wild scouts
A LEAP + SOSA + FAHLO PROGRAM
Help children develop social/emotional learning skills through engaging, teacher-created wildlife curriculum.
The program
The Wild Scouts program is a creative collaboration between LEAP, The SOSA, and FAHLO to turn curiosity about animals into empahty and leadership.
It consists of 18 engaging classroom lessons (two per month) taught throughout the school year by classroom teachers. Built around the internationally recognized CASEL framework and aligned with Common Core standards, the program helps young learners develop compassion, teamwork, respect, responsibility, trustworthiness, and leadership through the remarkable lives of wild animals.
Rather than simply learning facts about wildlife, students learn from wildlife. The program’s pilot, focused on elephants, will span January – May 2027 for grades K-2. Each classroom will follow the journey of a real elephant living in Africa through the Fahlo Wildlife Tracker program, and subsequent years will see expanded grade levels and new animals added.
Students will take on a new identity as ‘Wild Scouts,’ discovering where their adopted classroom elephant travels, learning about their habitat, family, behaviors, and threats to their species, and simultaneously developing a meaningful personal connection to wildlife.
They will also learn about practical ways to help all animals through choosing more plant-based foods, being respectful of local wildlife, caring for companion animals, making kind choices, and protecting wild spaces in their own backyards.
We are looking for 50 Kindergarten – 2nd grade teachers to be the first to pilot this innovative curriculum in their classrooms starting in January; sign up now to reserve your spot!
SOCIAL/EMOTIONAL LEARNING STANDARDS-ALIGNED
Self-awareness
Social Awareness
Self-management
Relationship Skills
Responsible decision-making
Building Future Leaders
Why?
Species are disappearing at an alarming rate, and it will be up to the next generation to restore biodiversity and protect our planet.
HOW?
Through virtual connection with wildlife in the field and age-appropriate classroom lessons, children will develop the knowledge and skills needed to make a real difference.
"If children don't grow up knowing about nature and appreciating it, they will not understand it. And if they don’t understand it, they won’t protect it. And if they don’t protect it, who will?” - Sir David Attenborough
Blake Moynes, Founder, and Cody Moynes, COO, of The SOSA learning in nature as children.
Every child is born curious about animals, but what if that curiosity could be cultivated into empathy and leadership to build the next generation of wildlife advocates?
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Questions?
leap@leapforanimals.org