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Whiteside Museum, Seymour Texas

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. 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…

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US Army Corps of Engineers – STEM program

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 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…

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The work of a young Naturalist

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 – Mum said – “Get dirty and have fun”. At the end we threw the seedballs in the grass. The birds will eat them and…

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Teaching in Jacksboro

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 (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…

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Seymour, Texas: Kids On the Land

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, and friend! We are so excited that our first 2016 expansion program was in her hometown of Seymour! Partnering with the Seymour ISD Elementary…

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Real World Learning with Kids On the Land

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 real world learning in a meaningful life changing way.” Kathy Cash, Volunteer: Part of the connection to our Mother Earth is learning to respect your…

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Partnership with the Dixon Water Foundation

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 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…

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Outdoor Education Creates High Performance Students

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 to break that cycle by bringing the classroom outside. Dr. Paul Martin, a noted Entomologist, leads students in a lesson on insect collection…

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On the land with the Dixon Water Foundation

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 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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North Texas Giving Day 2016

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 to multiply your generosity. Kids On the Land has a generous partner who is matching donations up to $5,000 made on North Texas Giving…

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