The educational theory of natural educationalism is the main body of Rousseau's educational thought, and its core is "returning to nature". He believes that education should follow the laws of nature and develop human nature. In education, it pays more attention to the primitive tendency and ability of human nature, which is closely related to human's "natural state": good human nature exists in a pure natural state. It is only because social civilization, especially urban civilization, is distorted and sinful. Therefore, only education that belongs to nature and is far away from the hustle and bustle of urban society can help safeguard human nature. Therefore, he demonstrated that education must "belong to nature" from various influences on children. Rousseau said that human education and material education must be coordinated with natural education, with natural education as the main axis, so that human education and material education can be carried out orderly around it. Based on children's inner nature, through appropriate education, we can see that Rousseau's natural education pays attention to the full affirmation of human nature and the cultivation of natural humanity and ideal personality, and advocates taking nature as the ideal criterion of education, being close to nature, learning from nature, returning to nature and obeying nature. At the same time, nature education is mainly aimed at the rich. Rousseau believes that nature education for the children of the rich can at least save and train some people to become human beings.

To sum up, Rousseau's natural education is a challenge to the society under the autocratic system and an education that harms human nature.