Frogs and Toads

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Saturday, April 24, 2021

Today is Save the Frogs Day, New Kids on The Block Day

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Poem of the Day - April is National Poetry Month
Today's Theme: Frogs and Toads
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ON THIS DATE

• 1800 - President John Adams established the Library of Congress when he signs legislation to allocate $5,000 to purchase "such books as may be necessary for the use of Congress".
• 1898 - Spain declares war on the United States.
• 1990 - The Hubble Space Telescope is launched from the Space Shuttle Discovery.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1904 - Painter Willem de Kooning
• 1905 - Novelist and poet Robert Penn Warren
• 1934 - Actor Shirley MacLaine
• 1942 - Singer and actor Barbra Streisand

SONGS OF THE DAY 

Three Dog Night - Joy to the World - LISTEN

POEMS OF THE DAY 
Robert Penn Warren - Evening Hawk 
Hilaire Belloc - The Frog

THEME:  Frogs and Toads

• Grades PreK-12 - PBS Learning Media - Wind in the Willows: Toad and His Horse - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - This Frog - VIEW
  
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Kermit Sings Disco Frog - VIEW
  
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Frogs of the Glen - VIEW
  
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Caribbean Amphibian- VIEW
  
• Grades PreK-1 - Curious George Ribbit Game - DO
• PreK-3 - PBS LearningMedia - Everyday Learning - How a Frog Becomes a Frog - VIEW and DO
• Grades K-4 - NHPBS Video - Up Close & Natural - Frogs, Toads, and Salamanders - VIEW
• Grades K-5 - PBS LearningMedia - Young Explorers -Go Beyond: Frogs and Toads (Amphibians) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 4-6 - PBS LearningMedia - Dragonfly TV - Malformed Frogs - VIEW and DO
• Grades 4-6 - PBS LearningMedia - Dragonfly TV - Frog Scientist- VIEW
• Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Wildlife journal Junior - Anura - Frogs and Toads - READ
• Grades PreK-5 - NHPBS Video - Poison Dart Frogs at Little Rock Zoo - VIEW
• Grades 3-6 - NHPBS Video - Origami Jumping Frog - VIEW and DO
• Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - Northern Leopard Frogs Being Reintroduced Into The Wild - VIEW
• Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - Gross Science - Why Does This Frog Have So Many Legs? - VIEW 
• Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - Gross Science - Meet the Frog the Barfs Up its Babies - VIEW 

Watch 

• 9-11 am NH WORLD - Hemingway - The Blank Page (1944-1961)
• 6-6:30 pm NHPBS - Granite State Challenge - Exeter vs. Plymouth
• 8:30-10 pm NHPBS - Ken Burns: The National Parks

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