Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture mashed up (!) with Modest Mussorgsky's Great Gate at Kiev Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Sonata in D for Two Pianos Gioachino Rossini - William Tell Overture Georg Philipp Telemann - Water Music: Harlequinadeīedřich Smetana - The Bartered Bride : Furiant Thanks to help from Classical MPR's Emily Reese and - believe it or not - the Walmart website, here is the list of where my son's favorite 180 seconds of music come from: Luckily, mommy has sick Google skills and an amazing community of Internet moms to turn to in times of need. The song titles and composers should be front and center - especially if I want my baby to know stuff. This strikes me as odd, and missing the mark in terms of an edutainment toy. The toy in question is Baby Einstein's Musical Motion Activity Jumper, and as far as I can tell, there's no information about what those six songs are anywhere, on anything related to the company that makes it. How is he supposed to learn stuff that I can't teach him when he can't even Google things yet? I'm supposed to be teaching him about this world, and it's great that I bought a toy with music that he enjoys, but I don't know what these pieces are. I smile back at him but I feel kind of, well, embarrassed. He pushes the flashing buttons and dances to each one, smiling up at me. Or, rather, I've become well versed in exactly 30 seconds of each of them. However, thanks to one Baby Einstein toy, there are six songs that I've become well versed in. Anything I might have learned about classical music I left behind in grade school. I'm sure you know more than you're giving yourself credit for." It's very sweet of you to say, but that's just not the case. You might read that sentence and say to yourself, "Come on, Courtney. Here's my main problem: I don't know anything about classical music. Sure, sometimes the luster of classical music in our tiny apartment is a little tarnished when a bouncy sonata turns an infant meltdown into a grotesque funhouse, or when just ten seconds of MIDI Beethoven's 5th Symphony conjures scenes from A Clockwork Orange, but on the whole, yeah, it's good. They make things just a little more pleasant and are probably more palatable to my infant son than my previous musical predilections (Misfits, Samhain, Danzig). As it turns out, science still can't agree on whether or not classical music is the big red smarts-switch for all babies, but that hasn't kept what seems like 100% of children's toy companies from including classical music in every piece of plastic possible.Įven if they don't come with an ironclad guarantee of an IQ boost, the classical tunes are a welcome addition around the house. ![]() It might not make my baby cool or funny (whoa, Beethoven superfans, I'm not saying it won't), but a little Mozart, a little Bach? Those would be just the ticket to make any ol' baby the smartest in the room. Cool, funny, and smart stuff.īefore I had a baby - even before I knew a baby was a thing I might ever be interested in putting together - the world had already told me about how to make a baby smart: classical music. If pressed, I guess I'd take any two of those things, but mostly I just want him to know stuff. My ultimate hope for him is that he is smart. Inflated Diomensions: 14.I want him to like all the best things, know all the best things, experience all the best things. Includes Blower with GFCI breaker, stakes, carry bag, and instructions. Weight limit 300lb(3 kids at 100lbs each) Overall dimensions are 14.3’ x 12’ x 9’H Carton weight is 78lbs ![]() Don’t you want to climb about Rocket with us and join us on our next mission Rocket can transform into anything you can imagine. He’s taken us to New York City, Mexico, and even into outer space. Rocket is our best friend who takes us on all our adventures. The inside height is 5 feet of clearance, so this unit is perfect for the little ones ages 3-6 years. Little Einsteins Rocket bouncer comes with a 7x9 foot bounce area and a 3 foot slide. Your children can bounce and play for hours on this fully enclosed Rocket Ship jumper. Mission Control has never been closer with Little Einstein’s Rocket Inflatable Bouncer. ![]() Here comes Rocket! He’s ready to land in your backyard.
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