Free Field Guides & Exploration Resources
Made specially for kids!
These guides were designed by our staff to help kids deepen their curiosity about the natural world. They can be used in a variety of settings. Enjoy!
Bird Guide for Kids. This guide is specially designed for kids’ brains and hands. Download the computer-viewing or print-at-home version. Or you can purchase one or more here. Download the Bird Guide in Spanish here.
Download our Insect Guide: Learn about broad categories of insects.
Download our Leaf Shape Observation Sheet: learn to ID leaves.
Field Guide for Kids. This guide is specially designed for kids’ brains and hands. Download the computer-viewing (print-at-home version coming soon). Or you can purchase one or more here. Download the Field Guide in Spanish here.
Download our Urban Mammal Track & Scat ID: Footprints and poop.
Download our Winter’s Wonderful Backyard Birds ID sheet, to help learn the species visiting your chilly bird feeders this winter.
Banner photo: Students work on their nature journaling in nature. Photo by Carolyn Byers / Madison Audubon
