Our son (15 months) has much pleasure in pouring the bucket. Each has a slightly different opening where the water flows out again. There are motor skills trained during the use of the toy and the child feels / experiencing the various water jets, but I think it is primarily just a bath / beach toys, where the fun is in the foreground and not the claim "educational value" to be. We have the bucket was not that long, so I can for durability limited what to say. But they make me have a stable impression and I do not think the color of the faces such as rash resolves in our. Unless maybe in use in the sand / sea. I am happy to have bought the bucket, the most popular bath toy is with us - the price-performance ratio also agrees.