Melissa & Doug Locks & Latches Board Wooden Educational Toy

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She likes the latches board now and I know it will be even more intriguing to her when she is a little older. We make sure we are playing with it along side her (since the board does say 'ages 3+'), but she is fascinated by the different locks. His parents thought it was great and were just recently talking about how they could make something like this for him to start learning.

The only negative I can think of is that some of the latches get in the way of closing other doors next to the latch. Just the thing for a little one who likes to buckle the high chair strap but can't unbuckle it - each latch and door can be opened and closed easily. Even with older kiddo's I wouldn't let them play with it unsupervised because even an adult could pinch a finger with this particular latch. Put the items in a pile and ask the child to pick up an item and place it on the correct door on the board. Although the latches are metal, which may bother parents, if they were plastic or some other material kids wouldn't be as drawn to play with it.He loves it and is working great, teaching him to not only open locks but to close them, and to locate a specific color.

Selected lines only, determined by size, weight or whether delivered direct from one of our suppliers. Definitely not necessary, but kid-projects like these are our favorites, so we like to have fun with them. Beautifully made, terrific colors, shapes and he is very curious for all of the little surprises of animals and numbers inside each 'house'!

His birthday's not for a couple of weeks, but I appreciate that it's made from recycled plastic, is cute and colorful, seems well made and I think it'll be fun for him.