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 Day!!…
read moreCowboy 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 – TV anchor Brian! KIDS ON the LAND made a lot of new friends all of who had great causes! Cowboy Joe and KIDS ON…
read more“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 of how knowing one place helps us know all places better. What will become of this place if future generations were so out of touch…
read moreThe “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 land in their environment. “Children have an innate need to be in nature and nature needs a new generation to be reconnected to the land…
read moreThe 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. We love teaching this wonderful STEM environmental science program outside… connecting students to the land where they live!
read moreWe 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 honored to have been included. Last year the event generated over 75,000 donations totaling $25.2 million and KOL has the opportunity to benefit from those…
read moreWe 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 as LINKS – “Learning in Nature with Kids”. They also treated our sixth graders to hands on STEM lessons as they welcomed us into the…
read moreWe 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 scholars next week. This will be the third year of KOL programs for many of the 5th graders. They have had some rain and we…
read moreKids 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 Unit in spring. All of the spring rains made this outdoor classroom perfect for teaching “All About Insects” and “Let’s Do the Work of a…
read moreFall 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 Graders will get to see a wind turbine up close and learn how they work from on-site engineers. Cowboy Joe will be on hand to…
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