Children’s connection with nature is rapidly diminishing just as we are beginning to realize how vital it is for their intellectual, emotional, social, and physical development. Outdoor play has many benefits in early childhood, including improved concentration and impulse control, greater emotional coping and stress reduction, richer creative play, increased fitness and reduction in childhood obesity, and better resiliency. Just being outside, however, is not sufficient. Although we may provide playground space and play equipment, both are often devoid of contact with living or natural things.