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Friday, April 2, 2021

Today is National Ferret Day, National Peanut Butter and Jelly Day, International Children's Book Day, World Autism Day, and Good Friday.

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

  • 1513 - Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon lands in Florida.
  • 1792 - The Coinage Act is passed establishing the United States Mint.
  • 1917 - President  Woodrow Wilson asks Congress to declare war against Germany.

BIRTHDAYS

SONGS OF THE DAY 

Marvin Gaye - What's Going On - LISTEN
Emmylou Harris - 
Boulder to Birmingham - LISTEN

POEM OF THE DAY
Anne Waldman - Cabin

THEME:  Autism

  • Grades PreK - PBS Learning Media - Sesame Street in CommunitiesAutism - VIEW, READ, DO
  • Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Meet Julia  -VIEW
  • Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Autism Resource for Parents (and children) - READ, VIEW, DO
  • Grades PreK-3 - Arthur - When Carl Met George - VIEW
  • Grades 5-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Move to Include - Jack’s Autism Journey - VIEW
  • Grades 5-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Move to Include - Autism in Young Children - VIEW
  • Grades 5-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Move to Include - Home ad Family Strategies for Children with Autism - VIEW
  • Grades 5-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Move to Include - Transition to Independence: Adults with Autism - VIEW
  • Grades 5-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Move to Include - What It Is like to Be Autistic - VIEW
  • Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - NOVA scienceNOW - Magic and Autism - VIEW
  • Grade 6-12 - PBS LeearningMedia - Devin Wildes: Artist - VIEW and DO
  • Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Autism: Behind the Camera - VIEW
  • Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Autism: Behind the Lens - VIEW
  • Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - The Life Autistic Documentary - VIEW

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More Learning Resources

Looking for some super cool crafts to do with your kids? Or maybe you need some expert parenting resources to help raise your child? You can find it all right here:

PBS KIDS CRAFTS & PBS PARENTING TIPS

PBS LearningMedia

PBS LearningMedia

NHPBS and PBS have curated FREE, standards-aligned videos, interactives, lesson plans, and more for educators. You can also create your own lessons and assignments to meet the needs of your students.

Annenberg

Annenberg Learner

Searchable online video courses and interactives across the curriculum and grade levels in areas like chemistry, literature, music, the visual arts, social studies, world languages storytelling, spelling and lots more.

Brainpop

Brainpop

Features over 1,000 animated shorts and quizzes for students in grades K-12 covering science, social studies, English, math, the arts, health, and technology.  The service is free to schools closed due to COVID-19.

Scholastic

Scholastic Learn At Home

Everyday Scholastic will feature four learning experiences, built around a story or video.

Storyline Online

StoryLine Online

A series of imaginatively produced videos featuring celebrated actors reading children's books.


Local Learning Resources

The best of NH learning resources from around the state.

  • Cheshire County Historical Society

  • New Hampshire Public Radio:

    • Civics 101 -  Tons of great (and free!) audio, activities, resources, and lessons to help you stay engaged with civics.
    • Ask Sam - Ask Sam features Outside/In host Sam Evans-Brown answering listener questions about the mysteries and quirks of the natural world.
  • Seacoast Science Center in Odiorne Point State Park

    • Learning Connection - Even though their doors are closed, we’re still here to connect you to the inspirational powers of nature and engage you in learning. 
  • Squam Lakes Natural Science Center

  • Strawbery Banke Museum

    • Online Learning - Virtual Tours, the Virtual Classroom, artifacts of the week, featured items from the Collections, Horticulture Learning Center materials, and more.
  • Tiger Takes On

 


PBS KIDS!

PBS Kids for Teachers/Caregivers/Parents

  • PBS for Parents
    A guide of PBS resources targeted for parents teaching kids, features a great activity finder
  • PBS Education
    The greatest teachers ignite a love of learning and a sense of possibility that motivates students to reach their full potential.
  • PBS Teachers' Lounge
    This site has great teaching tips, ideas, resources and support for teachers.
  • PBS KIDS Games app
    Offers nearly 200 educational games, which can be downloaded for offline play anytime, anywhere. 



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