Double handled magnifying glass – 5 Little Bears

The beautiful and large handmade double handled wooden magnifying glass from Australian brand 5 Little Bears offers a wonderful way for children to take a closer look at everyday objects and everything spotted on foraging and nature walks!

Perfect for budding naturalists and children curious at heart, this double handled magnifying glass is a valuable addition to any young explorer’s toolkit and a great Montessori learning toy for any home or classroom. By holding the magnified glass lens over an object, kids will discover so much more detail and be able to see things they’ve never seen before.

Sturdy and designed for children’s hands, this magnifier is high quality and durable, and a must-have nature outdoor toy for children to have fun exploring and observing the natural world, plants, flowers and insects around them. This hands-on tool also supports early reading and lessons on biology, botany and science. Children can study their nature finds up in fine detail and play nature detective with this lovely, grown-up looking magnifying glass!

Educational applications

Individual

Put at an interest table or near the book shelf so children can look closely at letters or objects of interest, encouraging them to discover and investigate.

Group Setting

Read a bug and insect book at group time get the children to come up with a magnifying glass and look at the book ask them what they see.

Outdoors

Get the children to take them outside and explore their environment. Look at rocks, insects, grass, flowers, trees and sticks. get them to share their observations with you. Foster the learning experience by asking them to go find something green, something with legs ect.

Learning Opportunities 

Fine motor skills and hand eye coordination. Builds language and social development and allows the children to develop respect and have a better understanding of the world that they live in.

The double handled magnifying glass from 5 Little Bears is suitable for children ages 3 and up.

Contents:

1 double handled magnifying glass

About 5 Little Bears

5 Little Bears use only non-toxic, water-based glue and finish their products by hand with their special handmade beeswax polish, ensuring their products are all completely non-toxic and safe for children. They are an innovative Australian brand creating sustainable, educational and sensory wooden products for children. Their diverse and appealing range of themed resources include space, dinosaurs, flora and fauna, transport, emotions and Australiana.

Named after founder, author and product designer Leanne Murner’s 5 sons, 5 Little Bears is dedicated to educating children on Australian wildlife and the need to prevent extinction. These unique and wonderful products follow children’s own interests and are all sustainably handmade in New South Wales, Australia from sustainably sourced Australian and New Zealand timber. Every piece of wood used is slightly different in colour, texture and grain, so there are naturally occurring imperfections seen in the timber (e.g knots, colour changes, etc) which cannot be removed and make the products more sustainable. These pieces of timber are also cut on an engraver and will have slight burnt marks on the edges on some sides, adding to their unique handmade character.

5 Little Bears’ beautiful, engaging and eco-friendly activities, puzzles and games are multi-purpose and relevant to many areas of learning, both at home and in educational settings.