I play multiple woodwinds, including recorder. Kids aren’t taught how to play it right and the recorders they give the kids are kinda junky so they sound bad. The recorder is a quiet instrument, one doesn’t “blow” through it, they touch it to their lips and exhale, least amount of air to sound the note is always the right way to play it, it fell out of favor because it’s dynamic range is so limited.
This one is one of the best, and I’ve tried nearly all of them since they are so cheap:
https://earlymusicshop.com/products/mollenhauer-prima-soprano-recorder-in-blue-plastic-and-pearwood
Recorder is a gateway to other woodwinds, flute, saxophone, and clarinet, in particular.
I would suggest feeding wet food exclusively if you can. One of the biggest issue with cats are kidney problems from eating dry foods, especially as the cat ages. Fancy feast original pate are somewhat affordable and decently nutritious, but if you can’t afford that, even canned friskies is good, try to stick to original pates, they have less fillers.
One of my cats refuses to eat wet food, so I feed her Wysong Epigen 90 dog/cat food. It’s a very good food, and not horribly expensive.