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: New World Quail, Curassows, Guans, Partridges, Grouse, Turkeys, and Old World Quail.
🏞 Homeschool Natural History (Recent Posts)
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 archive 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: Ducks, Geese, and Swans (II)
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 Ducks, Geese, and Swans (Part II).
🦢 FRIDAY BIRD FAMILIES: Ducks, Geese, and Swans (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 Ducks, Geese, and Swans (Part I).
🦅 FRIDAY BIRD FAMILIES for 2021–2022: 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 2021–2022 homeschool year: getting to know your bird guide.
🐦 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 how you and your young naturalists can get started with bird study in the new 2021–2022 homeschool year ahead.
🦅 NATURE NOTES: The Beginning of Fall Migration
It still feels like summer, but the first signs of fall are beginning to appear all around us. Can your homeschool naturalists see them?
🦅 FRIDAY BIRD FAMILIES: Our 2020–2021 Tour is Complete!
Our 2020–2021 homeschool tour of all the birds of North America is now complete! Tune in next month for a new round of avian explorations for the upcoming 2021–2022 homeschool year.
🦅 FRIDAY BIRD FAMILIES: Accidental and Extinct Species
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 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 bird families and pick up some great science and natural history teaching ideas 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 bird families and pick up some great science and natural history teaching ideas along the way. This week: the brilliant Cardinals and their allies, including the American Tanagers, Grosbeaks, and Buntings.
