Rye plays with an object permanence box. The Punch and Drop was intended to create resistance so the balls can be hammered through the holes (a great eye/hand coordination exercise). But I removed the rubber gaskets to create the object permanence exercise. I left one gasket in, to see how Rye would handle the difference. At first, he seemed to think that hole was "broken" or "less desirable," and just tried other holes. Later, he accidentally leaned on the ball and pushed it through the gasketed hole, which seemed to surprise him.
He also tries to put the ball through the hole at the top of the box when the box is tipped — bit this hole is a handle and the ball won't fit. He does figure out he has to use a hole on the side, now, but has a hard time getting the ball through so believes it to be a failed hypothesis.
After the video was shot, I later found a pacifier inside the box. Some time after that, he figured out how to put it in and fish it out again.
The video is long — 10 minutes — and shows him experimenting (and occasionally whacking his face on the box). It was late at night, so we cut him some slack on making him shag his own balls when they went loose. You'll see them rolling in from the sides.
Sorry for the delay in this posting, it was quite a wrestling match with YouTube and the video had to be uploaded several times before it would display.
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