Word List: National Aviary

Word lists containing nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs are useful for many goals.  They can be used to target reading, spelling, writing, stuttering, voice strategies, articulation, phonological processes, vocabulary building, sentence structure, etc.  Thus, I have decided to post word lists relating to Pittsburgh.  This one is centered on the National Aviary, although you can use it while bird watching in your own backyard or at a park.  Obviously there are many, many words that pertain to this area so I have tried to limit my lists to 25-50 words.  If there is a word that you would like to be included, please post below!

I highly recommend visiting the aviary.  It is amazing how up close and personal you can get with the birds, which is thrilling for children of any age.  Many of the exhibits are walk-through with free-flying birds.  It is my new favorite place in Pittsburgh.  

Image retrieved from http://www.makefive.com/categories/experiences/travel/places-to-visit-in-pittsburgh1/national-aviary; posted by plmiller.

Image retrieved from aviary.org.

As with each of my lists, I suggest bringing it with you while you are out and about at any location.  Feel free to give this list directly to your child (if she can read) and have her check off each of the words that she encounters; customize the words for her particular goals.  (If you need some suggestions, please post below or e-mail me.)  Explain any unfamiliar words to her.

Admission

Aviary

Beak

Bird

Cage

Call

Canary

Chirp

Condor

Conservation

Contribute

Crest

Drink

Eagle

Eat

Egg

Feather

Feed

Field

Flipper

Float

Flock

Fly

Food

Fowl

Grassland

Hatch

Howl

Injury

Jump

Laboratory

Membership

Millet

Molt

Nectar

Nest

Owl

Parrot

Penguin

Perch

Rabbit

Rainforest

Run

Seed

Sing

Sloth

Sloth (yes, there is a sloth at the aviary!)

Swim

Swim

Talon

Tropical

Veterinarian

Walk

Water

Wildlife

Wing