hand2mind DIY Music Maker Science Lab, Build Your Own Instrument Ocean Drum, Pan Flute, STEM Music Toy, Science of Sound Kit, Kids Creative Activities Kits, at Home Science Experiments

We really like science kits. I would much prefer them doing something than watching something. Science is such an important subject, and I really like that they can learn about it.It is nice because they can spend the time doing it. They are excited when they make something themselves. They love to make new discoveries.This is a great activity for a rainy day or a day when your child is sick or when you are just stuck at home. It is a good way to keep a child busy.I thought it was age appropriate. It wasn’t too hard. The children really liked how it turned out.I feel like this is good for child development. It kept my children's interest. It would also make a nice gift.I would recommend it.

This is a cute set. It was easy for me to let my daughter do it on her own. It is very simple and everything you need.The book is simple, easy to follow instructions and a story.I like that everything can store in the box. I don't see this as something she will play with a much going forward. And the kit too very little time to go thru all of the instruments.For that reason, I took away a star. It is priced too high for a one afternoon toy/kit. It is very cute, but we get a lot of kits and they often have several projects that would each take an hour or so

Our 1st grader LOVED this kit. He was able to assemble the instruments from start to finish, independently. We read the book that comes with it together and it is an e cells that resource. The book explains the physics of sounds and how the instruments work. It also teaches the categories of instruments and how they are classified. The kit makes 3 instruments: a ocean drum (my son’s favorite), a pan flute, and a box guitar. They have held up for 6 months of frequent use. I am actually amazed at how often he will go grab one of his instruments to play. This is a great STEM/Music project and I would gladly recommend it to anyone with a young learner.

I am a music teacher, so I was very excited to see this product! I expected the book that came with it to be a standard 3 page overview of how instruments work, but it's not! The book was probably my favorite part. It explains some basic physics of sounds, as well as types of instruments and how they are categorized. My daughters loved making the three instruments (pan flute, ocean drum, and box guitar) and they are actually pretty good quality! The pan flute was my favorite, it was easy to make and fun to play. The instruments are all easy to make and the directions are clear. I liked that the book also suggested experiments to try with your instruments. Overall, this is a great toy for any kid to learn more about music and science!

Yep kept him busy for a while. . its kinda cheap but it served it purpose to teach and keep busy. Now i know why its been so long keeping him busy. Parts are missing cant make any complete instruments. very disappointing and he really was trying to find glue and replacement parts to show me.

With current events keeping our kids home from school, we’ve been looking around for fun activities to do with them that include learning goals as well. With a 5 and a seven year old, we wanted activities that they could do together. The hand2mind DIY Music Maker Science set fit the bill despite some issues I have with it.In the box you get a storybook guide with a read aloud story at the beginning followed by a set of activities that relate to it, a separate book with 3 language translation of the first book, and three instruments to assemble (a box guitar, a pan flute and a tambourine rattle). The book activities include assembling the instruments included in the set and then producing sounds with them. It also has a couple pages about making music with water filled glasses.While my initial impression of this set was pretty good, on closer look, I was a little disappointed. I didn’t really care for the story included in the guide. It was poorly written and had no real structure or narrative and what was there didn’t present the concepts well. In addition, it makes reference to making paper kazoos, which would be fine, except that building kazoos are not part of this kit.In the end, the pictures were nice but the scatterdash presentation of sound concepts combined with a lack of a coherent narrative led to it not holding the attention of my kids so that the limited information it provided didn’t really sink in. The creators could learn from Magic School Bus, a series that expertly weaves a story with learning about real science. It’s a real disappointment because the rest of the set is pretty solid.In the end, I took it on myself to demonstrate the concept of sound waves by using a jump rope that we waved around at different speeds so the kids could actually see the concept. Later I used a large speaker with songs of different timbers so the kids could feel the difference in the vibrations between high and low notes. I used simple explanation at the age level this set is aimed at and did a far better job presenting them on my own than the story section did. That alone kills some of the value of this set.The guide for experiments is quite a bit better than the story. It explains how to make the instruments, then provides simple explanations of how they make sound and how to change the sounds they make. It presents the concepts well enough and the instructions are easy for kids to follow.The instruments themselves are fun with the exception of the guitar. The guitar is a cardboard box with a wooden bridge and rubber bands. The rubber bands are all the same size and not tight enough. The variations between the strings aren’t enough with the stretchy rubber to make the notes very distinctive. In the end, you end up with them all sounding like they’re at the same pitch. Really disappointing. If they had used different length rubber bands, it would have been far more effective.The other instruments are better. The tambourine is a hollow canteen-like container that you put beads into and the flute is a series of pipes that the kids need to assemble. As the different instruments are constructed, the guide presents concepts such as infrasound, ultrasound, pitch, volume, decibels, echoes and volume.Bottom Line:This is a fairly simplistic intro to the concepts of sound for younger kids in the kindergarten through 1st grade range. It is hampered by a storybook that is poorly presented and written, but does a pretty good job explaining basic concepts of sound in the guide section once you start building and using the instruments. The instruments, aside from the rather crappy guitar, work just fine and the kids enjoyed playing with them.Overall, my kids enjoyed doing it and learned a bit as well. Of course, given that Dad was forced to supplement the weak source material to help my kids visualize the concepts better, I definitely think there is a lot room to improve this product.