Habitat Helpers

Early childhood education for sustainability

Preschool children will become Habitat Helpers in this sustainability incursion to explore environmental issues to help save the planet!

Suitable for:

Preschool 4-5 year olds

Available in:

Melbourne

Also available in: Sydney

Duration:

60 minutes

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Links to:

Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF)

Transform preschoolers into Superheroes with our Habitat Helpers incursion!

Dressed in sparkly green capes, children join “Earth Girl” or “Earth Guy” on an exciting adventure to tackle global environmental challenges through play-based learning.

Why Choose Habitat Helpers?

Supports EYLF outcomes with hands-on, play-based learning
Sparks curiosity about science and sustainability
Encourages teamwork, problem-solving, and creativity

Through dramatic play, children explore pollution, deforestation, and conservation while discovering real-world solutions. A fun, interactive way to inspire future sustainability leaders!

Our Habitat Helpers incursion is a favourite among preschool groups and works beautifully as a follow-up or introduction to broader topics like early childhood education for sustainability, environmental issues, and ecological awareness.

How does it work?

A drama educator will visit your centre, bringing 30 vibrant costumes and puppets showcasing different ecological hotspots around the world that preschoolers will visit to discuss sustainability.
Every child becomes a superhero, wearing a sparkly green cape full of drama power and imagination!
A Social Story is provided so you can prepare your children for our arrival to help with any anxieties.
Additional Teacher Resources are also provided to extend the dramatic play, long after we leave.

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Curriculum Suitability

The “Habitat Helpers” workshop addresses the following Early Years Learning and Development Outcomes (Birth to 5 years)

Outcome 1: Identity

Children have a strong sense of identity, when they:

Co-operate and work collaboratively as a team of Habitat Helpers to solve environmental problems in different parts of the world.
Become the animals and express a range of emotions, from a frightened baby orang-utan separated from its mother to a lonely orca affected by overfishing in Antarctica.

Outcome 2: Community

Children are connected with and contribute to their world, when they:

Use drama to broaden their understanding of environmental issues such as plastic and chemical pollution in The Great Barrier Reef.
Recognise and help to reduce the negative impact of humans on the natural environment in Tasmania and planting trees to counteract deforestation in Sumatra.

Outcome 3: Wellbeing

Children have a strong sense of wellbeing, when they:

Use physical skills and activity to adopt the animal’s features and movement eg glide through the waters of Antarctica as a school of fish.
Make new discoveries about their personal contributions to the concept of sustainability.

Outcome 4: Learning

Children are confident and involved learners, when they:

Use their imagination and creativity to explore different environments and their habitats.
Use role play and puppetry skills to pretend to be an array of animals adopting their features, movement and habits eg Sumatran tigers prowling in the jungle or echidnas shuffling in the bush.

Outcome 5: Communication

Children are effective communicators, when they:

Participate in a narrative that encourage the children about how they can make a positive contribution to the world around them.
Engage with their peers using voice, body language and gesture to tell a story.

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Reviews of this Incursion

Habitat Helpers was fun and engaging way for children to learn about different animals and their habitats. It kept them captivated while building environmental awareness.

Dame Nellie Melba Kindergarten

Always happy with the team from Drama Toolbox. The sessions are interactive, the content interesting to our children, and the presenters are always enthusiastic and inclusive supporting the participation of all the children.

Benwerrin Preschool, Burwood East

I would highly recommend Habitat Helpers for your next Drama Toolbox Incursion - such a thoughtful and fun way to teach young children about how to care for their world. The drama facilitator was absolutely fantastic!!

Darren Reserve Kindergarten Inc, Springvale South

This incursion was a great addition to our inquiry into sustainability. Through drama and music and movement the children explored concepts and topics that we had already discussed within the classroom. The children were all so engaged and loved the whole session, at the end of the session a student came to me and said “today was the best day in Kinder!” Every Drama Toolbox session is simply amazing!

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Habitat Helpers

Early childhood education for sustainability

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Curriculum Suitability

Reviews of this Incursion

Habitat Helpers was fun and engaging way for children to learn about different animals and their habitats. It kept them captivated while building environmental awareness.

Always happy with the team from Drama Toolbox. The sessions are interactive, the content interesting to our children, and the presenters are always enthusiastic and inclusive supporting the participation of all the children.

I would highly recommend Habitat Helpers for your next Drama Toolbox Incursion - such a thoughtful and fun way to teach young children about how to care for their world. The drama facilitator was absolutely fantastic!!

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Habitat Helpers

Early childhood education for sustainability

Suitable for:

Available in:

Duration:

Links to:

Gallery

Curriculum Suitability

Reviews of this Incursion

Habitat Helpers was fun and engaging way for children to learn about different animals and their habitats. It kept them captivated while building environmental awareness.

Always happy with the team from Drama Toolbox. The sessions are interactive, the content interesting to our children, and the presenters are always enthusiastic and inclusive supporting the participation of all the children.

I would highly recommend Habitat Helpers for your next Drama Toolbox Incursion - such a thoughtful and fun way to teach young children about how to care for their world. The drama facilitator was absolutely fantastic!!

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