family – Land Between the Lakes

23 Mar 2016

Every Kid in a Park

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By Jeff Laird, Customer Service Department Manager Dear Friends, I want to personally ask you to reach out to parents and youth leaders of fourth graders in your area about the Every Kid in a Park program. Please share this information to those you feel would benefit from this free program for kids. The Every Kid in a Park’s 4th grade pass offers FEE-FREE access to participating facilities in public lands for fourth graders and their immediate family members. At Land Between the Lakes this includes our... Homeplace 1850s Farm Where you travel back to a working farm and visit…

13 Nov 2015

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Every Kid in a Park 4th Grade Pass

Community, Customer Service, Environmental Education, Homeplace, Nature Station4th grade pass, environmental education, Every Kid in a Park, family, Kentucky, land between the lakes, tennessee

What is the 4th Grade Pass? Every Kid in a Park—4th Grade Pass offers fee-free access to the child and his or her immediate family and is honored by eight Federal agencies including: Army Corps of Engineers Bureau of Land Management Bureau of Reclamation Dept. of Education Fish and Wildlife Service Forest Service National Park Service National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration How do 4th graders receive free entry? Beginning September 1, 4th graders (including 4th grade equivalent home-schoolers) can obtain their fee-free access by visiting the Every Kid in a Park website at www.everykidinapark.gov. There they can do an educational…

28 May 2015

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Become a Secret Agent at Land Between The Lakes!

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Love playing games? Do you know someone who's a gamer? Get outside and play with Agents of Nature, an exciting new mobile app for the woods! Youth visiting Woodlands Nature Station now have an exciting new way of learning about the forest. Agents of Nature is a free, mobile game that kids play outside by hiking trails to trigger nature-based challenges. Visitors can download the game at home for an Android or iOS phone or tablet. Select the Land Between The Lakes mission site and play the game at Woodlands Nature Station and surrounding trails. “This is a great way…

24 Mar 2015

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Time Travelers Guide to the Homeplace 1850s Working Farm and Living History Museum

Customer Service, History, Homeplace1850, animals, chickens, children, ducks, etiquette, family, farm, friends, garden, hands-on, heritage breed, history, homeplace, kids, land between the lakes, livestock, living history, mule, museum, oxen, programs, sheep, tennessee, time travel, working

Submitted by Brian Truskey, Communications Department Apprentice and Cindy Earls, Lead Interpreter at the Homeplace 1850s Working Farm and Living History Museum. Head through the doors at the Homeplace 1850s Working Farm and step back in time. Experience what life was like on a middle Tennessee farm in the 1850s. Since many people have never been on a farm, let alone an 1850s farm, we put together this time traveler’s guide to improve your understanding of the mid-1800s. As any experienced time traveler can tell you, the best way to visit the past is to blend in. This guide includes…

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