Montessori Musical Instruments for Toddlers 1-3, 7 Pc Steel Tongue Drum Set | Kalimba, Ocean Drum, Rain Stick, Cymbals for Kids, Tuning Fork, Songbook, no batteries, toddler instruments, girls music toys

The first time a small girl strikes a steel tongue drum, she stops. The note does not clatter and vanish the way a plastic rattle does. It hangs in the air for a few seconds, and she looks up to check whether you heard it too. Inside the pink box are seven real instruments: a tuned steel tongue drum with two mallets, a kalimba, a rain stick, an ocean drum, finger cymbals, a tuning fork and an illustrated songbook. Every tongue on the drum is tuned to one scale, so there is no wrong note to hit. The bodies are solid wood, steel and brass. Nothing is glued and nothing needs a battery. At one she explores sound with her whole palm, which is where it earns its place among montessori toys for 1+ year old hands. Most musical toys for 1 year old are finished by the second birthday; this set is not. Curiosity at two turns the ocean drum and the rain stick into weather she can make herself, and it sits easily among montessori toys for 2 year old shelves. Around three the songbook turns banging into melody, and it is still there among montessori toys for 4 year old collections when the plastic has long gone. We built it for the parent who would rather give one real thing than five that light up. If you are shopping for musical toys for 1 year old girl birthdays, this outlives the wrapping paper. If montessori toys for 2 year old girl shelves are all plastic, here is the alternative. And for musical toys for 2 year old girls who own too much noise, this one lowers the volume. These are sensory toys for toddlers 1-3 that happen to be tuned. Gripping the mallets, tilting the ocean drum and plucking the kalimba build fine motor control, and montessori sensory toys rarely also play in key. Real wood, real steel, real notes. Pink, and made to last from one to six.

• SEVEN REAL INSTRUMENTS, NOT NOISE MAKERS. Most toddler musical instruments are painted plastic and most baby drums are a skin over a hollow box. Every piece in this pink set holds a true note after she lifts her hand.
• SHE CANNOT PLAY A WRONG NOTE. The steel drum is tuned to one scale, so every tongue she hits belongs with the last. Unlike most drums for toddlers 1-3, banging it still comes out as music instead of noise.
• THE SET YOU DO NOT HIDE AFTER BEDTIME. A meditation drum at its heart gives warm tones with a slow decay. The rare corner of quiet toys that is still a real instrument, and her wind down between bath and bed.
• ONE BOX, FROM ONE TO SIX. At one she bangs it, at three she follows the songbook, by six she plays by ear. Most musical toys for toddlers 1-3 are done by the second birthday; these toddler montessori toys are not.
• NOTHING HERE IS A GLUED SHELL WITH BEADS INSIDE. Wooden baby musical toys come apart where the halves meet and painted kids musical instruments chip. Every body here is solid or sealed, so it survives her.
• MADE FOR MOUTHS AS WELL AS HANDS. CPSIA and ASTM F963 compliant, edges rounded and sanded, ocean drum beads sealed inside, water based finish. Baby instruments should be safe to chew, unlike montessori baby toys with glued beads.
• THE PINK GIFT THAT NEEDS NO WRAPPING. Boxed for a first birthday, Christmas or baby shower, and made for the parent who gives one real thing instead of five. A music set for toddlers 1-3 and one of the few girl musical toys to trust.
• CHOSEN BY THERAPY ROOMS AND MUSIC CORNERS. A tone that lasts gives a child time to react, which is why these work as speech therapy toys for toddlers 1-3 and as occupational therapy toys in early years settings.