I POD, MP3 Help!!

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There is a product called MP3 player that is very similar to the Ipod but is a lot more economical. You can find them at WalMart, Best Buy, etc. They even have ear phones so they can enjoy the music but you won't have to be bothered by it. My granddaughters have them and they really enjoy them. Hope you have success in finding a good buy . My granddaughter was six when she got her MP3 player. They are easy to use. We have two girls and boy as well and my husband traveled a lot while our children were growing up so I understand how much you value your family time together.

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You know they have the I-Pod shuffle and it only runs around 46.00 dollars. Actually Walmart had them attached to a set of PJ for boys. I got one for my daughter a few years back and she liked it. She is now 9 and wants the I-Pod that downloads videos. The shuffle is a good I-Pod to start with
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Last year for my son's 7th birthday we bought him an MP3 player. It is made for kids and you shake it to switch songs. He loved it and still does, except he now wants an I-Pod. You can actually get a good deal on them on e-bay. I went on line this morning and they had some going for about 30-40 dollars.
Good Luck in your search.

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I went into Toysrus the other day and they had alot of different things to play music on or download that was way cheaper than an ipod they even had charector themes.These are sold all in the electronics dept. of the store

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I'd get her an iPod Shuffle - it's tiny, clips onto a shirt or jacket so it's hard to lose, has only one button to use, is easy to upload lot of Hannah Montana music onto and is only about $47 at WalMart. You can't get much easier/cheaper than that! Good luck!

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Don't underestimate her. Our five-year-old got an ipod for her fifth birthday and manages it just fine.
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I saw on the Wal-Mart website that they have a "special" on the SanDisk MP3 player, it is 8 GB and it had a FM radio with it, something that I wish I had on my MP3 player. Anyway, the MP3 player was on special for something like $89.00, which is a great deal for a 8 GB, which she probably won't be able to fill.

our 12 y.o. is still using the Creative Zen mp3 player that he got for Christmas 3 years ago! It's held up beautifully, never ever a single problem with it. Easy to load music, easy to operate. By contrast, my nieces/nephews have Ipods & they've repeatedly "frozen" & had to be reset by the store.

& the best part is that Creative's brand is sooo much cheaper! & they have an excellent website/other products.

my kids are 16, 13, and 8 and are perfectly content with the 1 and 2 gig mp3 players. My son got one when he was 7 and was around 30.00 and he is perfectly content with his. The 1 gig holds 25 songs. We download them for him but he is able to use it just fine.

My oldest got a 4 gig now but is still deciding whether he wants to spend the money for the ipod as he isn't sure it is worth the extra money when he can plug his into the car or his stereo and is just as content with the cheaper ones and it charges by plugging into any usb device.

I would say for a 6 year old that any of them would be good. We started with the ones that take 1 AA battery and now they have moved up to the rechargable mp3 players that charge by usb port on the computer. I would recommend the rechargeable as I had to constantly keep batteries on hand.

Disney makes one.I can't think of what the name is right now.They have disney pics on them (my 5 year old has a tinkerbell one.)Anyway they are extremely easy to download music on which you can buy disks that already has disney music on it,download off disney's website or we just found free sites and did it that way.I have never put music on one if that says anything.They are not very pricey,I think I paid $50.They have them at Toys R Us and Target.

Last Christmas I got my 6 year old daughter a mp3 player, it eneded up going back! We replaced it with the Ipod shuffle, very simple to download music on and for her to work. She is 7 this year and still loves it and takes it everywhere with her!!

We got my 6 year old a Disney MixMax last year for Christmas. She loves it. She can listen to the songs that we downloaded for her or you can buy cards to go in it that have Disney music already on it. It also plays movies that can be purchused on the cards. If you want to spend a little less, there is the Disney mix. It is the same as the MixMax but does not have the video screen. My 4 year old loves his. Hope this helps.

Hello. A few years ago we got our, then 7 year old, a ScanDisk Sansa Shaker MP3. It is very easy to use and durable. There are very few buttons and you just shake it to make the next song start. There is no display since it is quite simple. We love it.

I agree with Jayme, the Sansa Shaker is awesome, we got them for Christmas for our 9 and 10 year olds a few years ago.

Mp3 would be better like a one gig because and ipods are over a hundred forty seven dollars and mp3 players average anywhere from fifty dollars or more. I hope this helps and I would tell her when she is closer to an older teenager then maybe she can get an ipod. I own one and I've had it almost a year and it was well worth it for me. I keep it in an old glasses case to prevent it from getting broke.

I think the cost is more an issue than her figuring it out. Kids are technologically brilliant these days. My boss got an iPhone and his 7 year old son figured it out before he did. :) An iPod shuffle or a generic MP3 player should have enough memory for her music library. Good luck!

My 15 year old daughter suggests a portable CD player and some CD's. At Walmart in the children's section, they have an MP3 type player for young children that is reasonably priced.

Hi K.:
I didn't want to pay the prices that iPods are these days, so I went to Best Buy and bought an MP3 player-name brand Insignia. It is fairly simple to use, but you may need to be the judge at how easy it will be for your daughter. Depending on the memory size you get, you can also put movies on it for her to watch. I would try Best Buy or Toys R Us to see if they have something similar to what she could manage. I don't know about everyone else, but to me, the attraction to iPod is the brand and flashiness-you can find something that does the same thing at a much better price. Good luck!

My husband bought me an ipod shuffle last Christmas, and this year when my daughter turned 7, my dad bought her the mp3 player for kids. In my opinion, the ipod is MUCH simpler to use and download songs for. Part of it is because my computer isn't completely up to date with software, and maybe part of it is just because I had the ipod first, and got used to it. To me, the ipod software is easier too. I just got the Wal-Mart Christmas book, and the ipod is about $20 more than what we paid for the mp3.

Walmart and Best Buy and places like that have some very nice, easy to use mp3 players and you can get a nice one for around 30-40 dollars. My suggestion is to get one that shows the song. My daughters picked one that did and one that didn't and the one wishes she had gotten one that has that feature. With MP3's you can put any music on your computer on it.

Disney makes them, and makes a Hannah Montana one, we bought three of these last year, my son who is adhd and my very active daughters still have them and listen to them all the time, very easy to use and charge off the computer! They were not very expensive, and have held up through ALOT!
They sell at Target, and toys r us. Wal mart did not carry them last year, I think i ordered Hannah montana off the toys r us website. Have fun!!

I got mine the ipod shuffle when it was on sale. It is really easy for her to use and now I don't have to listen to the same song over and over and over...My DD is 6 1/2 but she has had the ipod for a few months now.