New Bird Field Guides

In the above photo the students are opening a box filled with books.  Not only do I feel it is important for young children to learn about birds and nature, I also feel that it is very important that they have the "tools" they need to explore.  Earlier in the year they received their very on South Dakota Backyard Birds field guide that features mostly birds seen in yards, but today they received Birds of the Dakotas, which shows many birds from different habitats.  This book was made available to the through a generous donor that I've never even met.  He gives me money every two years, so that I can purchase enough field guides for two years of students.  I'm very thankful for that donation!  

These bird field guides will stay in school until the last day of kindergarten.  The children will use them to practice their identification, to draw birds in their journal and for the bird riddle game that they love to play.  I hope when they bring them home, you will please keep these two books out, so that they can use them through the years.  They are not meant to be packed away as a keepsake, but rather to use.  This last book has color-coded tabs, so that if they see a red bird, they can go to the red section and look through the options.