this is how chdren get exercise, and there's no substitute for that. >> brangham: once the school daytarts, "let grow" follows these kids into the classroom, and eventually home. >> i cut a cucumber all by myself. >> brangham: starting in kindergarten, the program also assigns students to try something new once a week, no help from mom and dad. second-grader nathaniel ames recently started venturing into the backyard to feed the family chickens. fourth-grader gia rosello learned to pop her own popcorn. >> i've been thinking about it a >> brangham: connor hayes is a fifth grader who has never walked more than a block from his house, by himself. .> look both ways before you cross the street m, brangham: the next day, he convinced his mo maggie that he was ready. >> bye, connor. i love you. >> brangham: she knows this freedo hard for her. but it's >> when i was younger, i was outside bike all around themy neighborhood, and i was doing iw probablyn i was younger than him. c >> branghanor made it to the playground that day, two blocks, and he said the feeling he got lived up to the hype. >