I live in a densely populated city... I'm more of a country girl myself. City life is interesting, but I cant leave Toddler unattended for a moment even though we have a well fenced yard. I hope to move to the country where he can run around until lunch/dinner. For now he's too young to worry about that. I'm not sure how helpful it is for him, but I have a garden and the landowner has some trees in the backyard. We get all kinds of bugs and weather. He helped plant and water alot of the plants and flowers we have in our yard. Now when he sees a dead flower bulb he will grab it and run over and show me, then yells 'SEEDS!', then we will plant it, water it, and learn about the life cycle of that plant :) He's a little behind on speech, but he knows you make tomatoes by gently flicking the flowers, and we sometimes play in the dirt all day so he's not in front of a TV all the time. He has helped me dig and relocate dirt, and he has 'helped' me make steps for the backyard :D he knows how to pack in that dirt! He has also handled all my power tools while they were un-powered. TLDR: Toddler is a little behind on speech but has had his hands on all kinds of tools and has learned the lifecycle of different plants you might grow in a garden. He's a little sweatheart. I cant leave him unsupervised in this densely populated city, but I hope to move away from the city one day.