Embark on a thrilling journey through Peter Brown’s The Wild Robot with this paper-based escape room activity and lesson plan guide! Perfect for classrooms, homeschool families, and learning pods. This is a no-lock and no-props printable adventure to invite kids to solve puzzles and analyze if RECOs were programmed with the ability to love, how would Roz’s story change?

✅ Engages Every Age – Adaptable for siblings and classrooms (grades 3–8, with extensions)

✅ Screen-Free Excitement – Printable riddles, ciphers, and word searches spark critical thinking

✅ Quick & Easy Prep – 18 pages of ready-to-go activities for busy parents

What’s Inside?

Lesson plan guide to make your own Escape Room

•  Work with students to creatively make up their own riddles and clues, while giving textual evidence and analysis

Pre-made Escape Room with Four Themed Puzzles (No Locks Needed!)

•  Brightbill’s Nest Riddle: Unscramble clues about love and family

•  Forest Cipher: Decode a message about Roz’s community

•  Ocean Word Search: Find words to reveal freedom’s role

•  RECO Recall Logic: Decide Roz’s fate—wild or recalled?

•  Discuss how love shapes Roz’s choices