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Kel's passion project

Little Explorers

It started as my passion project, UNLOCKINGMINDS!: a literature-based, mindful outdoor programme where children explore stories in nature. Over the years, we brought it to preschools all across Singapore.

Walk the morning trailBring it to your preschool
A little boy looking at the leaf artwork he made, held up by his trainerA toddler proudly holding up the coconut stack she builtA child working her way along the handprint and footprint trail

Discovering the world, nurturing the mind

UNLOCKINGMINDS! Challenge

Outdoor education for little learners, shaped around Singapore's NEL preschool curriculum and focused on growing social and emotional skills. We believe learning takes place through fun.

9.30 to 11amOne morning in the park
N2 to K2Nursery 2 to Kindergarten 2
NEL focusedSocial and emotional skills

Every morning includes

  • A story-based focus that carries the whole morning
  • Teacher-led exploration, building self-confidence through art and craft in the park
  • Team building games where children interact freely and work on communication
  • Storytelling with on-the-feet exercises to get them grooving

Five little stepping stones

Our main goals

信

Develop confidence

勇

Work to overcome challenges

思

Reflect on their actions

静

Self-regulate their behaviour

合

Work cooperatively in a group

Hosted with our partnersStar Learners✦MindChamps

Across Star Learners centres, one of Singapore's largest private preschool groups, and premium brands like MindChamps.

A morning with us

Follow the morning trail

Five stops, one story, and plenty of little discoveries along the way.

A storyteller reading to children with hands raisedA trainer reading a breathing story to children and parentsTwo storytellers reading picture books to a circle of childrenStorytellers with hand puppets singing to toddlers
Stop 1

Story under the tree

One story carries the whole morning, told together on picnic mats under the trees.

A nature weaving board of leaves and flowersA trainer holding up a child's leaf artworkA finished leaf and flower artworkA parent and child collecting leaves
Stop 2

Create with confidence

Teacher-led exploration in the park, where art and craft from leaves, petals and seed pods build real self-confidence.

Children taking turns on handprint and footprint matsA child crawling along a footprint mat as a parent points the wayChildren moving along a blue footprint matChildren stretching their arms up high
Stop 3

Play together

Team building games that let children interact freely and grow their communication skills.

A trainer leading children in slow, calm breathing on the grassToddlers chasing bubblesA toddler holding up her coconut stackChildren stretching their arms up as they move to a story
Stop 4

Breathe and notice

Storytelling with on-the-feet exercises to get them grooving, then bubble breathing to settle back down.

A father helping his daughter with her leaf craftA parent and child holding up their leaf artworkChildren spotting fish in a pondA child and parents watching a monitor lizard
Stop 5

Share with family

Children show what they made and discover the park together, as one explorer family.

静心 · our photo album

Every mindful moment

Songs, stories, stepping stones and quiet discoveries from our mornings with partner preschools.

Puppet sing-along ▶
Story time under a big tree
A toddler on stepping stones
Children listening in a circle
Coconut stacking ▶
Children running with pinwheels
Families walking a forest trail
A child collecting leaves on a plate
A trainer reading to children on a mat
Children moving along a blue footprint mat
A parent offering a plate of leaves
A child's leaf and flower collage
Children moving to a story
Children, parents and teachers waving under a big tree
Kel, founder of Exploart, with families at a Little Explorers morningThat's me, Kel!

A note from our founder

It began as my passion project

After 12 years in early childhood classrooms, I kept coming back to one belief: children learn best when they are free to play, explore and wonder. In 2023 I took that belief outdoors and dreamed up the UNLOCKINGMINDS! Challenge, a story-based morning in the park. Together with a fellow educator and our partner preschools, we brought it to life for little ones and their parents.

Today it lives on as Little Explorers, and the same belief runs through everything we do at Exploart.

Kel, Founder of Exploart

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