Comment on Have we been getting children’s playthings all wrong?Comments−quickthrower23yA xylophone is just a fun toy. Claiming it is a conspiracy to educate your kids more is a bit silly. And so are a lot of the digs at various toys.−LordHeini3yI had one when i was 6 or so.While it was somewhat fun it was best in combination with a cassette deck to record the random noise to make an even worse cacophony.I learned nothing from it and at some point it disappeared, probably due to my annoyed parents and/or the many note bricks i had lost over time.I had a Glockenspiel as well and tried to make something from Lego to play it automatically when i was a bit older.The sound of these "instruments" is still ingrained in my ears and they bleed a little from the memories.
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A xylophone is just a fun toy. Claiming it is a conspiracy to educate your kids more is a bit silly. And so are a lot of the digs at various toys.
I had one when i was 6 or so.
While it was somewhat fun it was best in combination with a cassette deck to record the random noise to make an even worse cacophony.
I learned nothing from it and at some point it disappeared, probably due to my annoyed parents and/or the many note bricks i had lost over time.
I had a Glockenspiel as well and tried to make something from Lego to play it automatically when i was a bit older.
The sound of these "instruments" is still ingrained in my ears and they bleed a little from the memories.