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 ground-loving Wagtails and Pipits.
🏞 Homeschool Natural History: Little Lessons for the Whole Year
The river is moving.
The blackbird must be flying.
A collection of great homeschool teaching ideas, resources, and 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: Indigobirds, Old World Sparrows, and Allies
Come along on our homeschool tour of North American bird families and pick up some great science and natural history teaching tips along the way. This week: the Indigobirds and Whydahs, the Weavers, the Estrildid Finches, and the Old World Sparrows.
🦅 FRIDAY BIRD FAMILIES: Bulbuls, Starlings, Waxwings, and Allies
Come along on our homeschool tour of North American bird families and pick up some great science and natural history teaching ideas along the way. This week: the Bulbuls, Starlings, Waxwings, Silky-Flycatchers, Olive Warblers, and Accentors.
🐦 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: Mockingbirds, Catbirds, and Thrashers
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.
📚 🦉 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
Come along on our homeschool tour of North American bird families and pick up some great science and natural history teaching tips along the way. This week: the melodious Thrushes.
🌳 HOMESCHOOL HOLIDAYS: Happy Arbor Day Weekend!
It’s National Arbor Day! Why not celebrate the delightful dendrological occasion by planting a tree in honor of your homeschool this week.
🦅 FRIDAY BIRD FAMILIES: Sylviid Warblers 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 Sylviid Warblers, Leaf Warblers, Grasshopper-Warblers, and Old World Flycatchers and Chats.
🖋 🌸 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 homeschool poem-of-the-week, from A.E. Housman, for the loveliest of trees.)
🦅 FRIDAY BIRD FAMILIES: Gnatcatchers, Dippers, & Kinglets
Come along on our homeschool tour of North American bird families and pick up some great science and natural history teaching tips along the way. This week: the tiny Gnatcatchers, Dippers, and Kinglets.
🐦 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: Nuthatches, Creepers, and Wrens
Come along on our homeschool tour of North American bird families and pick up some great science and natural history teaching ideas along the way. This week: the small and friendly Nuthatches, Creepers, and Wrens.
🦅 FRIDAY BIRD FAMILIES: Chickadees, Titmice, & 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 friendly and familiar Chickadees, Titmice, and their allies.
🦅 FRIDAY BIRD FAMILIES: Larks and Swallows
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.
🌸 HOMESCHOOL HOLIDAYS: Visit the Cherry Blossoms in Washington, D.C.
On this day 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 II)
Come along on our homeschool tour of North American birds and pick up some great science and natural history teaching ideas along the way. This week: the garrulous and gregarious Crows and Jays (Part II).
🦅 FRIDAY BIRD FAMILIES: Crows and Jays (Part I)
Come along on our homeschool tour of North American bird families and pick up some great science and natural history teaching ideas along the way. This week: the Crows and Jays (Part I), garrulous residents of town and country.
🦅 FRIDAY BIRD FAMILIES: Shrikes and Vireos
Come along on our homeschool tour of North American bird families and pick up some great science and natural history teaching tips along the way. This week: the predatory Shrikes and the plain but voluble Vireos.
🦅 FRIDAY BIRD FAMILIES: Tyrant Flycatchers and Becards
Come along on our homeschool tour of North American bird families and pick up some great science and natural history teaching tips along the way. This week: the Tyrant Flycatchers and the Becards.
🦜 FRIDAY BIRD FAMILIES: Parrots
Come along on our homeschool tour of North American bird families and pick up some great science and natural history teaching ideas along the way. This week: the Old World Parrots, and the African and New World Parrots.
🦅 FRIDAY BIRD FAMILIES: Caracaras and Falcons
Come along on our homeschool tour of North American bird families and pick up some great science and natural history teaching tips along the way. This week: the predatory and fast-flying Falcons and Caracaras.
🦅 FRIDAY BIRD FAMILIES: Woodpeckers
Come along on our homeschool tour of North American bird families and pick up some great science and natural history teaching tips along the way. This week: the Woodpeckers!
🐦 NATURE NOTES: Join the Great Backyard Bird Count!
Get your homeschool naturalists involved in the Great Backyard Bird Count, an annual international survey that will let you and your students make a real contribution to science.
🦅 FRIDAY BIRD FAMILIES: Trogons and Kingfishers
Come along on our homeschool tour of North American bird families and pick up some great science and natural history teaching tips along the way. This week: the tropical Trogons and the piscivorous Kingfishers.
🦉 FRIDAY BIRD FAMILIES: Barn Owls and Typical Owls
Come along on our homeschool tour of North American bird families and pick up some great science and natural history teaching tips along the way. This week: the Barn Owls and the Typical Owls.
🦅 FRIDAY BIRD FAMILIES: Vultures, Ospreys, Hawks, Kites, and Eagles
Come along on our homeschool tour of North American bird families and pick up some great science and natural history lessons along the way. This week: New World Vultures, Ospreys, Hawks, Kites, and Eagles.
