Nature is fast losing its place in the lives of urban children. The urban child's exposure to nature is largely virtual, through television, the internet, movies, and books. Spending time in nature has been documented to improve a child's life and learning in many ways. Out of the few situations in which urban children do spend time in nature, nature trails were found to be fairly prevalent.

This project aims to create a set of resources to give children a less structured, more enjoyable, yet informative nature experience without a field expert's presence. A self-guided nature trail is conceptualised. Anyone with these resources may initiate their own nature trail. The area selected for the sample nature trail and resources is the IIT-Bombay Lakeside.

This set of resources forms a kit for children, termed as The Little Explorer Bag. It consists of the following items, specifically designed for use by children: A Field Guide for specie identification, an Activity Book, which contains a set of thoughtfully designed, trail-specific activities and information nuggets, a Trail Map of the IIT-B Lakeside Area, and other resources to enable the group to plan and create their own nature trail. It is recommended for an adult to accompany the group of children on the Nature Trail. The use of the kit will enable the children to have an informative as well as an enjoyable nature immersion experience and might act as a trigger to generate sensitivity towards nature in children.