Montessori Object Permanence Box with Tray and Ball Review

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Great product!!! My 8 months old daughter loves to play with the permanent box. I got it about a month ago and her eye/hand coordination has gotten better.

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This product is very sturdy and my 8 month loves it. When he is done playing with the permanence box, he will crawl around with the ball in his hand. I would recommend this object permanence box over any others.

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I demonstrated how this works to my 5-month-old every day for months. Just once a day. I left it where she could reach it.

Eventually, she started showing interest. The challenges for her are to close her hand around the ball without it jumping away, and releasing it after it's already partly through the hole.

The most she has ever done it is 5 times at one sitting. It's simply not that interesting to her.

But, she has favored developing her gross motor skills, such as walking and crawling, so I should not be surprised.

This works well with a wooden ball as well. It has a more satisfying sound.

One tip: to get her interested in putting the ball in the hole instead of her mouth, I used to poke my fingers up through the hole. This called her attention to the hole. She enjoyed seeing my fingers move and feeling them.

Until your baby is sitting up comfortably, they probably will not be able to use this toy. Even after they are sitting up, it's awkward to know what position to put them in so they can access the top hole and the exit hole easily. I found myself rotating the toy to give them easy access. Once they are bigger, then they figure it out for themselves.

The product arrived with a small piece of wood/plastic loose. I threw it out, then I realized it was the piece that should be glued to the inside to deflect the ball to the exit hole. It works fine anyway. That's why it looses a star. But overall, I'm happy for the price vs. Neinhus product.

It's really hard for me to tell if this product is made from wood or plastic that looks like wood. But for the price and how often it's used, that's fine with me. This is for home use.

The Juliana Group has this product with a slightly modified design. You may want to check it out. It's about $60. If I was in the classroom, I'd choose Juliana.

Because this is such a single-purpose toy, it's hard to know if it's a good buy, or if it's better to buy the ones with multiple hole shapes, or one for each shape. I decided to go for this one because it's the simples of these types of toys. Then for the next step up, I got the similar box that comes with different tops that slide in and out. Each top has different shapes. The shapes fall into a drawer that pulls out. It works OK.

If money was no object, I would buy single-purpose boxes like this one for each shape. They are more sturdy and it's easier to concentrate on the task at hand.

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I bought this toy for my grand daughter when she was just under 7 months. It was interesting to observe that she showed no understanding of putting the all in the hole at first, but loved to watch me do it. As her brain developed further in just a few months I watched her suddenly know how to put the ball in the hole and look in to see where it went. It always delights her when it comes out in the tray, and she loves to repeat the process over and over. The toy is well made, sturdy, and attractive. Well worth the money, especially compared to all the toys for 6-12 months that requires very little in the way of brain development such as those thousands of toys that make noise and require little participation from the child.