Friday's episode of The Man Show Live featured a PLAYZ Piano made for kids.
Our overall opinion of the PLAYZ Piano was that it was a bit simple for kids over 5 years old and maybe not dynamic enough for kids to learn about electronics.
It was one of the more expensive toys during STEM week at around $35 which could have bought a little more education in other items.
The white keys did play, but the black keys were only part of the case and decoration only, so as far as a piano, it missed the mark and is not a good learning tool for music.
It can be a fun toy for a 3 year old, but at that age, the chance of them wiring it up is slim.
We could not really find any good points about the PLAYZ Electric Piano, in fact we all agreed that it was going to keep a kid busy for about one day and they would never use it again.
If you are considering buying the piano, look at throwing a couple extra bucks in and getting an actual keyboard for under $50 that plays like the real thing.
If you want your kids to learn about electronics, this wont do much, wont let them be too creative and why did they mix a piano with electronics? Your guess is as good as ours.
We did get it to play and I am sure you could make some unique sounds but any keyboard can do that.
We found the keyboard below online for $20 which is a real keyboard and would be a much better investment in teaching kids music.
As for electronics at the same $35 price point, you can get multiple electronic projects that would be much more fulfilling for children like the kits shown below.
It is always important to remember that kids need to be challenged and stimulated. But they get stimulated from being successful, not from easy simple toys that bore them after a couple hours.
Both of the suggestions we mentioned were no more expensive than the PLAYZ Piano and would keep children busy for days on end as they learn and build day after day on what they learned the day before.
We thought the piano was going to be cool, it was not. It was marketed under the premise of STEM, but parents should not look for items that say they are STEM, because STEM is part of every day life and every day projects can be found cheaper.
Our best advice is to buy kits that let kids build their own toys, so when they complete it, they have a sense of accomplishment and pride when they play with it.
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