What age child can blow into recorder?

[Goostacean]

Can’t find any info online: at what age would you expect a child to be able to consistently blow a note on a recorder? I don’t mean a specific note, I mean generally any note rather than just a dud noise.

To just blow into it, by 3 I reckon. To hold a note requires a level of finger dexterity to cover the holes snugly, so at a minimum I wouldn’t expect many to manage that before 6 or so.

Certainly at 3. My DS had a saxoflute toy for his 3rd birthday and I sent a video of him
tooting it to his Auntie as revenge.

This thread had made me smile! Most of us have given you completely useless information
The correct answer should be...don’t give a 13 month old access to a recorder. It may be developmentally fine, but the resulting sound will be painful.

At 7 DD had distinction in Grade 1 Recorder (having done Pre Grade 1 the year before) so could play beautifully at age 6

5 was when it started to sound good - she plays the flute now

@Ritasueandbobtoo9

No child would be doing this in my house - awful noise.

I burst out laughing reading this. It's so true. My mum threw mine in the bin when I was at primary.

@Ritasueandbobtoo9

No child would be doing this in my house - awful noise.

Yep, I've been avoiding it too! MiL offered to buy one for DS (4) for Christmas; I politely declined as I didn't think he was ready to produce any tolerable sound with it. On our Christmas day family Skype, I spotted DN (3) merrily tooting away on one - glad I dodged that bullet!

The day your child’s teacher decides they hate all parents.

Some children blow out their first birthday candle. They can blow a bubble and therefore a whistle or recorder. Blowing up a balloon much later about 3-4.

Lots of schools start recorder lessons from age 4 to 5.

Blowing around 1 but starting to use fingers to form a note about 4.

I can, sadly, bear witness that 31 6 year olds can in a school 'concert'

13month dd2 likes tooting away on a recorder, and has for a month or so. She’s started blowing on her food to cool it down too which is very cute. Both copying 5yo big sister.

Now if only she would say anything other than “Eh!” And leave us to interpret, i would be more patient with the noise.

My baby could blow into a toy horn and produce a sound at 7 months. I showed him a couple of times then had him try. Nothing. I left the horn in his crib and next day I heard the sound of the horn on the baby monitor one morning. From then on , he’d do it all the time and even twirl the spinner on the horn while blowing into it.

Mine could blow into a recorder/tin whistle/harmonica from toddler age (2ish) and get a noise out.

The 7 year old is quite good on the harmonica now - just a cheap toy one from tiger.

About 16 months for blowing food/recorder/bubbles inconsistently for mine.

They love banging on the piano too but my three year old is much more 'tuneful' already than the one year old