[Child-nature interactions as the basis for a sense of kinship with the environment].

With the advent of bipedalism, human beings have experienced a different relationship with the environment and have greatly transformed it. Today, 67 to 80% of French people live far from rural areas, in cities that are sometimes very large. However, relationships with nature are essential to our development and to our physical and emotional well-being. Supporting children through encounters with nature contributes to their development. In this way, it is possible to combine the care of young children with, in the longer term, the care of the environment.