This is truly a great toy. No wonder it won the Dr. Toy award! We bought this for our little one when he was two and he just loved it from the start. One thing we spend time on is aural teaching which this toy certainly plays a part. In order to get the "ornery" clown back into the box, the song has to play completely and then you hear a little click, that's when the clown will stay in the box. Teach your child to listen for that click and you will be teaching him patience and how to closely pay attention. Great, great toy. Ours is used all the time and doesn't even look as if it's ever been out of the box. Highly recommend!