For many of you who work with children, do you sometimes notice that they are lacking that connection with the natural world that you may have experienced as a kid? It's not often that you hear them telling stories about playing down at the creek or making forts out in their backyard. I don't think it's because they don't want to. It may be because they just don't have those same opportunities. Youth have an inner curiosity about nature, but as parents or adults who care for youth, how often do we give them that opportunity to explore the outside …