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 Skuas and Jaegers, and the Auks, Murres, and Puffins, two widespread groups of oceanic birds.
🏞 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. Add your name to our River Houses mailing list and 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. 🦅
🦅 FRIDAY BIRD FAMILIES: Sandpipers (Part II)
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 long-legged Sandpipers (Part II), familiar shorebirds all around the world.
🦅 FRIDAY BIRD FAMILIES: Sandpipers (Part I)
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 long-legged Sandpipers (Part I), familiar shorebirds all around the world.
🦅 FRIDAY BIRD FAMILIES: Lapwings, Plovers, and Jacanas
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 leggy Lapwings, Plovers, and Jacanas.
🦅 FRIDAY BIRD FAMILIES: Stilts, Avocets, and Oystercatchers
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 long-legged Stilts, Avocets, and Oystercatchers.
🐦 BIRD-FEEDING SEASON is Here! (And so is Project FeederWatch!)
Setting up a bird feeder is one of the simplest and most educational homeschool activities you can do at any time of year. And by tracking the birds you see at your backyard feeder you can make a real contribution to science through Cornell University’s Project FeederWatch.
🦅 FRIDAY BIRD FAMILIES: Limpkins, Rails, Gallinules, Coots, and Cranes
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 Limpkins, Rails, Gallinules, Coots, and Cranes.
📱 🦉 HOMESCHOOL NATURE NOTES: Identifying Birds with MERLIN
If you’re a thoroughly modern homeschooler who is never without your smartphone, why not try using the free MERLIN app to identify your local birds!
🦅 FRIDAY BIRD FAMILIES: Swifts and Hummingbirds
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 Swifts and Hummingbirds, aerial acrobats all.
🦅 FRIDAY BIRD FAMILIES: Cuckoos, Roadrunners, Anis, and Goatsuckers
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 Cuckoos, Roadrunners, Anis, and Goatsuckers. (All birds with funny names!)
⛏ HOMESCHOOL BOOKS & NATURAL HISTORY: National Fossil Day!
For National Fossil Day, why not explore a big collection of rare and beautiful books on paleontology made available by the Smithsonian Institution and the Biodiversity Heritage Library.
🕊️ FRIDAY BIRD FAMILIES: Pigeons and Doves
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 familiar Pigeons and Doves.
🦩 FRIDAY BIRD FAMILIES: Grebes and Flamingos
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 short-legged Grebes and the long-legged Flamingos.
🦃 🐓 FRIDAY BIRD FAMILIES: “Gallinaceous” Birds
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 chicken-like “Gallinaceous” birds, including New World Quail, Curassows, Guans, Partridges, Grouse, Turkeys, and Old World Quail.
🦆 FRIDAY BIRD FAMILIES: Ducks, Geese, and Swans (Part II)
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 familiar Ducks, Geese, and Swans (Part II).
🦢 FRIDAY BIRD FAMILIES: Ducks, Geese, and Swans (Part I)
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 familiar Ducks, Geese, and Swans (Part I).
🦅 FRIDAY BIRD FAMILIES: Getting to Know Your Bird Guide
Introducing our year-long homeschool tour of the birds of North America — come follow the flyways with us from coast to coast! This week, for the start of the new homeschool year: getting to know your bird guide.
🐦 HOMESCHOOL NATURE NOTES: Getting Started with Bird Study and eBird
Bird study is one of the best subjects you can take up in a homeschool environment. Here’s a great way for you and your young naturalists to get started.
🦅 NATURE NOTES: The Beginning of Fall Bird Migration
It still feels like summer, but the first signs of fall are beginning to appear all around us. Have your homeschool naturalists seen them?
🦅 FRIDAY BIRD FAMILIES: Our Annual Tour is Complete!
Our annual homeschool tour of the birds of North America is complete! Take a look back this week at all the wonderful feathered friends we made, and be sure to tune in next month for a new round of avian explorations for the new homeschool year that begins in September.
🦅 FRIDAY BIRD FAMILIES: Accidental and Extinct Species (To Close the Year)
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 we wrap up the year with a look at a number of accidental and extinct North American birds from your bird guide’s appendix.
🦅 FRIDAY BIRD FAMILIES: Blackbirds, Meadowlarks, Orioles, and Allies
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 familiar and widespread Blackbirds, Meadowlarks, Orioles, Grackles, Cowbirds, and their allies.
🦅 FRIDAY BIRD FAMILIES: Cardinals, Grosbeaks, and Allies
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 brilliant Cardinals and their allies, including the American Tanagers, Grosbeaks, and Buntings.
🦅 FRIDAY BIRD FAMILIES: Emberizid Sparrows (Part II)
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 diverse and ubiquitous Emberizid Sparrows (Part II).
🦅 FRIDAY BIRD FAMILIES: Emberizid Sparrows (Part I)
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 diverse and ubiquitous Emberizid Sparrows (Part I).
🦅 FRIDAY BIRD FAMILIES: Tropical Tanagers and the Western Spindalis
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 tropical Tanagers and the peculiar Western Spindalis.
🦅 FRIDAY BIRD FAMILIES: Wood-Warblers (Part II)
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 and colorful Wood-Warblers (Part II).
