Kids On The Land

Activity # 6 KOL - WIND WORKS FOR US
Now that school is out, we hope you are still staying well and safe and that you will continue to stay reconnected to nature with our outside activities. Have...
Activity #5 KOL – Using Your 5 Senses On a Nature Scavenger Hunt
We hope you are staying well and safe and that you have been enjoying getting reconnected to nature with our outside activities. This next one will...
Activity #4 - Make Your Own Rain Gauge
We are so Thankful for Water! Wonderful water: Every living thing needs water to survive. Humans can live only about 3 days without water. We depend...
Activity #3 - A Native American Talking Stick
Who ever holds the talking stick is given wisdom and courage to speak truthfully and wisely - Before beginning to make your own talking stick, read the information...
Activity #2 - Hurry and the Monarch
A Story of a Long Journey and Metamorphosis - Hurry the Texas tortoise is starting to think about winter when out of the bright October sky a monarch...
Activity #1 - Let's go Outside
Hello from Kids On the Land, While you are learning from home we have some fun Outdoor Activities for you and your family to experience. ACTIVITY...
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...
For the Love of the Land
We are passionate about reconnecting children to the land where they live, helping to create a new generation of stewards for Texas and our planet Earth....
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...
E-STEM Education with Kids On the Land
Environmental and STEM Education (E-STEM) programs like Kids On the Land are giving students the tools they need to lead us to a more sustainable Environmental...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Fostering a Love of Nature
It is our hope at Kids On the Land that children will develop the environmental values to become the future stewards of the Earth who will preserve the diversity...
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 is helping...
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...
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...
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, LINK,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Growing with the Dixon Water Foundation
All of the spring rains made this outdoor classroom perfect for teaching “All About Insects” and “Let’s Do the Work of a Naturalist”
Connecting Children To the Land
Children in The Kids On the Land program are learning a true love for the land and becoming better stewards along the way!
Executive Director Peggy Maddox
Teaching children about the region where they live, connecting them to the land and a more sustainable future
Lambshead Ranch STEM Environmental program
The Lambshead Ranch hosted Kids On the Land for an amazing week of STEM environmental education programs
Who We Are
Kids On the Land provides a unique STEM environmental science program to Elementary School Children

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Activity # 6 KOL - WIND WORKS FOR US

Now that school is out, we hope you are still staying well and safe and that you will continue to stay...

1 Comment / Jun 21, 2020

Activity #5 KOL – Using Your 5 Senses On a Nature Scavenger Hunt

We hope you are staying well and safe and that you have been enjoying getting reconnected to nature with...

0 Comment / May 17, 2020

Activity #4 - Make Your Own Rain Gauge

We are so Thankful for Water! Wonderful water: Every living thing needs water to survive. Humans...

0 Comment / May 12, 2020

Outdoor STEM Education

Activity # 6 KOL - WIND WORKS FOR US
Jun 21, 2020
Activity #5 KOL – Using Your 5 Senses On a Nature Scavenger Hunt
May 17, 2020
Activity #4 - Make Your Own Rain Gauge
May 12, 2020
Activity #3 - A Native American Talking Stick
May 06, 2020
Activity #2 - Hurry and the Monarch
May 02, 2020
Activity #1 - Let's go Outside
Apr 22, 2020
On the land with the Dixon Water Foundation
Apr 08, 2019
For the Love of the Land
Mar 26, 2019
Whiteside Museum, Seymour Texas
Mar 26, 2019
E-STEM Education with Kids On the Land
Oct 12, 2017

Kids On The Land

Kids On the Land “KOL” is a unique Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) environmental program designed to teach children about the region where they live, connecting them to the land and a more sustainable future. The program is presented in during the Spring and Fall school semesters.
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