a bit bigger to provide them with a bigger |
| her or she will also be more able to stand in front of | | | | challenge. They can have their own 25 key 2 octave |
| others to make a presentation, present an argument | | | | piano with its own little piano stool that will delight |
| and generally be confident in front of a crowd of | | | | them since they no longer need to have their piano |
| people. This is an important social skill that is | | | | on the table. It is free standing, just like |
| frequently ignored in a general school education. In | | | | mom’s or dad’s. |
| addition to that, the hand-eye coordination needed to | | | | That would give them a great boost and make them |
| play helps to develop and enhance motor skills that | | | | feel like they are growing up. If you have any |
| will help the child in other fields such as sports and | | | | aspirations for your child to be musical, then this is |
| the play essential to the development of any child. | | | | the way to go. Impress on them that they have a |
| The development of creativity in a child is also an | | | | musical instrument and not a toy, though this can be |
| important part of development, and young children | | | | hard with a three or four year old! |
| like nothing more than making sounds that they have | | | | However, as they improve, there is no reason why |
| created themselves. Have you ever seen a child | | | | they should not progress to a full three octave |
| banging away on a drum, perfectly contented with | | | | keyboard. With 37 keys, this is probably about as |
| simply making a noise? With a piano, that noise can | | | | much as a young child can handle, but if you |
| have varied tones that provide the child with an | | | | don’t keep your eye on them, they will be |
| opportunity to be truly creative. | | | | trying to get at your full sized upright or even baby |
| If a child is provided with a real musical instrument | | | | grand! |
| that has been designed and built as a child’s | | | | There is no doubt whatsoever, and the vast majority |
| piano rather than as a toy, then this creativity can be | | | | of educational experts agree on it, that introducing a |
| developed even more, since it will produce the same | | | | child to a piano from an early age is very |
| sound every time from the same key, or | | | | advantageous, not only to their future musical |
| combination of keys. This dependability on the sound | | | | abilities, but also to their education and development |
| achieved through specific actions is important to | | | | in general. However, this is particularly true if the |
| children in their learning that the same actions will give | | | | piano is a real working model with consistency in tone |
| the same effects. Consistency in results provides the | | | | and tuning, and more than just a toy. |
| trust in, and understanding of, cause and effect. The | | | | So take that step to give your young son or |
| same actions give the same effects time and time | | | | daughter a push up the ladder. Toy Pianos that were |
| again. | | | | designed just for children are available at under $60 |
| Children’s pianos of all styles are available on | | | | online . |
| the internet, and typical among them are the 18 key | | | | |