Nature View Microscope

By Kaplan Early Learning Company
Price $29.95
Age 2+

This colorful, playfully designed toy microscope shares several properties with those found in real laboratories, making it an excellent way to introduce kids to the joys of scientific exploration and discovery. Nature View Microscope comes with three different lenses - magnified, tinted, and one that generates a kaleidoscopic effect - that can be interchanged in the blink of an eye. The set also includes 10 different nature slides, any of which can be placed on the rotatable base plate and turned by varying degrees while being viewed through the eyepiece directly above. Nature View Microscope stands eight inches tall and is made almost entirely of wood. The remarkably high quality of its construction appeals deeply to parents, while its visual appeal and manual adjustability keep kids coming back, time and again, for more fun and learning.