Four kid-sized foam catchers mits and 26 soft fabric balls - this toy is going to be fun no matter what. But it's also designed to promote a little learning, too. Each ball has a letter of the alphabet on it, and the instructions incude a number of different learning games. Bascially kids call out an answer as they catch the ball- whether the challenge is to name the letter, the sound it makes, a word starting with the letter, or whatever other letter-related challenge you can think up. A very versatile toy. And since the different colours, as well, younger kids can play by calling out the colour instead.