My daughter has had just one thing on her birthday wishlist all year now. A telescope. Having covered the solar system at school, she has become fascinated by the idea of seeing the stars and the moon up close, as well as taking a good look at the nature and sights around us. So when Learning Resources got in touch with me about their campaign over the summer focusing on the importance of outdoor play, including nature trails and stargazing, I knew it was one for us. And do read on, as I also have one available for one of my lucky readers, too.
Boo literally screamed when she came home from school last week and saw the Nancy B’s Science Club Moon Scope on the kitchen table. Her birthday had come early!
Nancy B’s Science Club Moon Scope and Sky Gazer’s Activity Journal
Encourage children to explore science with this telescope and science journal for real-life exploration activities
Moon Scope includes two eye pieces offering 18x to 90x magnification
Moon filter finder scope with built in red LED enables night viewing
22-page activity journal allows for tracking, writing and drawing
The box includes the Moon Scope, a moon filter, a tripod and a Sky Gazer’s Activity Journal.
It was very easy to assemble following the instructions included, and there is also a video available to show you assembly if you prefer. I’m not always the best at things like this, but I’d say that if I did with ease within a few minutes, pretty much anyone can!
There are two eye pieces, and changing them is very simple to do, as even our three year old knows how to do this now.
Boo is now gazing a lot. She uses is to look out the window, at rooftops, signs, trees, the sky, anything and everything…
Our neighbours should be warned!
It does recommend that it is best to use it outside, so most evenings when she comes home now, she will take it outside and have a good look around.
It is very light and easy to move around like this, so she can just pick it up and take it wherever she wants to look.
Of course, she’s yet to do any actual ‘stargazing’ with it, as it is light when Boo goes to bed, so she’s looking forward to using it when the darker nights draw in. The Husband and I *might have rushed outside the other night when we spotted a full moon on a clear night to take a peek. It looked brilliant!
*totally did
The Verdict
Boo loves it. It is what she wanted and more, as the addition of the sky gazers activity journal gives her activities to do. The first two or three help her to get used to using it, and when she gets to see the moon, she has plenty more she’s eager to try. Boo likes keeping journals and drawings and the like, so this is a very welcome extra for her.
This has a recommended age range of 8-11, but at 6, Boo is very happy with it and knows what she’s doing with it. Her dad will often get involved and help focus the moon scope for her, so it may just be that some support is needed in that way initially.
From my point of view, I have been pleasantly surprised by how easy this is to assemble and use. It arrived well-packaged and my first impressions on opening it were that it looks to be of good quality, sturdy whilst light enough for my daughter to handle. And most importantly, it does work. You can see amazing details and birds in trees have been studied and watched at length!
I think this is a great product as an introduction to stargazing and to satisfy curious minds. It’s encouraging a love of science in an exciting way, and it does deliver on quality.
Competition Time!
As promised, I now have a Nancy B’s Science Club Moon Scope up for grabs, so to be in with a chance of winning it, enter using the rafflecopter below. The competition is open to UK entrants only and closes at 12am 23rd August 2016. Good luck!
What do you like about the Nancy B’s Science Club Moon Scope?
Disclosure: We received the product FOC for the purposes of this post, but all words and opinions remain my own
I’ve looked at a few products from this range – all look amazing!
Oh I love this! My little ones are so excited to be outdoors this summer and would love it. It looks super portable as well which is always helpful! Thanks!
Freyja would love this!! It’s good to see a telescope made for kids – I can imagine this really inspiring them to find out more about space.
Fantastic Colours and just big enough for little fibgers
I think it is great for getting girls interested in science and astronomy!
great for my son who enjoys science at school & great for taking on holiday x
It’s very colourful, should encourage any child to get into exploring space.
The activity journal sounds like a great addition, my girls would love this
easy to move around
i love the colours x
I love that it get’s kids to interact and also get away from the telly 🙂
My kids are both obsessed with stars – we always make a point of saying goodnight to them before we sleep. Be so nice for them to learn more about them
I love that its light and colourful
My son is fascinated about the moon and stars and would like to look at them closer
my daughter would love this, looks fab
I love the colours and that it’s girly colours my granddaughter is into space she would love it ?
It has such a lovely colour scheme, looks like something children will want to use.
I love the colour and also like the fact its portable x
It looks girly, fun and will encourage my daughter’s interest in science, space and the world around her
I would love this for my little stargazers.
It looks great for younger kids.
It would be great to study the moon and stars x
I like the fact that it sounds easy to assemble as I am useless at putting things together so that’s a winner for me :-). The fact it comes with an activity journal too is great.
it looks really cute but in a way that its good for learning as well
i like thats its easy to assemble and something great and unique
it is a great way to encourage children to explore the moon and maybe later on in life the universe. I love the idea of the activity journal.
This looks fantastic!
I like that it’s a good quality & sturdy. Things like this need to be with little one’s x
It is absolutely brilliant, since my little grandson learnt about Tim Peake, he is fascinated with the stars, its good to get the children involved.and to encourage them
Think this is brilliant, i know with my grandson, since Tim Peake went to space he has been fascinated with the stars, so i think this would encourage the children to really enjoy and learn about what is out there. Its colourful for the children and is easy to use
It encourages children with space and science – I love ‘educational’ toys like this – and the fact it appeals to girls too is fab!
its a fun way for the kids to learn about whats out there.
My children love the night sky and are fascinated by the moon and stars and would like to look at them closer.
It’s great for the kids to have a telescope made just for them
great for my daughter, who loves science xx
Although only 2 my little boy is obsessed with the moon. He’s a bit gutted he doesn’t get to see it over the summer months when he’s already in bed, but we spent many an evening moon gazing before the lighter evenings came. This would be lovely for him to see the moon and stars up close….and I’m sure mummy and daddy would enjoy using it too ;o)
the age range my daughter would love this x
I like that it is child friendly & exciting enough to keep there interest, something we can do together.
I think its great that it is made for small hands and has a bright design which children find appealing.
I love the fact it light and portable. Great colours too 🙂
This looks great – and I love that it’s easy to get set up and started with it too.
i like that it is colourful and light enough for kids to move around
It looks amazing 🙂
i love how it can capture a childs interest and imagination
This would be fantastic for taking on our camping trips. It would keep the kids entertained and staying in one place for a while lol 😀
Like Boo my son is 6! I like that the scope can help my son start with looking up early on in life!
I love this telescope as it opens up new things to learn, it is fun looking and will attracted kids to explore
I love that it is specifically made for children and easy to use. Anything that encourages learning and finding out about the world around us is great to me.
I think anything that encourages kids to get interested in science is great!
my daughter loves anything to do with science
Well I like the colour! Thats amazing! But I really like how it encourages children to look around them and see what’s out there.
This looks amazing! My children who love science will absolutely love this! The colour is lovely! 🙂
Makes learning a lot more exciting, my daughter Lyla would love this
I love the fact that it encourages children to love science. Looks like an amazing piece of kit!
aww she is so excited to have it- let her stay up just once so she can see the moon too! bless her
I love the look of it and the fact that iti s light enough to be carried around
Get kids interested in science and shows its not boring but fun!
I like that it is easy to move around, bright and colourful and that it would really engage my girls to go out and look in the night sky!
I like how easy it is to carry. I’d love to try it with my nearly 4 year old.
Its so kid appealing and the colours are gorgeous
I like how its so child friendly.
I like how its educational but also looks like a lot of fun!
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That it encourages children to look up and around at the world instead of down at a tablet/phone screen.
Very attractive for kids and simple to use, highly appealing 🙂
Love the blue and pink colours together! I think this is a great product to get more girls into science!
I like how my niece could be introduced to a spot of star gazing.
This looks fab, my two would love one of these for some star gazing!
This looks a fantastic fun yet educational toy!
I like that it is colourful and seems straightforward to use
We would love looking at the stars and learning all about them.
it’s easy for kids to use and lightweight
I love that you get the extra activity journal so they can do extra things with it.
Its colourful and easy to assemble which helps little hands
It encourages youngsters to get involved with science/astronomy rather than just looking at a phone/tablets.
I love how colourful it is!
I like the colour and the built in red LED.
I like that it was made to appeal to the kids.
Great way to make learning fun.
I love that it is so easy to use x
lovely idea to glaze with children to the stars
Stargazing is one of our favourite actives so this would be amazing. I especially like that is it light in weight as telescopes can be rather heavy.
I love that it’s child friendly & easy to use ?
very colourful and easy to use 😀
Love the fact that easy to assemble and that even for a 6 year old its gives the opportunity to explore amazing things in the night sky
The lovely bright colours, and how easy it is to assemble
I love the kid friendly colours and it sounds very simple to use – think it would be an incredibly interesting and unique gift x
I love that it can give my child up close views of the stars, what an amazing sight that would be for him ?
I love that it encourages children to take an interest in Science .x
This looks like such a fun and exciting way for children to learn. My daughter would be fascinated.
my grandson daniel would love this, he is very interested in the stars and would be able to use this himself in the garden
its colourful and interesting looking perfect for kids
It looks great fun and educational too. Great prize!
my grandaugter would really love this x
It gets kids interested in space and the planets!
looks colourful and more interesting for girls to use
Besides the name of course, I love the fact that it helps me to manage my daughter’s learning.
I like the fact that it comes with a journal which has activities in it. Perfect for getting those little brains ticking!
I think it’s a very good idea to get children involved in the stars.
I love the style of it
I love the fact it’s girly and we love the moon
Love that it looks easy to use. This is exactly what my daughter has been looking for
Love the colours and super child friendly.
loving the colour and its the perfect size
Its a nice size to take away in my motorhome for the dark nights.
It looks cool and colourful, so that helps with the engagement – plus it’s portable so they can take it wherever they want!
I love how it looks fun but it’s also educational
Think this would be so interesting for my little one he would love this
I like the two eye pieces offering 18x to 90x magnification and easy to swap over
I LOVE that the Nancy B’s Science Club Moon Scope is educational yet looks exciting and interesting to use. The fact that you also get a Sky Gazer’s Activity Journal makes it extra fun to use. My kids would love to do sky gazing with this Moon Scope!
I like how bright and colourfully appealing to children it is
My little girl would love this! My husband has a full-sized telescope and is a very keen amateur astronomer and she loves looking at the stars and learning all about the planets and space. This would be an amazing gift for her – her very own telescope that is child friendly but fully functioning!
Being able to keep a journal and do drawings ,I know my Grandson would love this! Love the colour of the telescope too , much better than a boring black one !
this would be fab for my little girl,she is fascinated with the sky and whats in it,it would be amazing for her to see things close up!!
i just love the colours of this, looks child friendly looks great.
I love the idea that children can learn about the wonderful world and look at the beautiful star constellations. Wish they had things like this when I was a kiddy.
I like the colour and that it’s encouraging for children to enjoy and discover science x
Its great to see a telescope made just for children
It’s so light and easy to move about
Lovely telescope grandson will love this
my grand-daughter loves the night sky. she will love this.
What a lovely review! all my questions answered thank you. i love the fact this acualy works as purchased many over the years for my daughter and almost all where of very poor quality . the design on this is also very good. not to childish but just enouth girlyness !
It looks fun!
being so colourful will engage my child more
A telescope for kids great toy to help children understand and want to see what’s in the sky
It will encourage children to have an interest in the stars and the world around them. brilliant
I like the colours of it, makes it more interesting to kids x My girls would love it!
Love the way it comes with a Journal. The whole package encourages children to get involved with science which Im trying to get my 4 year old started on. This would be perfect. He already steals his daddy’s phone to look at the star map app and goes off wondering around the garden pointing it up to the sky.
very colourful and really appealing to look at
The ease of use, that it is visually appealing and that it encourages youngsters to explore the wonderful science of astronomy.
Anything that fosters an interest in science has to be worthwhile and our budding astronomers would love this!
i like the fact it look so fun most look boring and even tho it looks a little girly with the colour scheem my boys saw the pics and want one lol
Its a great intro to science for kids
I like that the character is female, encouraging more girls to get involved in science
This looks brilliant so easy to use xx
I like that its light weight and easy to use, perfect for little explorers.
Not only is it practical it’s colourful too. I’m sure any child would want to use this. A brilliant way to get them interested in astronomy.
It’s brilliant – anything that makes science fun is really good
My son loves anything to do with space so would love to be able to see things a little closer. I love that it would enable him to do that! x
The design makes it appealing to kids – a great way to get them interested in science
This looks amazing! My son is 7 and would have so much fun with this! Great colours too x
A really great way of getting younger children interested in science
It looks great! A proper telescope but easy for kids to use themselves. My daughters would both love to have one of these!
Its bright and colourful and looks easy for kids to use!
ohh wow i would love this, i love that you can see anything 🙂
I love the fact it’s so child friendly 🙂 (and the colours!). I’d have been over the moon with this as a child
I like the fact it is sturdy, yet light enough for them to move around with ease. That it actually works well and not just a gimmicky kids toy. Would be perfect for my moon and stars obsessed daughter
I love the fab colours and the fact it looks sturdy and easy to use
I like that it’s colourful and appealing to kids xxx
Builds on children’s natural curiosity 🙂