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THPRD Native Plant Highlights with Ranger Kyle

Native Plant Highlights

• Red-Flowering Currant
• Western Serviceberry
• Tall Oregon Grape
  • Oregon-grape print and color page for kids
  • How to Identify Oregon Grape (Video)
• Common Camas
• Solomon’s Seal
• Trillium
• Oregon Sunshine
  • Portland Nursery: Oregon Sunshine
• Lupine
• Red Columbine

Where can I find native plants for my garden?

• Echo Valley Natives
• Farmington Gardens
• Local nurseries open now
• Plant Native

Native Plant Resources and Workshops:

• Backyard Tree Identification Guide
• Tualatin Soil and Water Conservation District
• Backyard Habitat Certification Program
• East Multnomah County Soil and Water Conservation District
• National Audubon Society
• City of Portland: Native Plants of the Willamette Valley
• Metro: Native Plants for Willamette Valley Yards
• Pacific Northwest Wildflowers
• Audubon Plants for Birds

THPRD Nature Bingo

THPRD Tree Journal

THPRD Fall Nature Findings

• NEW Preschool Nature Counting (PDF)
• NEW The Imagination Tree Preschool Counting Activities
• Nature and Mindfulness
• Nature & Mindfulness Sensory Awareness Activity (PDF)
• Project Learning Tree Activities for Families
• Nature Coloring and Activities (PDF)
• Bee Book
• Bee and Pollinator Activities
• Pacific Northwest Activity Book
• Family Game: Park Ranger
• Family Songs: Nature Kids Songs at Home
• Pollinator Sidewalk Obstacle Course
• Animal Crossing Scavenger Hunt
• Flower Dissection
• Sit Spots
• Nature Art and Writing
• Walking with Wonder
• Insect Word Search
• Nature Word Search
• Nature Collage Activity
• Animal Search and Color
• Nature Scenes Coloring
• Amphibian and Reptile Coloring
• Animal Evidence Scavenger Hunt

Pollinator Coloring Sheets

• Bee
• Butterfly
• Hummingbird
• Lifecycle of a Monarch Butterly Coloring Page

Bird Coloring Sheets

• Flicker
• Owl

Flying Friends Scavenger Hunt

Preschool Stories in the Forest with Shawna Hartung

• Part One: Heading Out, Sun and Wind, Bugs and Slugs
• NEWPart Two: Beachcombing, Rainy Days, Pond Dipping
  
• COMING SOON Part Three: Trees and Leaves, All About Flowers, Animal Tracking
  
• COMING SOON Part Four: In the Clouds, Star Gazing, Moon Watching
  

About Usborne Books

Must-Read Nature Books for Preschool Kids and Beyond:

• Kid's Nature Books List
• 40 Must Have Books for Preschoolers
• 100 Must Read Nature Books for Kids of All Ages

• THPRD Trails Maps
• Find a Park or Trail
• Oregon Field Guide
• Forest Bats of the Pacific Northwest
• Cooper Mountain Wildflowers
• How to Identify Pacific Northwest Conifers (Video)
• Top 10 THPRD Parks to Discover Conifers
• How to Identify Trailing Blackberry (Video)
• How to Identify Poison Oak (Video)
• Top THPRD Parks to Explore Spring Wildflowers
• Top 10 THPRD Parks for Native Plants
• Top THPRD Parks for Mammals
• Top THPRD Parks for Amphibians
• Top THPRD Parks for Reptiles
• Top 10 THPRD Parks for Bird-watching
• Top 10 Birds to Listen For
• Solve Oregon

• NEW Nature-based Mindfulness for Kids
• NEW Child Mind Institute
• NEW Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife: Salamanders and Newts
• NEWThe Nature Conservancy: Virtual Field Trips
• Natural Start Alliance
• Project Learning Tree Recommended Children's Books
• The Wandering Herpetologist
• North Cascades Institute's "Mountain School at Home" project
• Oregon State University Outdoor School Educational Resources for Stay Home, Stay Safe
• Growing up WILD
• Project Learning Tree: Activities to do at home
• Sharing Nature
• Children & Nature Network
• Nature Explore Families Club Kit
• Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds
• ODFW - Wildlife Viewing, Birds