I bought this toy for my 7 month old grandson, to encourage him to crawl. The ball moves by itself and I thought that would get him moving towards it, which it did. But once he got to the ball, since it moves itself, it frequently spun around and clobbered him in the head. This is a very hard and heavy toy, so a bang in the head can really hurt. Plus, I failed to consider that his 2 year old sister, while trying to help him, could really hurt him by dropping this ball on top of him. Lastly, the size of the ball is too big for a child this age to hold, which a crawling infant would be inclined to do once having moved to get it. Perhaps an older child would enjoy this product. For safety sake my daughter put this away quickly, which I think was a good idea under the circumstances, so I really have no idea as to the educational value of this toy. It certainly makes lots of sounds, but as it was considered a safety hazzard I can't really say what they all were meant for.