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.
🏞 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: 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.
🦅 FRIDAY BIRD FAMILIES: Herons, Bitterns, Ibises, and Spoonbills
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 Herons, Bitterns, Ibises, and Spoonbills, all long-legged wading birds.
🦅 FRIDAY BIRD FAMILIES: Storks, Frigatebirds, Cormorants, Pelicans, & More
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: the Storks, Frigatebirds, Boobies, Gannets, Cormorants, Darters, and Pelicans.
🦅 FRIDAY BIRD FAMILIES: Shearwaters, Petrels, and Storm-Petrels
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 Shearwaters, Petrels, and Storm-Petrels, birds of the open ocean.
🦅 FRIDAY BIRD FAMILIES: Tropicbirds, Loons, and Albatrosses
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 water-loving Tropicbirds, Loons, and Albatrosses.
🦅 FRIDAY BIRD FAMILIES: Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers (Part II)
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 strong-flying Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers (Part II).
🦅 FRIDAY BIRD FAMILIES: Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers (Part I)
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 strong-flying Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers (Part I).
🦅 FRIDAY BIRD FAMILIES: Skuas, Jaegers, Auks, Murres, and Puffins
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 Skuas and Jaegers, and the Auks, Murres, and Puffins, two widespread groups of oceanic birds.
🦅 FRIDAY BIRD FAMILIES: Sandpipers (Part 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 long-legged Sandpipers (Part II), familiar shorebirds all around the world.
🐦 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: Sandpipers (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 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 bird families and pick up some great science and natural history teaching ideas along the way. This week: the Lapwings, Plovers, and Jacanas.
🦅 FRIDAY BIRD FAMILIES: Stilts, Avocets, and Oystercatchers
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: the long-legged Stilts, Avocets, and Oystercatchers.
🦅 FRIDAY BIRD FAMILIES: Limpkins, Rails, Gallinules, Coots, and Cranes
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 Limpkins, Rails, Gallinules, Coots, and Cranes.
🦅 FRIDAY BIRD FAMILIES: Swifts and Hummingbirds
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 Swifts and Hummingbirds, aerial acrobats all.
🦅 FRIDAY BIRD FAMILIES: Cuckoos, Roadrunners, Anis, and Goatsuckers
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 Cuckoos, Roadrunners, Anis, and Goatsuckers. (All birds with funny names!)
⛏ NATURE NOTES: It’s 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 bird families and pick up some great science and natural history teaching ideas 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 bird families and pick up some great science and natural history teaching ideas 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 bird families and pick up some great science and natural history lessons along the way. This week: 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 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 (Part I)
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 Ducks, Geese, and Swans (Part I).
🦅 FRIDAY BIRD FAMILIES for 2022–2023: 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 2022–2023 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 homeschool year ahead.
