Interactive Cat Piano for Toddlers & Kids

Budding musicians and music lovers can make their own beautiful music or sing along with favorite songs when they play with the B. Meowsic Keyboard. This keyboard entertains kids ages two and up and encourages interactive play with lots of buttons to press and plenty of musical choices for singing, playing, and recording. The Meowsic Keyboard comes with a book of lyrics and a small book of favorite kid quotes posted on the B Quote Gallery.

The B. Meowsic Keyboard provides lots of opportunities for experimenting with music and sounds. Five instrumental sounds (piano, organ, banjo, bells, and a button that plays every note in the key of "meow"), a 20-song playlist, a retractable microphone, and built-in recorder invite your child to discover the joy of musical play. The keyboard also offers five different beat options including rock, blues, samba, techno, and disco for extra fun. Meowsic has clearly been designed with little ones in mind. A simple on/off switch gets things going and an auto shutoff function signaled by a soft "purr" sound helps saves battery power. Kids can speed things up or slow them down with the two medium-size tempo buttons. Volume is easy to control via two buttons right next to the tempo buttons. Another easy-to-find button on the side of the beat paw instantly retracts the microphone.

Our testers really liked the record button, which lets young Mozarts record whatever they play on the keyboard. A play button right next to the record button stops the recording and instantly plays back your child's original tune. One thing our testers discovered, however, is that the record button will not record anything spoken or sung into the microphone, nor will it record any of the beat lines. It's purely for the keyboard. A cat button on top plays seven kitty renditions of popular songs (like "How Much is that Kitty in the Window?" and a feline version of "The 12 Days of Christmas") that invite singing along with the microphone. For even more sing-along fun, press the treble clef button to play 20 pre-recorded tunes like "Bingo," "Beautiful Dreamer," "Hokey Pokey," and "Yankee Doodle." A handy lyric book comes with the keyboard and provides a great opportunity to help build early language skills by teaching young children the words.

Keyboard with four AA batteries installed, function sheet, book of lyrics, and book of quotes. More than a mini piano. It also plays bells, organ, banjo and a silly meowaphone.

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