Montessori Object Permanence Box with Tray and Ball

High quality, clean product. Thank you so much

Looking at it you straightaway know that it wasn't a cheap toy - the wood is solid, smooth around all the edges including the hole on top. It came with a wooden ball which I was delighted about (was worried it would come plastic) and had a good solid feel to it. However, my baby is only interested in it for about 3 minutes tops. She spends more time holding the wooden ball and feeling how weighty and smooth it is, rolls it around in her hands, than watching/using the ball drop feature. I like the Montessori method, but there might be better ways to teach the baby about object permanence.

Smells like TOXIC glue- I can't give it to my child. I would have returned it but it came from China and took forever to get here. Guess I should have shopped around a little more.

We are trying to follow montessori principles at home with our daughter, so we first purchased this box to help teach her object permanence. While simple, this has been her absolute favorite toy since she was 6 months old. At first she loved watching us model it, then loved trying to do it herself, and now loves seeing if larger and smaller objects will fit in. This box keeps her entertained for very long periods of time and also helps give her exercise as she loves crawling after the balls when they don't quite make it in the hole. She has also been very curious about how the box works and looks at the box from all angles to explore. Also, the quality if very good on this. We also purchased the "next" level, which is the cylinder shape with a door and hole and she has not taken to that one (yet).One thing is that the ball that comes with it is very poor quality and its' slippery plastic features made the ball pop right our of her hand each time, so instead we use a ball that came with the Hape Geometric Rattle set, which has a little rubber grip to it and it is perfect for it!

We bought this toy when our daughter was only a month old. She loved watching me play with it while she did tummy time. Now, at 12 months, she loves playing with it! It is sturdy and has held up beautifully.

I was a bit worried after reading other reviews about a plastic ball, etc, but very pleased when a sturdy, well made wooden box AND wooden ball arrived this week. My smallest child is 7 months old, and upon showing him how to do this one time he did it as well. A huge success! He first used the ball to tap on the box, then put it in the hole, then tried other objects! He then tried to eat it all, so I'm relieved it is natural and safe for him to slober on. Lol. I recommend offering different size balls and or shapes once your baby has mastered the main work. I offered mine a wool dryer ball (too big), a rectangle wooden montessori tool (just right), and a squish ball (too big unless pushed hard). Happy baby here!