Outer space plaques – 5 Little Bears

Delight young star-gazers with 5 Little Bears wonderful collection of handmade wooden magnetic outer space plaques. These high quality colour images of our solar system’s planets, Moon and Sun are perfect for wall displays and learning about space!

With 11 pieces, the planet plaques are all the same size, while the Sun and Moon plaques are slightly bigger. They have magnets on the back and come in an fabric drawstring bag. These beautiful wooden plaques feature stunning coloured images of the Sun, our Moon, and all the planets in our solar system, including the dwarf planet or planetoid Pluto.

The wooden outer space plaques are a great visual tool to promote learning. They can be used to teach children about the solar system and basic concepts like day and night, the moon, the sun, and the planets. They are the perfect gift for children who love space.

A wonderful addition to a classroom, home learning or playroom display or themed learning table or wall!

The set contains 11 wooden plaques. The 9 planets measure approx. 9 x 9cm; the sun and moon measure approx 10.5 x 10.5cm. They are entirely handmade in Australia, from sustainably sourced plywood.

Learning and play ideas

Individual

Place the plaques on a table along with coloured balls or large marbles to represent the planets. Let the child recreate the scene. Use a magnetic surface and let children arrange the planets in order of distance from the Sun.

Group Setting

Get a child to hold a plaque behind their back, all other children can guess what planet it is by asking questions for the child to answer.

Lay the plaques out on a table for an inspiring Space-themed play surface.

Outdoors

See if children can find objects in nature to represent each planet ie, colour, texture etc.

The Outer Space plaques from 5 Little Bears are suitable for children ages 3 and up.

Contents:

11 wooden plaques, magnetic

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.