Get Grubby Program for Educators: Sustainability Education for Early Childhood and Primary Schools
Created by dirtgirlworld, trusted eco-educators
The Get Grubby Program is a set of sustainability-focused educator and teacher resources designed especially for early childhood educators and primary school teachers.
Created by the team behind dirtgirlworld and Get Grubby TV, the fun, hands‑on resources empower young learners to explore and engage with nature and sustainability through play and purposeful teaching.
What’s Included?
The Get Grubby Program includes 10 fun and engaging units, each designed as a 4-week adventure. Educators and teachers can explore any unit independently or follow our monthly schedule for a full year of sustainability-focused learning and discovery.
Learning Kits
Unit 1: Get Ready to Get Grubby
This unit is all about getting ready! Meet dirtgirl, scrapboy and Costa the garden gnome. Create your own scrapbook, learn our top tips for getting grubby, and find out how to use garden and outdoor tools safely.
Unit 5: Party for the Planet
This unit is jam-packed with ideas to help you throw your own littlest ever eco-carnivale and fundraise for an eco-project. We learn about World Environment Day and what the ‘environment’ means.
Unit 2: Get Grubby
This unit is all about stepping outside in nature! Connect with nature and explore activities like making a nature heart or a nature crown. Become a weather watcher and sing along to Nature Walkabout. Make a mud kitchen and mud pies!
Unit 6: Get Energy Wise
In this unit, the greenthumbs put on their nature detective hats to investigate what energy is and how they can save it! Discover the top 4 tips for kids for saving energy and sing along to Big Orange Tractor.
Unit 3: Get Funky in the Compost
In this unit, you can learn how to set up a compost, how to look after it, and what to put in it. This is a great way for greenthumbs to observe nature at work. Sing and dance along to Get Funky in the Compost.
Unit 7: Get Growing
Learn all about seeds, plants and how to grow an edible garden at your place. Learn about mulching, watering, and how to tell the difference between a seedling and a weed. Sing along to The Planting Song while you grow.
Unit 4: Get Wriggly
In this unit, you can become a worm farmer! Learn how to set up a worm farm and how to look after it. Greenthumbs learn how worms can help break down our food scraps and discover the important role tiny creatures play in nature.
Unit 8: Get Water Wise
Did you know the water on our planet is the same water that was here during the time of the dinosaurs? In this unit, you’ll discover the water cycle and learn how to save and care for our precious water.
Unit 9: Get Ready to ReThink Rubbish
In this unit, greenthumbs learn how to reduce, reuse and recycle – and sort rubbish into the right bins. They also discover how food scraps and garden waste can be composted using food and garden organics kerbside bins.
Unit 10: Get Happy
What has happiness got to do with nature and sustainability? Everything! It's all about connection! When kids spend time outside feeling joyful, it helps understand the importance of nature. This unit is also full of ideas for an eco-friendly festive season.
Fun and Engaging Resources
Full access to a rich collection of sustainability-themed educator and teacher resources:
Video Content
Over 60 minutes of videos across 10 themed units
More than 30 minutes of dirtgirlworld animated episodes and music video clips
Learning Kits
10 downloadable PDF learning kits (40-60 pages each)
Screen presentation versions for flexible presentation
Helpful educator notes and guidance included with every unit
Printable Activities
Unique worksheets and activities in every unit
Perfect for creating a personal dirtgirlworld scrapbook
Curriculum Mapping
Detailed curriculum links for each unit to support planning, reporting and alignment with learning outcomes.
Plus!
Each month, you’ll receive a special email from dirtgirl introducing one of the learning units.
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Learning Kits
Each unit includes a comprehensive resource kit with printables, activities, and step-by-step educator notes. Includes a screen presentation version for flexible delivery.
Exclusive Videos
3–4 bite-sized videos per unit starring dirtgirl, scrapboy, and Costa the Garden Gnome – created to inspire and engage young learners. These videos bring sustainability to life in a playful, relatable way.
Printable Activity Sheets
Designed for children to complete, collect and add to their dirtgirlworld scrapbook, creating a personal record of discoveries they can share with families at home.
Mission charts
Optional mission charts offer a fun visual tracker where children colour in petals as they complete each activity. Once the flower is full, they can take it home or add it to their dirtgirlworld scrapbook.
Colouring in sheets
Each unit contains colouring-in sheets related to the learning theme. You can print these and share with the children, or send them home for continued fun and engagement.
Printable Certificates
Each unit includes an achievement certificate – because in dirtgirlworld, every effort is worth celebrating, big or small! Personalise it for each child as a joyful reminder of what they’ve discovered.
dirtgirlworld videos
You will also find bonus dirtgirlworld animated videos. Loved by children around the world, each one is tied to the theme and helps to spark moments of delight and curiosity.
Music & Songs
Each unit features a key song to help reinforce connections to nature and sustainability messages. Sing along, dance, and use your voice! You’ll also find a copy of the song lyrics so you can learn the words.
Bonus content
Explore a curated Pinterest board for every unit –packed with growing inspiration, clever ideas, and creative extensions for educators and teachers.
A Curriculum-Connected Program
The Get Grubby Program resources support educators and teachers to enrich children’s learning by offering meaningful, hands-on experiences. It encourages children to share what they’ve discovered with their families, helping to build strong home–learning connections.
Our resources align with the Early Years Learning Framework, the Australian Curriculum, and the NSW and Victorian Curricula, exploring key learning outcomes in a fun, engaging and sustainable way.
You also have access to detailed curriculum mapping for each unit, making planning and reporting simple and stress-free.
Got a Question?
We’re here to help! Whether you want to find out more about the program, need help with your subscription, or have any other questions, please contact us.
We look forward to helping bring the dirtgirlworld joy of nature and sustainability education to your place!