Kids On The Land | Peggy Maddox

Teachers of the Year – Peggy Maddox and Katherine Dickson

The Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Districts recognized Peggy Maddox and Katherine Dickson as Conservation Teachers of the Year at their 75th Annual Dinner. We were honored to be…

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Partnering with the Morningside Children’s Partnership

Although Fort Worth is a prosperous American city, the Morningside neighborhood, a 2.2 square mile community of about 8,000 residents on the southeast side, has been suffering from high unemployment,…

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KIDS ON the LAND teaches science in the great outdoors

We are working hard to be successful on our first North Texas Giving Day! This Thursday, September 18th is North Texas Giving Day and KIDS ON the LAND (KOL) is…

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Kids On the Land Partnership with Buzzi Unicem

We returned to in person teaching this fall with our first program at the Dickson 69 Ranch. Our wonderful local partner Buzzi Unicem provided great support joining us all week…

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Kids On the Land is Growing with the Dixon Water Foundation

Kids On the Land is growing with the Dixon Water Foundation. We were privileged to be able to present our program to third and fourth graders on the their Leo…

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Kids Need to Move, Touch and Experience to Learn

When students use their bodies in the learning process, it can have a big effect.” Sian Beilock, professor of psychology at the University of Chicago. “We can start leveraging the…

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Whiteside Museum, Seymour Texas

Ancient History comes alive for Seymour Elementary students attending the Kids On the Land program 2019. The students are learning about the incredible history of the land where they live.…

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US Army Corps of Engineers – STEM program

Kids On the Land has recently been highlighted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as an example of a successful STEM program for Elementary students. They created a STEM…

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The work of a young Naturalist

Making seedballs is a great way for the young naturalists in the Kids On the Land program to learn about seed dispersal. A fourth grader in the KOL program wrote…

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Teaching in Jacksboro

Kids On the Land is getting ready for a great week at the Richards Ranch in Jacksboro. This is one of our favorite programs of the year. The ranch owners…

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Seymour, Texas: Kids On the Land

There are so many reasons we love Seymour, Texas! First of all there is the one and only Mandi Ligon, who has been a great Kids On the Land champion,…

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Real World Learning with Kids On the Land

“Teaching students in the Kids on the Land program connects them to their sense of place and the world they live in. It touches their souls and connects them to…

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Partnership with the Dixon Water Foundation

Kids On the Land partners with The Dixon Water Foundation to teach a next generation of Texans to love the land where they live and give them knowledge to grow…

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Outdoor Education Creates High Performance Students

It is a reality that regular outdoor time for children has become just minutes a day and is verging on being a thing of the past. KIDS ON the LAND…

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On the land with the Dixon Water Foundation

Kids On the Land is returning to the Dixon Water Foundation Josey Pavilion this week, teaching area elementary school children about the region where they live, connecting them to the…

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North Texas Giving Day 2016

The Communities Foundation of Texas sponsored North Texas Giving Day is this Thursday, September 22nd and it is almost time to GET UP and GIVE! This is an amazing opportunity…

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North Texas Giving Day 2014

Cowboy Joe and KIDS ON the LAND started the day out at WFAA -TV with many other non-profits rallying the community for North Texas Giving Day! High Fives from WFAA…

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Nolan County Investigation – 4th Grade

“THE WISDOM OF ONE PLACE : Why We Need to Know Where We Are” — Fred First — Peggy Maddox (Founder/Executive Director) opens with a great lesson on the importance…

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Meet Executive Director Peggy Maddox

The “KOL” program began in 2003 when Executive Director Peggy Maddox created the program. It is based on the belief that kids need to reconnect to the land, especially the…

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Lambshead Ranch STEM environmental education

The Lambshead Ranch hosted Kids on the Land for an amazing week of STEM environmental education programs. Third Grade learns that insects are EVERWHERE!!! and they are so much fun.…

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Kids On the Land Jackboro

We are loading up and headed to Jacksboro to the Richards Ranch. This is an amazing program with deep community support. We will be teaching 3rd, 4th and 5th grade…

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Kids On the Land Fall programs

Fall is in the air! It is almost time to welcome our west Texas scholars to Kids On the Land at the 69 Ranch! We couldn’t be more excited. Fifth…

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Kids On the Land at the Lambshead Ranch

Kids On the Land is gearing up for a new year of programs and ready for our spring 2014 events. Taking a look back at our great fall season, we…

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KIDS ON the LAND 69 Ranch program

KIDS ON the LAND taught 282 students from Blackwell, Highland and Roscoe elementary schools at the 69 Ranch in Nolan County. Our children are so focused on today’s technology in…

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KIDS ON the LAND – LAMBSHEAD RANCH

We had a great day at the Lambshead Ranch with Ricky Linex from NRCS. We followed the walking trail and found lots to teach the Albany students next week. We…

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IT’S ALL ABOUT THE INSECTS

One of our favorite fall programs is when we connect the Roscoe, Highland and Blackwell Elementary Schools with the 69 Ranch. Our incredible leaders Peggy Maddox and Katherine Dickson introduce…

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