Product review (4 stars): Perfect for 2 and up!
We bought this last summer for my son, who had turned one in April. He enjoyed splashing around in the water, but for all the good he got out of the features, I would say that if your child is under two, wait a year and just buy one of those little plastic pools at WalMart for 10 bucks, fill it with a little water, some dish soap for bubbles, and assorted dollar store items like sponges, rubber ducks, little squirt guns, loofahs and bath mitts (basically anything that soaks up water in a different and interesting way) and let your child play with that. Cheaper and just as fascinating.

When your child turns two, though, as ours did this year, this is a fantastic toy! It is so much fun watching him use the little people to "play pool" and to experiment with the sand and water and see how they interact through the different sifters and buckets. The only reason I gave it four stars instead of five is because the water side has a pattern on the bottom which makes it difficult to get all the water to drain, especially if there is sand in there (which there will be). And you have to drain it every night because nobody wants mosquitoes. So you basically have to keep a sponge outside and scrub the little bits of water towards the hole trying to get it cleaned out so you don't attract mosquitoes.