Early on weekday mornings before the sun warms the ground, children tumble out of cars and into San Diego’s residential neighborhood of North Park to run wild for the day.
Waiting for them to arrive is Susan Seiguer, founder and director of the All Friends Nature School. The children’s parents exchange pleasantries and then take their leave. When the last car pulls away, Seiguer breaks into song and the children gather around her. And without any fuss she slowly escorts them into an urban canyon.