Pound A Ball Tower

Using the hammer, pound the balls from the top, then watch and listen as the colourful balls descend down the rainbow track.

The Pound A Ball grows with you child. Below in the natural progression of learning we have witnessed in our own home:

• Acquiring the strength and coordination to pound the balls down.
• Primary colour learning.
• Language learning. E.g. Top, bottom, down, hit, ball, again and hammer.
• Following instructions. E.g. “Hit the blue ball.”
• Developing working memory with two or three step instructions. E.g.“Hit the blue ball down first, then the yellow ball.”
• Exploring musical terms.

When exploring musical terms, we like these ones:

• piano: soft
• forte: loud
• crescendo: a gradual increase in loudness.

Other reasons we love the pound a ball:

• Self-regulation. Sometime children want to bang and hit things and this is an appropriate outlet for that need.
• It promotes turn taking with clear expectations. We hit the three balls then we pass the hammer on.
• Children work on their hand-eye coordination, problem-solving skills and visual perception all while delighting the sensors.