I live half of the year in New York City and half in a national forest in Wisconsin’s Northwoods. I’m developing a private practice in both locations to strengthen connections with nature for children, adults, and families. I’ve always thought of every environment as a classroom. I have worked for decades 1:1 with young children with autism. My new project’s mission is to encourage, guide, and include families with children with ASD in experiences with nature. Before finding Victoria Hackett and Outdoor Classrooms, I don’t think I would have painted a tire in a bright color and placed it in my forest. However, what a great way of guiding children who struggle to focus and share attention?! So I’m now beginning a new facet in my threads of thought for enhancing the design of my two polar-opposite environments, both urban and rural, to be more encouraging. Some such enhancements in MINI ways, I now see as having significant potential.