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Come along on our homeschool tour of North American birds and pick up some great science and natural history lessons along the way. This week: the Bulbuls, Starlings, Waxwings, Silky-Flycatchers, Olive Warblers, and Accentors.
🏞 Homeschool Natural History: Little Lessons for the Whole Year
The river is moving.
The blackbird must be flying.
Great homeschool teaching tips and easy little lessons on birds and natural history from the River Houses Homeschool Network. Print your own homeschool calendars and planners on the River Houses calendar page, and subscribe to our free homeschool newsletter to get posts like these delivered right to your mailbox every week! 📫
❡ Homeschool birds: This Homeschool Natural History collection includes our regular Friday Bird Families posts that introduce you and your students to the birds of North America, as well as our special May posts for our annual Bird Migration Month. 🦅
🇺🇸 WEEKLY AMERICAN HERITAGE: Mesa Verde National Park
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For America’s 250th anniversary, discover the history and landscape of the United States with your homeschool students. This week: Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado.
🦅 FRIDAY BIRD FAMILIES: Mockingbirds, Catbirds, and Thrashers
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Come along on our homeschool tour of North American birds and pick up some great science and natural history lessons along the way. This week: the loquacious Mockingbirds, Catbirds, and Thrashers.
🇺🇸 WEEKLY AMERICAN HERITAGE: Scotts Bluff National Monument
For America’s 250th anniversary, discover the history and landscape of the United States with your homeschool students. This week: Scotts Bluff National Monument in Nebraska.
📚 🦉 HOMESCHOOL LIBRARY LESSONS: The Macaulay Library of Natural History
Invite your homeschool naturalists to explore the sights and sounds of birds all over the world through the online collections of the Macaulay Library at Cornell University.
🦅 FRIDAY BIRD FAMILIES: Thrushes
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Come along on our homeschool tour of North American birds and pick up some great science and natural history lessons along the way. This week: the melodious Thrushes.
🇺🇸 WEEKLY AMERICAN HERITAGE: Great Basin National Park
For America’s 250th anniversary, discover the history and landscape of the United States with your homeschool students. This week: Great Basin National Park in Nevada.
🐦 WHAT BIRDS ARE MIGRATING Through Your Neighborhood?
May is Bird Migration Month in the River Houses. Here’s how you can find out what birds are migrating though your homeschool neighborhood this month (or any month of the year).
🦅 FRIDAY BIRD FAMILIES: Sylviid Warblers and Allies
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Come along on our homeschool tour of North American birds and pick up some great science and natural history lessons along the way. This week: the Sylviid Warblers, Leaf Warblers, Grasshopper-Warblers, and Old World Flycatchers and Chats.
🇺🇸 WEEKLY AMERICAN HERITAGE: Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
For America’s 250th anniversary, discover the history and landscape of the United States. This week: Harpers Ferry National Historical Park in West Virginia.
🐦 HOMESCHOOL NATURE NOTES: MAY is Bird Migration Month!
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Bird migration is one of the world’s most wonderful natural phenomena. Don’t miss the chance to teach your homeschool students about it, during May and all through the year.
🌳 HOMESCHOOL HOLIDAYS: Happy Arbor Day Weekend!
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It’s National Arbor Day! Why not celebrate this delightful dendrological occasion by planting a tree in honor of your homeschool this week.
🦅 FRIDAY BIRD FAMILIES: Gnatcatchers, Dippers, & Kinglets
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Come along on our homeschool tour of North American birds and pick up some great science and natural history lessons along the way. This week: the tiny Gnatcatchers, Dippers, and Kinglets.
🇺🇸 WEEKLY AMERICAN HERITAGE: Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve
For America’s 250th anniversary, discover the history and landscape of the United States. This week: Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve in Kansas.
🖋 🌸 WONDERFUL WORDS: Loveliest of Trees
“And since to look at things in bloom / Fifty springs are little room, / About the woodlands I will go / To see the cherry hung with snow.” (Our flowery homeschool poem-of-the-week, from A.E. Housman, for the loveliest of trees.)
🦅 FRIDAY BIRD FAMILIES: Nuthatches, Creepers, & Wrens
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Come along on our homeschool tour of North American birds and pick up some great science and natural history lessons along the way. This week: the small and friendly Nuthatches, Creepers, and Wrens.
🦅 FRIDAY BIRD FAMILIES: Chickadees, Titmice, & Allies
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Come along on our homeschool tour of North American birds and pick up some great science and natural history lessons along the way. This week: the friendly and familiar Chickadees, Titmice, and their allies.
🐦 HOMESCHOOL NATURE NOTES: Watching Bird Migration with BirdCast
Introduce your young homeschool scientists to the wonderful BirdCast website. Track the birds that are migrating across the United States every night.
🦅 FRIDAY BIRD FAMILIES: Larks and Swallows
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Come along on our homeschool tour of North American birds and pick up some great science and natural history lessons along the way. This week: the terrestrial Larks and the aerial Swallows.
🦅 FRIDAY BIRD FAMILIES: Crows and Jays (Part II)
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Come along on our homeschool tour of North American birds and pick up some great science and natural history lessons along the way. This week: the garrulous and gregarious Crows and Jays (Part II).
🌸 HOMESCHOOL HOLIDAYS: Visit the Cherry Blossoms in Washington, D.C.
On March 27th in 1912, the city of Tokyo presented a gift of 3000 cherry trees to the United States to line the banks of the Potomac River and other sites in Washington, D.C., where they and their successors may still be seen today.
🦅 FRIDAY BIRD FAMILIES: Crows and Jays (Part I)
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Come along on our homeschool tour of North American birds and pick up some great science and natural history lessons along the way. This week: the Crows and Jays (Part I), garrulous residents of town and country.
🐦 HOMESCHOOL NATURE NOTES: The Great Backyard Bird Count in Review
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Last month’s Great Backyard Bird Count has entered the history books. More than 800,000 people from around the world participated! Were you and your homeschoolers among them?
🦅 FRIDAY BIRD FAMILIES: Shrikes and Vireos
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Come along on our homeschool tour of North American birds and pick up some great science and natural history lessons along the way. This week: the predatory Shrikes and the plain but voluble Vireos.
🦅 FRIDAY BIRD FAMILIES: Tyrant Flycatchers and Becards
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Come along on our homeschool tour of North American birds and pick up some great science and natural history lessons along the way. This week: the Tyrant Flycatchers and the Becards.
🦜 FRIDAY BIRD FAMILIES: Parrots
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Come along on our homeschool tour of North American birds and pick up some great science and natural history lessons along the way. This week: the Old World Parrots and the African and New World Parrots.
🦅 FRIDAY BIRD FAMILIES: Caracaras and Falcons
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Come along on our homeschool tour of North American birds and pick up some great science and natural history lessons along the way. This week: the predatory and fast-flying Falcons and Caracaras.
