When 1,000 children were shown pictures of native plants and animals, 82% did not recognize an oak leaf and nearly five out of 10 failed to spot a bluebell. In the survey, carried out for the family activity application Hoop, 26% of children said they had little or no interest in nature. A third of parents blamed too much screen time.

Nature and Art are essential for the developing child:. The exercises we follow in my nature program are designed to engage mind, body and spirit, which in turn helps the child grow into a whole being.

In our increasingly busy world of technology we tend to lose sight of the small things in life. Like making time for a walk in nature. We are nature, we depend on nature to survive, nature is the source of our food, our water, our air.