I bought this for my 1-yr-old son. It's a little early, but he plays with it now and then. I think he will enjoy it more when he's two.

The Melissa and Doug Latches Board entertained my 2 1/2-year-old for over 2 hours on a long car trip recently. He never got tired of opening, closing, latching and unlatching, and discovering and counting the animals behind the doors. As mentioned by other reviewers, the #2 latch is a little stiff for small fingers, but I think we can work on it a bit to loosen things up. I plan on tucking this away for the next car trip when it can be "new" again. Great toy!

We bought this for our son who will be 3 in August. He has been doing puzzles ever since he was 1 and wanted to get him something different. He loves this puzzle. He had some trouble with #2 the window latch. It is a little hard to turn and even I had trouble turning it. He loves to open all the doors and windows and find the pictures behind them.

this is a great toy for learning problem solving skills and fine motor skills. We love a lot of the Melissa & Doug toys, they are appealing to children yet educational too.

This toy is definitely a winner. Our 21 month old son loves it and will play for it often. He especially loves the door with the 6 goldfish.

My only complaint is that I feel that the 1st 2 doors were VERY hard to open. I had to have my dad "perform surgery" on them and loosen them up. I'm not even sure how he did it but they're nice and easy to move now. I can't imagine even a 4 or 5 year old being able to move those 2 the way they were. Maybe I just got a really tough one? The other 4 doors were great from Day 1 though.

You can do a lot of mini games with this toy - like have your child count the animals for you, tell you the colors of the houses, etc.

Another hit from Melissa & Doug!!!