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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.…
Read MoreUS 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…
Read MoreThe 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…
Read MoreTeaching 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…
Read MoreSeymour, 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,…
Read MoreReal 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…
Read MorePartnership 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…
Read MoreOutdoor 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…
Read MoreOn 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…
Read MoreNorth 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…
Read MoreNorth 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…
Read MoreNolan 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…
Read MoreMeet 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…
Read MoreLambshead 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.…
Read MoreKids 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…
Read MoreKids 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…
Read MoreKids 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…
Read MoreKIDS 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…
Read MoreKIDS 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…
Read MoreIT’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…
Read MoreIt is Spring at Kids On the Land
We are having a great spring season at Kids On the Land! We have had great programs with the FWISD and the Uplift Education Williams Preparatory School scholars. We are…
Read MoreFostering 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 and…
Read MoreFor 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. Please take a minute…
Read MoreE-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 future and to take…
Read MoreEarth Day Texas 2014
We were so excited to be a part of Earth Day Texas this year. Close to 60,000 people came to the event this year. We had so many people stop…
Read MoreConnecting Children to the Land in Jacksboro
The Richards Ranch, known for its conservation, sustainability efforts, and resource improvements hosted their fifth Kids On the Land program this spring. The owners of this ranch have generously donated…
Read More“All About Insects” with Uplift William’s Prep 3rd Grade Scholars
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