One of the key pillars of the Singapore Green Plan 2030, our City in Nature vision aims to bring nature closer to everyone. Living close to nature can be challenging, and children need to learn how to co-exist harmoniously with wildlife from a young age.

To help facilitate the start of their learning, we have developed an educational resource package titled "Living in our City in Nature and appropriate behaviour when encountering wildlife in our green spaces" with support from the Garden City Fund (GCF), NParks' registered charity and IPC.

Targeted at children aged 4 to 6 years old, it highlights the dos and don’ts of responsible human-wildlife encounters. It encourages them to develop a deeper appreciation for the biodiversity in Singapore, as well as how to play their part in our transformation into a City in Nature.

 

 

 

Learning objectives

These resources support the learning areas outlined in the current kindergarten curriculum, Nurturing Early Learners. 

With these resources, young children are encouraged to discover more about the world around them, develop socially and emotionally, and build their motor, language, literacy and numeracy skills.

Conducting the programme

All preschools licensed under the Early Childhood Development Agency (ECDA) will receive complimentary sets of educational resources by February 2025. These educational resources are also available online below.

Each set includes: 

Big picture book: The Special Tree People

Sunny and Grandma love Grandpa’s favourite tree. But when Sunny accidentally damages the trunk, the race is on to find the mysterious Special Tree People.

Join their adventure as they encounter different wildlife species and learn what they should and should not do. If they do the right thing, they might be able to save Grandpa’s favourite tree!

Download the picture book

 

Posters

In this poster series, children will learn about:

• Our wild spaces and the animals and plants that inhabit them
• The dos and don’ts when encountering wildlife

Download the 3 posters

Multi-functional educational cards: Let's Get Wild

Reinforce the lessons learnt in class with these illustrated educational cards! 

Children will learn about: 

• Wildlife they may encounter in Singapore and their characteristics
• Where wildlife live
• How wildlife move around
• Appropriate behaviour when encountering wildlife in our green spaces

Download the educational cards and the instruction sheet to enjoy any of the 5 featured games.

 

Board Game: Exploring our City in Nature

Take a trip around Singapore and visit some of our green spaces through this interactive life-sized board game! Along the way, you will encounter wildlife that inhabit our City in Nature, and put into practice what you have learnt about how to behave responsibly when you see them.

Download the board game and instruction sheet

 

Interactive videos with Stella the Straw-headed Bulbul

Do you know what to do when you come across animals like otters, pigeons or crocodiles?

Follow Stella the Straw-headed Bulbul across Singapore and learn how to behave responsibly in our green spaces, as she sings about our beautiful green spaces and the wildlife that call Singapore home.

 

 

You can learn the song lyrics and dance steps by following this tutorial!

 

 

 

 

 

	Online Resources All our educational resources are now available online. Feel free to use these resources to extend the learning of your children or students!
	ECDA-NParks Innovation Guidance Project    Make use of the materials shared by participating centres of this project, and you can set up resource-rich learning corners or plan enriching activities for your pre-schoolers about sharing our home with animals and the community in Singapore too!