Nature has no special agenda governed by economics and advertising. Interaction in natural environments builds a foundation upon which the child draws creatively for the rest of his or her life. Through observations over time and direct interactions with the world of nature, the child learns that the world of nature is orderly and safe. The definition of safe is in reference to a sense of belonging, connection, and harmony with life. Children come to know that they are members of a vast community of life forms - each of which has its own unique destiny and yet interacts with every other life form to support life on Earth. “We are all Related.”

The Natural world provides a spiritual connection for the child that transcends race, nationality and religion.

Children learn in and through their own activities in direct interaction with the environment and in no other way. (Maria Montessori) Knowing who one is; knowing the oneness of all life; knowing one’s relationship to others; and generously sharing one’s unique gifts with the world quickens magic at the heart of the individual and all that is.

The child, as Edith Cobb describes in her book “The Ecology of Imagination in Early Childhood,” is a world builder. Appreciation of civilization is founded on appreciation of the laws of Nature - the source of all the gifts of civilization. Human culture springs from a biological base. Another Way quickens the child’s memory of her biological base–her kinship with Life. The goal is to assist the child in such a way that as he or she matures, the natural, world-building abilities are in harmony with all Life.