Grandma Kathy actually made this for Westley when he was 1, but it got burried and I just found it again. Now Westley and Will are both enjoying it. We fill it with whiffle balls of all different colors (often available at The Dollar Store). The simple joys of putting them all in and dumping them all out, or taking both ends off at watching them roll through like this.
We still do what we learned a long time ago at greatly missed Weestart (a place like Gymboree).
say 1... 2... 3.. Rolling Rainbow! as they all pour out and then sing the Rainbow Song -Red, orange yellow green blue purple, Red orange yellow green blue purple, makes the rainbow bright!
Or to the tune of "Here we go round the mulberry bush" we sing
"Lets put all the balls away, the balls away, the balls away, lets put all the balls away so we can do it again"
or last line can be "lets put all the balls away - we'll play again another day"
It's a great clean up song... gives Barney a little competition
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It's amazing how such a simple toy can bring so much joy to a child.
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