Use all of your senses.

Studies of children in playgrounds with both green areas and manufactured play areas found that children engaged in more creative forms of play in the green areas.

The times I spent with my children in nature are among my most meaningful memories-and I hope theirs.

Kids and adults pay a price for too much tech, and it's not wholesale.

There is another possibility: not the end of nature, but the rebirth of wonder and even joy.

Passion is lifted from the earth itself by the muddy hands of the young; it travels along grass-stained sleeves to the heart. If we are going to save environmentalism and the environment, we must also save an endangered indicator species: the child in nature.

Stress reduction, greater physical health, a deeper sense of spirit, more creativity, a sense of play, even a safer life-these are the rewards that await a family then it invites more nature into children's lives.