During my time in the Environmental Leadership Program at University of Oregon, I learned and adapted teaching methods from Coyote's Guide to Connecting with Nature by Jon Young, as well as from my mentors. The Restoring Connections program within ELP works with K-5th graders and is partnered with Adams Elementary School and Mount Pisgah Arboretum. During our interactive walks throughout Mount Pisgah, we encourage careful scientific observations and follow them up with increasingly difficult questions. For example, when I was walking through the local incense cedar habitat, I asked the kindergarten group to use their senses of touch and smell to make observations about the tree. If they asked a question, rather than answering directly, I asked one back, until they were able to reach a conclusion on their own. This creates a memorable experience and ground students to a specific experience that they can relate to their local natural environment. We also use the incense cedar trees to teach about local history of the Kalapuya Tribe, and how they stripped the bark for clothing and used the wood to make homes. This engages the senses, provides context to create a sense of place, appeals to naturalistic, kinesthetic, logical, and intrapersonal intelligences, and starts early education about indigenous tribes throughout Eugene, OR.