Quite simply, when we deny our children nature, we deny them beauty.

Nature does not steal time, it amplifies it.

By letting our children lead us to their own special places we can rediscover the joy and wonder of nature.

The physical exercise and emotional stretching that children enjoy in unorganized play is more varied and less time-bound than is found in organized sports. Playtime—especially unstructured, imaginative, exploratory play—is increasingly recognized as an essential component of wholesome child development.

Nature introduces children to the idea—to the knowing—that they are not alone in this world, and that realities and dimensions exist alongside their own.

Nature is one of the best antidotes to fear.

We cannot protect something we do not love, we cannot love what we do not know, and we cannot know what we do not see. Or hear. Or sense.