Rewild Your World
Learning Sequence- Preschool Version
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Introduction - Rewild Your World
Begin by introducing rewilding as helping nature feel safe and grow, starting in places familiar to the children such as the classroom, playground or home. Use simple language and real examples to build understanding. Explain that rewilding is about noticing, caring and taking gentle action.
After watching the video about Jane Goodall, guide a calm class discussion. Talk about how Jane moved slowly, watched carefully and treated animals with kindness and respect. Help children notice how these behaviours helped animals feel safe and protected.
Look for emerging skills such as empathy, gentleness, patience and careful observation. Encourage children to share times they have cared for plants, insects or animals, and reflect on how it felt to help something grow or feel safe. Reinforce that rewilding is not about perfect results.
It is about small, consistent actions and developing a sense of connection and responsibility towards the natural world.
This month, you are going to help nature by doing something called rewilding. Rewilding means giving nature a gentle helping hand by letting plants grow, helping animals feel safe and caring for small wild places around you. This could be a seed in the soil, a bird in a tree or an insect in the garden.
When we rewild, we slow down. We notice, we care and we help only when nature needs us. Even small actions can make a big difference.
We will begin by watching a short video about Jane Goodall. Jane spent her life caring for animals, especially chimpanzees. She was calm, gentle and respectful, and because of this, the animals trusted her.
After the video, we will talk together about how Jane treated animals and why kindness and patience help nature feel safe.
Then it will be your turn. You will choose your own rewilding challenge. You might plant a seed, make a home for a bird, or care for a plant or small wild space at home or at school.
For three weeks, you will look after your challenge and notice what changes. You might see a leaf grow, an insect arrive or a bird come close. You can draw what you see, talk about it and share your ideas.
You do not need to be perfect. Rewilding is about caring and trying. Small actions, done with kindness, can help the Earth. Rewilding your world starts with you.
Where do Animals Live?
Warm-up Quiz
This activity is designed as a gentle cognitive warm-up before students begin their rewilding projects. The intention is not assessment but curiosity, discussion and reasoning.
Explain to the children that this is a thinking game. There are no points, no winners and no pressure. Encourage a calm and playful tone.
Invite children to sit beside a partner and use quiet voices. Give them 20 seconds for each question to look carefully at the images and talk about which home might be correct. You may wish to use a soft timer or count slowly to keep the rhythm predictable.
Encourage children to explain their thinking using simple prompts such as:
What does this animal need to feel safe
Where would it find food
Is it high up or underground
Is it wet or dry
When the answer is revealed, read the animal’s sentence aloud together. This reinforces vocabulary such as burrow, hive, hollow and grassland in a natural way.
After several questions, pause and invite reflection. Ask:
What do all animals need
Why do animals choose certain places
How are their homes different from ours
Before you start making changes in your school and community, and before you begin your rewilding projects, we are going to warm up your brains with a short and fun quiz all about where animals live.
There are 8 questions to explore together.
Watch the video, then sit next to a partner and see if you can choose the right home for each animal. There are no points and we are not keeping score. This is just for thinking and learning.
Try your best to work out where each animal lives and why that place is just right for them.
Noticing Nature - Habitat Bingo
This activity is designed as a calm observation experience before students begin active rewilding. The intention is to build awareness first. We notice before we change.
Before heading outside, clearly model expectations.
Explain that this is a quiet noticing time, not a scavenger hunt. Children are not to touch, collect or disturb anything. We are observing respectfully.
Encourage children to:
• Walk slowly to their chosen spot
• Sit comfortably on the ground
• Keep voices off unless necessary
• Use only eyes and earsYou may wish to demonstrate what good noticing looks like by pausing and naming something softly, for example, “I can hear leaves moving,” or “I can see ants walking.”
Allow ten minutes of uninterrupted quiet observation if possible. Some children may find silence challenging at first. Gently reassure them that it is okay to simply sit and listen.
When children tick items on their bingo card, encourage accuracy rather than spee. This is not about finishing first. It is about truly noticing.
After the activity, gather the group and reflect:
What did you hear
What surprised you
What did you not expect to find
What does this tell us about our habitat
Emphasise that a habitat does not need to look wild to be alive. Even small signs such as insects, wind or bird calls show that ecosystems are already functioning.
We are going to head outside into the playground and see what nature is already there.
When you are outside, you are not going to touch anything with your hands. You are only going to use your eyes to look and your ears to listen.
You will have your Noticing Nature Bingo card with you. Each time you see or hear something on your card, take your pencil and give it a tick.
Find a quiet spot in the garden. Sit down.
Open your ears.
Open your eyes.
Notice how your habitat is already working.
The more things you can tick, the more alive and healthy your habitat is. Let’s see what nature is already doing all around us.
Print Your Rewild Your World Booklet
Support children to personalise their Rewild Your World booklet and explain that it is their special place to record how they are caring for nature. Talk with them about how the booklet can hold drawings, marks or simple words that show what they planted, noticed or looked after.
Model how to reflect in child-friendly ways by thinking aloud, such as noticing a leaf growing or remembering to water a plant. Emphasise that there is no right or wrong way to use the booklet.
Help children understand that keeping track of their own rewilding journey helps them feel proud and builds a sense of ownership over their actions. Look for developing fine motor skills through drawing and mark making, growing communication skills as children explain their work, and increasing self-awareness as they recognise their role in caring for living things. Reinforce that reflection helps children see that small, consistent actions can make a meaningful difference.
As you begin this month’s rewilding challenge, you will need a special place to keep your learning. You will print your very own Rewild Your World booklet just for you.
Each time you care for nature, you can add something to your booklet. You might draw what you planted, show the animal you helped, or share what you noticed as nature changed. This booklet helps you remember the small kind actions you chose and the living things you cared for.
When you finish the course, you can look back through your booklet and see how you helped the world become a little wilder and a little safer. You will remember how it felt to care, to notice and to try your best.
Tell Us About Yourself. My Favourites
Use this activity to help children recognise their individuality before they explore rewilding. Guide gentle conversations about what makes each child unique and how the things they care about can help them make responsible choices.
Look for self-awareness, confidence when sharing personal information, and respect for the interests of others. Encourage children to notice similarities and celebrate differences.
This creates a calm and inclusive foundation for understanding that everyone has things they value and things they want to take care of.
Before we start this month’s journey, we would love to know a little bit about you.
On the first page of your booklet, tell us about your favourite things. Then use the box to draw a lovely picture of yourself and colour it in to make it bright and cheerful.
This is your chance to make your booklet truly yours, so have fun and be creative. Remember a journey like this begins with knowing yourself, knowing what matters to you, and taking care of the things you love.
11 Amazing Facts About Chimpanzees
Guide children to explore the page of 11 chimpanzee facts through shared viewing and conversation rather than direct instruction. Encourage them to look closely at the pictures first, then read the facts together in small sections.
Pause often to allow children to comment, wonder and make connections. Emphasise that they are not expected to remember everything. The goal is to notice details, show curiosity and engage with new information in a relaxed way. Use simple prompts such as What do you notice or Which picture do you like to support engagement.
Children can use the blank template to draw their own visual representation of each of the facts.Look for developing skills such as sustained attention, visual memory and early comprehension. Encourage children to share one fact they remember or found interesting, either verbally or through gesture.
This builds confidence and reinforces that learning can happen through listening and discussion. You may also connect learning back to Jane Goodall, reminding children that careful watching and noticing helped her understand and protect chimpanzees.
Look at the page opposite where you can see 11 amazing facts about chimpanzees. Take your time to look closely at the pictures. Read the facts with your teacher and your friends and talk about what you notice.
Chimpanzees are amazing animals. They live in families, they help one another and they use their bodies and voices to communicate. As you look and listen, try to remember as many facts as you can.
Once you have finished understanding the facts. you can use the blank template to draw pictures alongside each of those facts,o show the amazing world of chimpanzees.
You do not need to remember everything. Just notice the things that interest you the most. You can talk about your favourite fact, point to a picture you like or share something that surprised you.
Comprehension Challenge - All About Chimpanzees
Guide children to learn more about chimpanzees using simple images, stories and shared reading. Explain that chimpanzees are living beings who have families, feelings and ways of communicating, just like humans.
Support children to notice key features such as how chimpanzees eat, move, play and care for one another. Connect this learning back to the work of Jane Goodall, highlighting how careful observation helped her understand and protect them. Keep discussions gentle and conversational, allowing children to wonder aloud and ask questions.
Encourage children to talk with their peers about what they have learned. Look for curiosity, questioning and growing confidence as children share ideas and observations.
This learning experience supports early comprehension, listening and oral language development. It also builds empathy by helping children see animals as living beings that need care and protection. Reinforce that learning about animals is one important way we can begin to rewild and protect our world.
This week we have been learning all about chimpanzees and Jane Goodall. Chimpanzees are clever animals who live in groups and care for one another. They use their hands, faces and voices to talk to each other and they need safe forests to live happily.
Look at the pictures and words in the booklet carefully. Read them with your teacher and talk about what you notice. You will learn what chimpanzees eat, how they play, and how they look after their babies and friends.
Now look at the questions on your task card. Some questions will ask you to think, some will ask you to remember, and some will ask you to choose the right words. Take your time and do your best.
Work with the friends around you. Talk about what you have learned, ask questions, and share your ideas. Together, you will discover why chimpanzees need our care and how helping nature helps all animals feel safe.
Three Amazing Facts About Jane Goodall
Support children to use the page opposite in their booklet to record three simple facts about Jane Goodall. Revisit key learning together using images, shared reading and discussion before children begin. Emphasise that facts can be shown through drawings, symbols or simple words and that there is no expectation of formal writing. Model recalling one fact aloud to support memory and confidence.
Encourage children to draw Jane Goodall and talk about their pictures as they work. Look for developing skills such as recall, fine motor control and oral language as children explain what they have drawn and why. This activity supports early comprehension and representation skills while reinforcing the idea that learning can be shared in many different ways.
Now that you have learned about Jane Goodall and her life, it is time to show what you know.
Look at the page opposite in your booklet. This page will help you remember what you have learned about Jane and the work she did with animals and nature. With help from your teacher, think about three amazing facts about Jane Goodall.
You can draw pictures, make marks or write simple words to share your three facts. Then use the space to draw a picture of Jane Goodall.
Take your time and do your best. This page is about learning, noticing and sharing what inspired you.
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Choose Your Challenge
Support children to understand that choosing a rewilding challenge is an important act of agency. Explain that they will select one small way to help nature and continue it over time. Emphasise that the focus is not on the size of the task but on consistency and care. Present the challenge options clearly and help children reflect on what feels achievable for them. This encourages realistic decision-making and builds confidence in following through with a choice.
Once children have chosen, guide them to express why they selected that challenge. This may be through drawing, oral language or simple mark making.
Look for developing skills such as independence, persistence and thoughtful planning. Support children when motivation dips by reminding them that caring for living things takes time. Reinforce that continuing even when something feels difficult builds resilience and a deeper sense of connection to the natural world.
Now that you are learning how to help nature, it is time to choose something special to do. This is your rewilding challenge. It is one small way you will care for the world around you.
This month, you will choose one rewilding action and keep doing it for the whole month. Rewilding means caring, noticing and trying your best, even when it feels a little tricky. Small actions done again and again can really help nature.
Look at the list of rewilding challenges and choose one that you think you can keep doing until the end of the month. It might be planting a seed, caring for a plant, helping insects or making a safe place for an animal.
Once you have chosen your challenge, think about why you picked it. You can draw or talk about what you hope will happen as you care for nature each day.
This is your chance to help the world in your own way.
Learn More About Your Challenge
Support children to revisit their chosen challenge by exploring the relevant page in the Rewild Your World booklet together. Explain that this page helps them understand what their job will be over the next month.
Read the instructions slowly and clearly, using visuals and real examples where possible. Emphasise that the challenge gives purpose to their actions and helps them know how to care for something living. Keep the tone positive and reassuring so children feel confident about what they are going to do.
Encourage children to talk about what their challenge involves and what they might need to remember each day. Look for skills such as listening, following simple instructions and beginning to plan actions over time. Reinforce that it is normal for nature to change slowly and that caring means showing patience and attention. This stage helps children develop focus, responsibility and a sense of meaning in their work.
Now that you have chosen your rewilding challenge, it is time to learn more about it. This is your special job for the month and it is going to help nature.
Take a look at your Rewild Your World booklet. Find the page with your challenge and see what you will be doing. It will show you how to care for your plant, animal or wild space and what to look out for as the days go by.
Your challenge will take time, patience and care. Some days you might see changes and some days you might not. That is okay. Nature grows slowly and needs gentle hands.
This is going to be fun and meaningful. As you care for your challenge, the world around you will start to feel safer and more alive.
Let’s get started and help nature together.
Keep on Track. Responsibility in Action
Support children to use the daily tracking page as a gentle reflection tool rather than a checklist to complete. Explain that each day they will notice and record one small action they took to care for nature and achieve their challenge.
This may be through symbols or simple words, supported by verbal explanation. Model noticing aloud, such as remembering to water a plant or checking on a seed. Emphasise that the value sits in daily care and attention, not in how much is written or drawn.
Encourage children to talk about their actions and what they noticed as a result. Look for developing skills such as perseverance, routine building and growing self awareness. Support children to recognise that caring for living things takes time and consistency. At the end of each week, assist children to reflect on progress using photographs. This reinforces the idea that small actions, repeated daily, create meaningful change and builds pride in sustained effort.
This is the part of your journey where you keep helping nature every day. Each small choice you make shows how you are rewilding your world.
We have made a simple daily page for you. Each day, you can share one small thing you did to help nature. You might have watered a plant, checked on a seed, looked after a small animal home or cared for a wild space. You can draw it, write a few words or talk about it with your teacher.
If you are caring for a plant, you can show what you did today and what you noticed. If you are helping insects or birds, you can share how you kept them safe. This part is about noticing that small actions, done every day, really matter.
At the end of each week, you can take a photo of your challenge. Print it and stick it in your booklet. This shows how you are growing, caring and rewilding your world one day at a time
Writing a Story for Dear World
Support children to understand that their Dear World story is a way of sharing their rewilding journey with others. Introduce the template as a guide rather than a structure to follow exactly. Talk through each prompt together, using simple language and modelling reflective thinking aloud.
Emphasise that children can tell their story through drawings, marks, simple words or spoken language, depending on their stage of development. Reinforce that the story is about what they did, how they helped nature and how it made them feel.
Encourage children to see their story as something meaningful that can inspire others. Look for developing skills such as sequencing events, expressing feelings and recognising their own impact.
Support children to feel proud of their effort rather than focused on presentation. This activity strengthens communication, self belief and purpose, helping children understand that their actions matter and that their voice can help make the world a better place.
Now you are nearly at the end of your challenge. You have done something very special and it is time to share your story with the world.
Look at the page opposite. This page will help you tell your Dear World story. It will guide you to think about what you did, how you helped nature and how it made you feel. You can draw pictures, use simple words or tell your story to your teacher.
Your story can help other people learn how to care for the world too. When they hear what you did, they might want to try it themselves.
You helped nature.
You made a difference.
And now you get to inspire others to do the same.
Reflection and Quiz.
This reflection and quiz stage works well when completed in a calm, supportive way. It is a good idea for the online quiz to be completed at home, as the link can be sent directly to families.
This allows children to revisit their learning with a trusted adult and talk about their experiences in a relaxed environment. Emphasise to families that the quiz is reflective and supportive, not a test.
Use time at school to support children with the reflection questions in their booklet, focusing on feelings, effort and care rather than outcomes. Once quizzes are completed, certificates will be automatically sent via the email system. Collect and celebrate certificates at school to recognise each child’s effort. Look for growing confidence, pride and self awareness as children reflect on their month of rewilding and share their achievements with others.
You have now finished this month of your learning journey. You have spent time helping nature, caring for living things and noticing how your small actions can make a difference. This is a good moment to slow down and think about what you have done.
Take your time to look at the questions on the page opposite in your booklet. With help from your teacher, think about how you felt while caring for your challenge. You might think about what you enjoyed, what surprised you or what made you feel proud as you helped nature.
When you are ready, you will complete a short online quiz. This helps you remember what you learned about nature, chimpanzees and the work of Jane Goodall. There are no right or wrong feelings. Just do your best.
When you finish, you will receive your certificate. Take a photo of yourself holding it and place it next to your work to celebrate. You have done something important. You helped rewild your world.
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Getting Your Certificate
This reflection and quiz stage works well when completed in a calm, supportive way. It is a good idea for the online quiz to be completed at home, as the link can be sent directly to families.
This allows children to revisit their learning with a trusted adult and talk about their experiences in a relaxed environment. Emphasise to families that the quiz is reflective and supportive, not a test.
Use time at school to support children with the reflection questions in their booklet, focusing on feelings, effort and care rather than outcomes. Once quizzes are completed, certificates will be automatically sent via the email system. Collect and celebrate certificates at school to recognise each child’s effort. Look for growing confidence, pride and self-awareness as children reflect on their month of rewilding and share their achievements with others.
You have now finished this month of your learning journey. You have spent time helping nature, caring for living things and noticing how your small actions can make a difference. This is a good moment to slow down and think about what you have done.
Take your time to look at the questions on the page opposite in your booklet. With help from your teacher, think about how you felt while caring for your challenge. You might think about what you enjoyed, what surprised you or what made you feel proud as you helped nature.
When you are ready, you will complete a short online quiz. This helps you remember what you learned about nature, chimpanzees and the work of Jane Goodall. There are no right or wrong feelings. Just do your best.
When you finish, you will receive your certificate. Take a photo of yourself holding it and place it next to your work to celebrate. You have done something important. You helped rewild your world.
