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. Seymour is where some of the most famous bones and fossils you have never heard of have been found. Nearly complete fossilized skeletons of Dimetrodons…
read moreKids 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 benchmark program this spring and are putting a deliberate focus on STEM outreach efforts in order to encourage science, technology, engineering, and math education and…
read moreMaking 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 – Mum said – “Get dirty and have fun”. At the end we threw the seedballs in the grass. The birds will eat them and…
read moreKids 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 (John Hackley, his sister, Martha Hackley Salmon and their families) are true conservationists and have been honored by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department as…
read moreThe 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 there to support these incredible teachers who have impacted so many lives. The Kids on the Land program reached over 1,250 scholars in 2015 reconnecting…
read moreThere 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, and friend! We are so excited that our first 2016 expansion program was in her hometown of Seymour! Partnering with the Seymour ISD Elementary…
read moreKids 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 up and protect our environmental resources. We are working together to successfully expand the classroom walls out of doors. Scholars in this STEM environmental education…
read moreAlthough 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, violence, substandard health care, and low educational outcomes for years. In fact, the community’s crime rate is significantly higher than Fort Worth in every category.…
read moreIt 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 to break that cycle by bringing the classroom outside. Dr. Paul Martin, a noted Entomologist, leads students in a lesson on insect collection…
read moreKids 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 land and a more sustainable future. Betty and Clint Josey Living Pavilion The Dixon WaterFoundation recently won the state’s top land conservation award. The Aldo…
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