Pond Nature Study

Books

Nonfiction

• All About Turtles by Jim Arnosky
• Beavers by Gail Gibbons
• Frogs, Toads, Lizards and Salamanders by Nancy Winslow Parker
• Frogs by Gail Gibbons
• The Frog Book by Steve Jenkins
• Fanatical About Frogs by Owen Davey
• About Fish by Cathryn Sill
• What’s It Like to Be A Fish?
• Freshwater Fish and Fishing by Jim Arnosky
• Snakes by Gail Gibbons
• The Big Book of Bugs by Yuval Zommer
• Watching Water Birds by Jim Arnosky
• Ducks! by Gail Gibbons
• On Duck Pond by Jane Yolen
• Henry the Impatient Heron by Donna Love
• National Wildlife Federation World of Birds (pages 46-61)
• Marshes & Swamps by Gail Gibbons
• One Small Square: Pond
• Frogs, Toad, and Turtles Take-Along Guide
• Pond Life Golden Guide
• Nature Anatomy by Julia Rothman
• Curiositree: The Natural World (What’s In the Pond?)

Fiction

• Over and Under the Pond by Kate Messner
• Butternut Hollow Pond by Brian J. Henz
• Pond by Jim LaMarche
• Mr. Jeremy Fisher by Beatrix Potter
• Mossy by Jan Brett
• Make Way For Ducklings by Robert McCloskey
• Just Ducks by Nicola Davies
• It’s Mine by Leo Lionni
• Fish is Fish by Leo Lionni
• Frog and Toad by Arnold Lobel
• In the Small, Small Pond by Denise Fleming
• The Adventures of Paddy the Beaver by Thornton Burgess
• The Adventures of Grandfather Frog by Thornton Burgess
• Among the Pond People by Clara Dillingham Pierson

Printed Resources

Whole Ecosystem

• Pond Unit Study Bundle (Stephanie Hathaway Designs)
• Pond Life Cards (FREE from The Silvan Reverie)
  • Pond Life Sorting Categories (to sort the cards above)
• Pond Life Animal Flashcards (Fiddlesticks Ed)
• Pond Activities Pack (I Believe in Montessori)
• Book Seeds: Over and Under the Pond (Pond Collection, issue 1) (Blossom & Root)
• Book Seeds: Butternut Hollow Pond (Ponds Collection, issue 2) (Blossom & Root)
• The Pond: The Wild Child’s Nature Journal

Mammals

• Animal Tracks Nature Guide (Brave Grown Home)
• Animal Tracks Unit Study (Brave Grown Home)

Water Birds

• Wetland Birds Flash Cards (Fiddlesticks Ed)
• Bird Beak Adaptations (The Silvan Reverie)

Reptiles & Amphibians

• Parts of a Turtle poster (Mirus Toys)
• Parts of a Turtle 3-Part Cards (FREE from The Helpful Garden)
• Life Cycle of a Frog (real photos FREE in my Life Cycle printable!)
• Life Cycle of a Frog poster (Fiddlesticks Ed)
• Anatomy of a Frog poster (Green Urban Creative)

Freshwater Fish

• A Few Freshwater Fish poster (Twig & Moth)
• Parts of a Fish poster (Mirus Toys)
• Fish Anatomy 3-Part Cards (FREE from The Helpful Garden)

Insects

• Critter Cards (FREE from Little Oak Learning)
• Dragonfly Anatomy (Simply A Love)
• A Selection of Aquatic Macroinvertebrates (Illinois River Watch)
• A Children’s Guide to Aquatic Insects

Plant Life

• Aquatic and Wetland Plants (Montessori Print Shop)
• Common North American Wildflowers (The Silvan Reverie)