The purpose of this research is to determine the ideas of the preschool children that live in the countryside and in the cities regarding the environmental pollution. Within this study, in which the qualitative research model was used, phenomenological pattern was used.  The study was performed with 30 preschool children. The data of the research were obtained using group interview and expression technique with pictures. According to the results of the environmental perception is limited with the livings and the concrete objects they encounter in daily life. However, when the pictures they drew concerning the environment they live in were examined, the results indicated difference.