Our son has always loved music. Even during his early months of colic, music offered some relief from the crying. So when we discovered the Little Tikes Jam N Play MP3 Player, a mock toy MP3 player just for toddlers, we knew we had to try it for our son. The Little Tikes Jam N Play MP3 Player is a plastic pretend MP3 player made just for toddlers.
The Little Tikes Jam N Play MP3 Player is a brightly colored plastic toy with a neck strap for carrying and a set of headphones. The working music player offers 21 toddler-friendly tunes for your child’s listening pleasure. Some of the songs have lyrics and some are instrumental. The tunes on the Little Tikes Jam N Play MP3 Player include such classics as Mary Had a Little Lamb, Skip to My Lou, and other nursery rhyme and classic songs for young children.
The buttons on the Little Tikes Jam N Play MP3 Player are easy to master for little hands. Our 2 ½ year old is able to manipulate the play and stop buttons with no trouble. He remembers which buttons play and stop the music by the shapes drawn on them. The Little Tikes Jam N Play MP3 Player is lightweight and easily carried. The headphones of the Little Tikes Jam N Play MP3 Player are just the right size for toddler ears.
There are a few drawbacks to the Little Tikes Jam N Play MP3 Player. First of all, the strap that allows your toddler to wear the Little Tikes Jam N Play MP3 Player around his or her neck does not fit over the head. It has to be opened and snapped shut. Young hands could never manipulate this alone. Also, the volume of the Little Tikes Jam N Play MP3 Player gets rather loud-much too loud for young ears. The volume on the Little Tikes Jam N Play MP3 Player really should not be able to go as high as it does.
The Little Tikes Jam N Play MP3 Player sells for about $18.99 and be found at a variety of retailers both online and in stores. The product requires two AAA batteries to operate.
Overall, despite a few drawbacks, I give the Little Tikes Jam N Play MP3 Player four out of five stars as a fun toddler toy. Our son has been walking around the house for days wearing his little headphones of the Little Tikes Jam N Play MP3 Player. The songs are all excellent for learning and the look of the Little Tikes Jam N Play MP3 Player allows your child to feel grown-up and to imitate Mommy or Daddy. Since he is unable to control the volume on his Little Tikes Jam N Play MP3 Player we will continue to use this fun modeling toy.