At a time marked by unprecedented rates of biodiversity loss and extinction, the relationship between humans and the nonhuman world has come to the forefront of public and academic debates in Euro-American societies. Early socialization has long been recognised as playing a fundamental role in shaping the ways in people relate to “nature.” In particular, concerns about children’s lack of contact with “nature” or about the extinction of many species has reignited an interest in the role. Despite this renewed attention however, research has been carried out independently in distinct disciplines with very little done to bring together these different strands of research in a dialogue.  This workshop brought together experts and scholars working in anthropology, psychology, early childhood education, the environmental humanities and the cognitive sciences whose research focuses on children’s relationship to the natural world.