If you’re planning on doing a bird unit study or just want to teach your kids how to identify birds, I have some free bird identification resources that you’ll like.
Some of these resources are online goodies like guides, tips, and how-to’s. Others are printables such as bird journals, 3-part cards, activity sheets, bird ID help, and games.
Use these resources for your next nature study or science lesson.
Bird Identification Resources
All About Birds: This site by Cornell Lab of Ornithology has a guide, tips, printables, and other helpful resources.
Bird Sleuth: This Cornell Lab site is set up for K-12 learning. It has info and resources for homeschoolers, teachers, after programs and more.
Audubon: The National Audubon Society has the North American Bird Guide and other help for birding on its site.
Mass Audubon: This is a link to the Young Explorers activity sheets for learning about birds.
National Geographic: This is the bird section of the National Geographic site.
Natural Beach Living: Get Backyard Birds 3-Part Cards on Natural Beach Living.
Red Ted Art: Get a free printable for bird watching from Red Ted Art.
Tina’s Dynamic Homeschool Plus: You’ll find a free bird journal with coloring and identification pages on this site.
Walking by the Way: Get bird watching pages from Ami on this site.
Buggy and Buddy: You’ll find a free bird record book printable here.
Free Homeschool Deals: Your kids can play Backyard Birds Bingo with the printable on this site.
Mr. Nussbaum: Mr. Nussbaum has a ton of educational resources for teaching kids about birds on his site.
Freshly Planted: You’ll find Bird Bingo printables on this homeschool site.
Woodland Trust: Get garden bird ID sheets for kids on this UK site.
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