The Tree

The Power of Nature

As a child investigates a tree, his curiosity is aroused. As Socrates said "Wisdom begins with wonder."

Trees have hidden secrets. The joy of finding these adds to the learning moment rather than detracts. "To climb a tree is for a man to discover a new world" Frederick Froebel, Education of Man, 1826.

Cooperation and conversations tend to increase outdoors. As the saying goes "Imagination is about what you haven't got, not what you have!"

"In the end we will only conserve what we love. We will only love what we understand. We need to cultivate relationships between children and trees. Talking to trees, hiding, playing and having fun in trees precedes saving trees and taking positive action for the environment." (adapted from Sobel (2008) Nature Design Principles).