Little Tikes Endless Adventures Climb and Slide Castle

I got this toy because we live in a Townhouse and there isn't much room in our backyard for big toys for my 18 month old to climb on. This is a great indoor and outdoor toy. The moment we had it set up (which only took about 15 minutes and was NOT difficult at all) our son was all over it! He played with it for at least an hour straight. And knowing their attention spans at that age, this was short of a miracle. He can push the slide around because its not heavy enough to stay put. He has enjoyed learning to climb up both up the slide and on the rock-like stairs in the back. Overall this would be a great purchase for your early toddler. Much after 2 1/2 - 3 yrs I think the children will get bored with it.

My son received this for his 1st Birthday and he absolutely loves this toy! If I would have had this for my first child at age 1 there's no chance he would have been able to use it. My youngest son has been climbing on things for the past few months. He is such a daredevil. Well finally I begged family members to get him something that he could use to climb on that was age appropriate and that he wouldn't break. This is perfect for him. He climbs up it easily, stands up on it securely, and figured out the slide within a week. It is nice and small and will be perfect for the play room this winter. It is also really cute neutral tones. Now yes, there is the chance that your child will not be developmentally ready for this toy at age 1. The slide is a bit steep and the steps up are not perfect. This works for my kiddo because he likes the challenge and the thrill. My oldest son was much more timid and was did not have the climbing capabilities at this age as my youngest. But... Read more

We bought this slide after our son had a blast on a similar one at a friend's house. We saw that the Little Tikes-recommended age is 12 months to four years, so we bought it.

Unfortunately, this slide is not even close to appropriate for children at 12 months -- our son, who is 13.5 months and is reasonably well developed physically for his age (including lots of climbing), couldn't do much with it at all. There are two significant problems with the slide.

First, the "stairs" to get onto the slide are not stairs at all, but rather four narrow raised ridges (for lack of a better description) that stick out about 1/2 an inch and that your child is supposed to use to "climb" to get on the slide. Little Tikes describes it as "Easy climbing rock wall for beginners." Hardly. We tried it with our son wearing socks, wearing shoes and then barefoot, but the problem is that the ridges don't stick out nearly enough to provide sufficient footing to actually push off to... Read more