I have a free Northern Cardinal lapbook today. The cardinal is a fun colorful winter bird easy to study. Also, look for more lapbooks on my page Homeschool Lapbooks – Powerful Tools For Mastery Learning.
It’s easy to see why young and old fall in love with studying the Cardinal for nature.
It’s such a beautiful and bright bird during winter and because it doesn’t migrate, it’s a great bird to study really at anytime.
Colorful Winter Bird Northern Cardinal
Here are some things you’ll love to enhance your unit study.
- Grab this one page pdf with helpful information to study about the cardinal.
- Grab this four page pdf with facts and information.
- Northern Cardinal coloring page.
- Upcycled Hanging Bird Feeder.
- Life in a Nest.
- Free printable cardinal craft.
- Yarn wrapped cardinal.
- Cardinal in the winter hand art.
- Free bird nature study printables.
- Step by step easy tutorial to draw a cardinal.
Free coloring page of a Northern Cardinal that would make a great cover for your lapbook or just for fun.
Northern Cardinal Lapbook
- Black and white clip art to add to the outside flaps of your lapbook or to add to your notebooking page.
- Craft – make a cardinal in a pine shadow box.
- Northern Cardinal Field Guide.
- Toilet Paper Roll Bird Feeder Craft.
- Birds Printables. Bird communication 22 page pdf download.
Also, we have been using this Beautiful Birds Unit Study. I know you’ll love it.
More Northern Cardinal Hands-on Learning Activities
- Cardinal Birds in Winter and Birch Trees Easy Watercolor Kids Activity
- How to Make a Chalk Pastel Bird Nest Easy Drawing
- Free Bird Journal – Hands-on Nature (Coloring & Identification Pages)
- Free Bird Unit Study and Lapbook And Fun Edible Bird Nests
- How to Paint a Cardinal Bird With Kids
Finally, add some of these books to your reading list.
Books for Kids About Northern Cardinals
I lean toward living books first, then add in reference type books when assisting my kids to learn.
12 Northern Cardinal Bird Books and Resources For Children
Add a book or two to your unit study or to your learning day. Cardinals are fun to study anytime of the year.
Packed with information, the writing is clear and direct and accessible to bird watchers at every level.
With bird facts, an identification guide, and how-to instructions, this is a perfect children’s introduction to bird-watching.
The morning begins like any other. Albert reaches out the window to check the weather. But from the moment a twig lands in the palm of his hand, life is never the same
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One autumn evening, Little Redbird settled down for one last sleep before flying south for winter. As he slept, a strong gust of wind shook him from his cozy nest . . .
. . . Little Redbird hurts his wing and misses his chance to fly south for the winter. As he searches for a new home amongst the trees, he begins to realize that not all trees are fit for the winter cold. As more and more trees refuse him shelter, too preoccupied with their preparations for the frost, Little Redbird fears the worst. That is, until he comes across a friendly bunch of evergreens.
In the spirit of Oscar Wilde's The Happy Prince, Why Evergreens Keep Their Leaves is a timeless story of kindness and why the fir, spruce, and juniper trees are evergreen all winter long.
The Sibley Field Guide to Birds is now transformed into 100 easy-to-reference cards housed in one handsome pull-drawer gift box. Divided into one stack of 50 common Western and Eastern North American birds, and one stack of 50 common birds found across North America, each card features precise illustrations and text concerning habitat, behavior, and voice description necessary for easy identification.
The vibrant red of the male Northern Cardinal is stunning any time of year—and nothing is more beautiful than the early spring duets of cardinals singing their hearts out. You love these beloved birds, and you want to see them visiting your backyard or garden. Professional naturalist and award-winning author Stan Tekiela teaches you all that you need to know about cardinals.
The vibrant red of the male Northern Cardinal is stunning any time of year. And nothing is more beautiful than the early spring duets of cardinals singing their hearts out.
Kids and adults of all ages love these birds, and are captivated by their sounds. They also make great baby toys, and sensory toys for kids any age.
Includes 3 Realistically designed bird toys that produce authentic bird calls from the Cornell lab of ornithology archives of bird recordings.
The Burgess Bird Book for Children (1919) is a classic nature book by Thornton Burgess, who introduces young listeners to the subject of bird life by means of a series of interviews within a story. Peter Rabbit and Jenny Wren interview Slaty the Junco, Redwing the Blackbird, Melody the Wood Thrush, Spooky the Screech Owl, and many other common birds to learn about their appearance, their eating, mating and nesting habits, and their songs and calls. The text remains popular as an exceptional combination of information and entertainment.
Whos that singing in the backyard? Its a cardinal! Find out where cardinals live, what they eat, and how to identify the birds and their eggs.
Minibooks Included in the Free Cardinal Lapbook
- Pieces to glue on the front outside cover
- Do Northern Cardinals Migrate in the Winter
- Cardinal Facts
- Seeds, Grains, and Legumes
- What is the difference between Song and a Call?
- Eggs
- Chicks
- Juveniles
- Range and Habitat
- Did You Know
- About nest building
- John James Audubon quote
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