1-Object permanence box with drawer

With the ‘Peekaboo Box 2’, train the concept of cause and effect, and work on children’s eye-hand coordination and motor skills. This variant is more difficult than ‘Peekaboo box 1’, because the peek-a-boo effect is greater, for the ball only becomes visible when the drawer is opened. We recommend to use around 11 until 13 months but it can be repeated later also for another experience, around 18 to 24 months.

 Playing a significant role in cognitive development, object permanence is to understand that objects continue to exist even when they are unseen or unheard. In order to be able to so, the child first must develop a mental representation of objects which begins to emerge between 18 and 24 months. Around that age the child is ready to understand object permanence as they are able to form mental representations of objects.

The object permanence box with drawer invites the child to insert the small ball in the hole and to slide open the drawer to expose it, thus practicing eye-hand coordination and becoming familiar with object permanence.