What is nature?

Nature is everything around us that grows, moves, and changes without being told to.

Nature is like a big, lively playground, full of trees, animals, rivers, and even the clouds in the sky. Think about your favorite toy, it does what you tell it to do. But nature doesn’t need a person telling it what to do. It just does things on its own.

Imagine you have a puzzle with lots of pieces, some are big trees, some are tiny bugs, and others are the sun or rain. All these pieces work together in nature. The trees drink water from the ground, and birds live in them. When it rains, the water goes back into the ground to help the trees grow again.

You don’t have to go far to see nature, it's right outside your window or even under your feet. Your pet dog is part of nature, too! Just like you play with your toys every day, animals and plants play and change in their own special way.

Nature doesn’t need a person telling it what to do, it just keeps going and growing, all by itself.