-Helps teach children learn about order.
-Rod is bendable at base for added safety.
- Ask the child to stack the rings and the red ball without using the rod.
-Stack the rings on the rod. Ask the child to touch the largest ring and the smallest ring.
-Stack up this colorful toy. Play with sizes, colors and flip upside down to create variety of patterns. 
- Once the child has mastered stacking the rings from the largest to the smallest, ask him/her to reverse the stacking order.
- Ask the child to stack the rings on the rod,  ask the child to repeat each color name after you,repeat the activity until the child is able to identify each color.
- Ask the child to stack the rings on the rod,count the rings and ball as they are stacked,ask the child to repeat each number after you,repeat the activity until the child has mastered counting to total pieces.