Grouches, Handwashing, and Mushrooms - October 15

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Thursday, October 15, 2026

Today is Conflict Resolution Day, Global Handwashing Day, I Love Lucy Day, International Credit Union Day, International Day of Rural Women, National Cheese Curd Day, National Chicken Cacciatore Day, National Grouch Day, and National Mushroom Day.

Wild Animal Month Cam of the Day: Monterey Bay Aquarium Spider Crab Cam
Dessert Month Dessert of the Day: Maple Walnut Stuffed Baked Apples

 AMERICAN REVOLUTION HISTORY ON THIS DATE

1781 – The Battle of Raft Swamp marks the last battle fought in North Carolina during the American Revolutionary War with a Patriot victory. It occurred four days before the British surrender at Yorktown.

On This Date
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Poem of the Day
Art of the Day
Today's Theme:  Grouches, Handwashing, Mushrooms

ON THIS DATE

• 1783 - The Montgolfier brothers' hot air balloon makes the first human ascent.
• 1860 - Eleven-year-old Grace Bedell wrote a letter to presidential candidate Abraham Lincoln, saying he would look better with a beard.
• 1954 - Hurricane Hazel hits the eastern seaboard of North America, killing 95.
• 1966 - Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale form the Black Panther Party.

BIRTHDAYS

• 70 BC - Roman poet Virgil
• 1844 - German philosopher Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
• 1920 - Author Mario Puzo
• 1943 - Actor and director Penny Marshall
• 1959 - Chef Emeril Lagasse

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• The Beatles - I Want To Hold Your Hand  - LISTEN
• Fifth Dimension - Up Up & Away, My Beautiful Balloon - LISTEN

POEM OF THE DAY 

• David Ferry - Virgil, Aeneid, II, ii. 250–267

ART OF THE DAY 

• Mary Vaux Walcott - Untitled--Study of Mushrooms (1880)

THEME: GROUCHES

• Grades PreK-1 - PBS LearningMedia - Sesame Street - Grouchology Song (1:03)  - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - PBS LearningMedia - Sesame Street - Bill Hader is Grouchy (2:26)  - VIEW
• Grade PreK-2 - NHPBS Video - The Reading Room - The Grouchy Ladybug (27:00) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-12 - Sesame Street - Oscar and Johnny Cash - Nasty Dan (2:10) - VIEW

THEME: HANDWASHING

• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Washy Wash Song: How to Wash Your Hands (0:30) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Step-by-Step Handwashing with Elmo Printable - DO
• Grades PreK-1 - Daniel Tiger - Germs Go Away (1:12) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-3 - Meet the Helpers - Wash Your Hands (0:40) - VIEW and DO
• Grades PreK-3 - Meet the Helpers - Washing Hands to Stay Healthy (0:50) - VIEW and DO
• Grades K-3 - Odd Squad - How To Wash Your Hands (1:00) - VIEW

THEME:  MUSHROOMS

• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - EcoSense for Living - The Secret Life of Mushrooms (9:44) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Deep Look - This Mushroom Starts Killing You Before You Even Realize It (3:31) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - SciTech Now - Can Mushrooms Help to Save the Honeybees? (5:28) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Crash Course Biology - Fungi: Death Becomes Them (11:50) - VIEW

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