Political, spiritual and social leaders, artists, poets and inventors across the centuries have viewed nature as a source of inspiration, of comfort and solace, of creativity and renewal.
The importance of nature as a source of solace and inspiration to many of us was reiterated in a recent National Trust poll. It found that for many adults their favourite childhood memories are of the outdoors - building dens, playing in the park and observing wildlife.
But what of the generation of children who are now in early years settings? How many of them will, in later life, recall their experience of nature as an essential source of their learning and development?
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