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title: "The Original Three Bear Family Basic Six Colour Rainbow Counter Set (Set of 96) Compare Bears Maths Counters, Classroom Maths Supplies to Compare Size, Blue,green,orange,purple,red"
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# 6 bright, distinct colors 96 vibrant bear counters Proportionally weighted for balance The Original Three Bear Family Basic Six Colour Rainbow Counter Set (Set of 96) Compare Bears Maths Counters, Classroom Maths Supplies to Compare Size, Blue,green,orange,purple,red

**Brand:** learning resources
**Price:** VT19143
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

## Summary

> 🧮 Master math with the cutest counters in town!

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** The Original Three Bear Family Basic Six Colour Rainbow Counter Set (Set of 96) Compare Bears Maths Counters, Classroom Maths Supplies to Compare Size, Blue,green,orange,purple,red by learning resources
- **How much does it cost?** VT19143 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
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## Why This Product

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## Key Features

- • **Color-Coded Clarity:** Six vivid colors that make sorting, patterning, and color recognition effortless.
- • **Compact & Organized:** Includes a handy storage tub to keep your learning space neat and ready.
- • **Balance-Ready Weighting:** Precisely weighted in three sizes to bring abstract math concepts to life.
- • **Tactile Learning Powerhouse:** Chunky, durable bears designed for hands-on math mastery.
- • **Versatile Classroom Essential:** Supports counting, sequencing, estimating, and more — all in one set.

## Overview

The Original Three Bear Family Rainbow Counter Set features 96 durable, proportionally weighted plastic bears in three sizes and six vibrant colors. Designed for early childhood classrooms, these counters enhance learning in counting, sorting, patterning, and weight comparison, making abstract math concepts tangible and fun. Perfectly sized and stored in a compact tub, they’re a trusted tool for building foundational numeracy skills.

## Description

Colorful, proportionally weighted bear counters in 3 sizes help teach young children essential math skills like counting, sorting, and comparing. Ideal for classroom use.

Review: Bear Necessities! - Beautifully tactile, chunky bears made from quality moulded hard plastic. Each has identical embossed fur, paw & facial details, rather cute! Three sizes; Large, Medium & Small. Six vibrant colours; Red, Blue, Yellow, Purple, Green & Orange. Three weights; Large 12 g, Medium 8 g, Small 4 g. CE Learning Resources guide sheet included. Total 96 bears comprising of: Large 24 bears ( 4 each colour ) Height approx just under 4 cm 1 ½ “ Medium 24 bears ( 4 each colour ) Height approx just under 3.5 cm 1 ¼ “ Small 48 bears ( 8 each colour ) Height approx just over 2.5 cm 1 “ All bears are in the sitting position, so easy to use & position. Small bears have a small circular indentation on the base. Medium bears, a small circular hole & large bears have a large circular hole, as though a pencil topper. These aren't toppers, I guess this is for the correct weight of plastic. They all live happily in the tub when not getting up to mischief. The clear tub plastic is brittle. Flexible lid plastic pushes over the tub, giving a snug and secure fit. From the guide sheet... “ Three Bear Family Counters are perfect for helping young children act out and understand abstract math concepts. These adorable counters are also great for imaginative play! “... “ Activities focus on these number concepts; Sorting, comparing sets, addition, counting, estimating, subtraction, visual memory, patterning and sequencing “... The guide sheet gives a brief synopsis for the following activities... “ Sorting by Colour and Size, A Colour Parade, Counting, Zoo Bears, Counting Game, Estimating, Visual Memory, Sequencing, Number Stories and Zero Bears “. Initially I handed the bucket full over to my little one, 2 ½ yrs, with me. Shrieks of laughter followed from the first look & joy handling them to positioning them in lines & sorting into colours. These make a satisfying sound all mixed together in a large bowl, they feel wonderful too. We have used our bears in a variety of ways over the years, both inside & out, from informal exploratory, imaginative play, through to formal math sessions. Sometimes we used their bucket balance scales, which we recommend too. They have been put into random containers & little bags, giving capacity experience, hidden in sand with glitter & shaving foam; great to feel the sizes asked for & splashed in coloured water. They have been printed with, leading to matching the bear to the same colour & pattern sequencing. Sorted into colour, size & weight sets. They have helped with addition, subtraction, division, multiplication, memory games, estimating & find the bear. They have been used as ingredients in the play kitchen & in muddy witchy brews too, not one complained! Imagination & language flourished as wonderful stories were told through these bears, in their own right & with other toys. They proved useful with preposition understanding too, the bear is on, under etc. These little bears have certainly played their part, adding to real life numeracy & literacy experiences. Also ours have proved over the years, enduring pretty intense play... to be indestructible! These are definitely keepers; hopefully grandchildren will create their own magic one day.
Review: Amazing product - This product was recommended to me by a friend. It’s amazing!! My daughter has autism and this has help with concentration, colour sorting and in time counting..Well made and loads of fun! It’s pricey but worth the money. Trust me it has helped no end with my daughters concentration :)

## Features

- ORIGINAL THREE BEAR FAMILY COUNTERS: The original Three Bear Family, also popularly known as the Compare Bears are ideal maths counters for classroom maths teaching
- BUILD MATHS SKILLS: Use the Three Bear Family maths counters to teach young children counting, patterning, sorting, adding, estimating, sequencing, subitising and weight comparison in the classroom
- COUNT, SORT and COMPARE: This set of classroom supplies has 96 maths counters; It contains 6 different coloured Compare Bears counters in 3 sizes and 3 weights
- PROPORTIONALLY WEIGHTED for use on a balance; Teachers will find that using the Compare Bears makes maths learning come to life when children are learning about comparing size and mass
- LEARN COLOURS: Use these counters to teach children about colours - the bear counters come in 6 bright shades: orange, red, yellow, blue, green and purple
- 96 coloured plastic bears in three sizes and three weights.
- Ideal for early maths skills.
- Proportionally weighted for use on a balance
- Includes six different colours; orange, red, yellow, blue, green and purple.
- Includes a handy storage tub!

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN | B000F8XF86 |
| Assembly Required | Yes |
| Batteries Required? | No |
| Batteries included? | No |
| Best Sellers Rank | 16,553 in Toys & Games ( See Top 100 in Toys & Games ) 11 in Activity Cubes 72 in Early Childhood Education Materials |
| Colour | Blue,green,orange,purple,red |
| Customer Reviews | 4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars (2,164) |
| Date First Available | 21 April 2010 |
| Educational Objective(s) | Numeracy |
| Item model number | LER0744 |
| Language | English |
| Manufacturer recommended age | 36 months - 7 years |
| Material Type(s) | Plastic |
| Number of pieces | 96 |
| Product Dimensions | 15.49 x 15.49 x 12.95 cm; 770 g |
| Release date | 21 April 2010 |
| Remote Control Included? | No |

## Product Details

- **Brand:** Learning Resources
- **Cartoon character:** Family Counters
- **Colour:** Blue,green,orange,purple,red
- **Educational objective:** Numeracy
- **Manufacturer Minimum Age (MONTHS):** 36.0
- **Material:** Plastic
- **Model name:** Learning Resources
- **Number of pieces:** 96
- **Special feature:** Educational Activity Guide, Proportionally Weighted Bears, Variety of Colors and Sizes
- **Theme:** Animal

## Images

![The Original Three Bear Family Basic Six Colour Rainbow Counter Set (Set of 96) Compare Bears Maths Counters, Classroom Maths Supplies to Compare Size, Blue,green,orange,purple,red - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81j5oDYNtSL.jpg)

## Available Options

This product comes in different **Pattern** options.

## Questions & Answers

**Q: Can you make colour matching families eg do you get a small, middle and big bear in each colour?**
A: Yes, absolutely. You can also buy the pack of cards with patterns and questions on what comes next Inna pattern

**Q: Where are these manufactured?**
A: Hi there,

This is manufactured in China.

Thanks, LR Team

**Q: Is orange and red too similar? I ordered this years ago but found them too similar and they have released new version so anyone ordered recently?**
A: There are different. I posted a video on a similar question

**Q: I ordered this years ago but always find orange and red bears too similar colour. I can see the package has changed, how is the orange and red now?**
A: I would say they are different but people are unique in the way they perceive colours and shades. See video

## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Bear Necessities!
*by B***A on 2 March 2016*

Beautifully tactile, chunky bears made from quality moulded hard plastic. Each has identical embossed fur, paw & facial details, rather cute! Three sizes; Large, Medium & Small. Six vibrant colours; Red, Blue, Yellow, Purple, Green & Orange. Three weights; Large 12 g, Medium 8 g, Small 4 g. CE Learning Resources guide sheet included. Total 96 bears comprising of: Large 24 bears ( 4 each colour ) Height approx just under 4 cm 1 ½ “ Medium 24 bears ( 4 each colour ) Height approx just under 3.5 cm 1 ¼ “ Small 48 bears ( 8 each colour ) Height approx just over 2.5 cm 1 “ All bears are in the sitting position, so easy to use & position. Small bears have a small circular indentation on the base. Medium bears, a small circular hole & large bears have a large circular hole, as though a pencil topper. These aren't toppers, I guess this is for the correct weight of plastic. They all live happily in the tub when not getting up to mischief. The clear tub plastic is brittle. Flexible lid plastic pushes over the tub, giving a snug and secure fit. From the guide sheet... “ Three Bear Family Counters are perfect for helping young children act out and understand abstract math concepts. These adorable counters are also great for imaginative play! “... “ Activities focus on these number concepts; Sorting, comparing sets, addition, counting, estimating, subtraction, visual memory, patterning and sequencing “... The guide sheet gives a brief synopsis for the following activities... “ Sorting by Colour and Size, A Colour Parade, Counting, Zoo Bears, Counting Game, Estimating, Visual Memory, Sequencing, Number Stories and Zero Bears “. Initially I handed the bucket full over to my little one, 2 ½ yrs, with me. Shrieks of laughter followed from the first look & joy handling them to positioning them in lines & sorting into colours. These make a satisfying sound all mixed together in a large bowl, they feel wonderful too. We have used our bears in a variety of ways over the years, both inside & out, from informal exploratory, imaginative play, through to formal math sessions. Sometimes we used their bucket balance scales, which we recommend too. They have been put into random containers & little bags, giving capacity experience, hidden in sand with glitter & shaving foam; great to feel the sizes asked for & splashed in coloured water. They have been printed with, leading to matching the bear to the same colour & pattern sequencing. Sorted into colour, size & weight sets. They have helped with addition, subtraction, division, multiplication, memory games, estimating & find the bear. They have been used as ingredients in the play kitchen & in muddy witchy brews too, not one complained! Imagination & language flourished as wonderful stories were told through these bears, in their own right & with other toys. They proved useful with preposition understanding too, the bear is on, under etc. These little bears have certainly played their part, adding to real life numeracy & literacy experiences. Also ours have proved over the years, enduring pretty intense play... to be indestructible! These are definitely keepers; hopefully grandchildren will create their own magic one day.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Amazing product
*by K***E on 20 April 2019*

This product was recommended to me by a friend. It’s amazing!! My daughter has autism and this has help with concentration, colour sorting and in time counting..Well made and loads of fun! It’s pricey but worth the money. Trust me it has helped no end with my daughters concentration :)

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Exactly as described
*by C***C on 30 January 2026*

Exactly as described. Little one has these at school and now looks forward to learning with these at home.

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*Last updated: 2026-03-10*