Knowledge of ecological processes are a basis for the understanding of important environmental issues. Through qualitative interviews, 8 preschool class pupils have replied to questions concerning the concept nature, disintegration and environment. The aim of this survey was to examine what attitudes and knowledge children with different pedagogical background have about the nature and the environment.

The result of this survey in whole demonstrates that all pupils have good and equivalent knowledge of the nature and the environment, independently of their different pedagogical backgrounds. A difference was however that children that have background from “I Ur och Skur” (a Swedish outdoors preschool program) know the names of all small bugs that were in the survey. Their view of what can be regained was also different.

The preschool is one very important pedagogic stand when it comes to developing the children's understanding of what happens in nature. Children will interpret science concepts differently depending on their previous experiences of the surrounding world.