He is at the age where he wants to open and close different things and this latch board provides him with the perfect opportunity to do just that. Latches and hindges are not sharp and don't catch on other items that come in contact with the board. We ended up getting so many gifts for Christmas that I plan to hold onto this for his birthday this Sping. She ignored most of the people at her sister's birthday party because she was so enticed with this toy!

For example, educational toys with locks and latches have proven to be very effective to improve fine motor skills and prepare hands for handwriting. 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. Even though there was no threat found at the time of linking, NeuroToys cannot control content and full evolution of those sites. I bought this for my grand-daughter because it was such a unique presentation of learning small motor skills.I saw something similar at preschool that was in the shape of a box that I liked better, because it seemed more interesting to the kids to get inside a box (rather than this flat puzzle).

Once the paint was dry Sherry slapped on a quick coat of Acrylacq polyurethane to give it some added durability (it’s low-VOC and non-toxic so we love using it on the kid stuff that we make).Beautifully made, terrific colors, shapes and he is very curious for all of the little surprises of animals and numbers inside each 'house'! And if you want to see for yourself, here’s a short clip of Clara opening her latch board on Christmas morning. Once the primer was dry, I repeated that step with a coat of paint just to give the edge a little slice of color.