When outside be a role model!

"Do as I say, not as I do."  This exhortation rarely works.  You are the leader and the children will follow your example.  Your attitude toward the environmnet will register clearly with them as you carefully preplace a log rolled over for investigation, or pick up trash left by people there before you. 

How you feel about nature should and will come throught to the children - when you stop suddenly to listen to a favoirte birds song or pause to watch an ant laboring under a heavy load.  Curiosity and caring are contagious!

Hands-On Nature:  Information and Activities for Exploring the Envionrment with Children.