🎓Welcome — Playtronica for Education
Music tech for K-12 classrooms. Standards-aligned curriculum, classroom bundles, quotes on request. Quick links to the program landing, quote form, and lesson library.
Playtronica's education program is a separate site at education.playtronica.com (the same content also lives under /education/ on this help center).
The full experience for music teachers, STEAM coordinators, school IT, and procurement officers is on the dedicated landing. This sidebar entry exists so that anyone reading the help center can find their way over.
Quick links
- Music Technology in K-12 Classrooms — The Complete Guide — 28-min comprehensive guide. Lesson design, standards, equipment, classroom management, procurement, accessibility. Start here if you're new to music tech.
- Program landing — hero, classroom sets, FAQ, contact.
- Classroom sets — Single Teacher / Class Pack 10 / Class Pack 30 / District, each quoted on request.
- Institutional quote — POs accepted, W-9 / DPA included on request.
- Standards alignment — NCAS, UK MMC, NGSS, ISTE per lesson.
- Full curriculum library — 15 lessons; 5 free, 10 in the Class Pack bundle.
- Download free Lesson 1 PDF — ready-to-print K-2 lesson on touch and conductivity.
Five sample lessons live now
Browse them below in the sidebar, or jump straight to one:
- Lesson 1 — What is sound? Touch as conductor (K-2, TouchMe, 30 min)
- Lesson 2 — Music from the orchard (3-5, Playtron, 45 min)
- Lesson 3 — The plant that plays itself (3-8, Biotron, 60 min)
- Lesson 4 — Pattern, pulse, sequence (6-8, Orbita, 60 min)
- Lesson 5 — Composing for the body (6-12, TouchMe + patches, 45 min)
Who is this section for?
- Music teachers — five free lesson plans you can teach tomorrow, plus ten more in the bundle.
- STEAM coordinators and makerspace leads — Playtronica's hardware crosses music + science + accessibility + design thinking. Standards-aligned to NCAS, NGSS, and ISTE.
- Principals and procurement — open pricing, W-9 / COI available on request, POs accepted.
- IT admins — plug-and-play USB, no driver installs, no student accounts, no network egress.
Contact
Andrey Manirko (founder) replies to every quote request within 1 business day. Email manirko@playtronica.com with the subject Education — [your school].
Used by music programs at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Stanford d.school, Berklee College of Music, Hochschule für Musik Trossingen, Centre Pompidou, Garage Museum, Filharmonia Opolska, Singapore Ministry of Education, and many others.