Nature is about smelling, hearing, tasting, seeing.

To take nature and natural play away from children may be tantamount to withholding oxygen.

We do not raise our children alone.... Our children are also raised by every peer, institution, and family with which they come in contact. Yet parents today expect to be blamed for whatever results occur with their children, and they expect to do their parenting alone.

If we desire a kinder nation, seeing it through the eyes of children is an eminently sensible endeavor: A city that is pro-child,for example, is also a more humane place for adults.

This seems clear enough: When truly present in nature, we do use all our senses at the same time, which is the optimum state of learning.

Natural playgrounds may decrease bullying.

This tree house became our galleon, our spaceship, our Fort Apache...Ours was a learning tree. Through it we learned to trust ourselves and our abilities.