Grouches, Handwashing, and Mushrooms - October 15

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Friday, October 15, 2021

Today is Global Handwashing Day, International Day of Rural Women, I Love Lucy Day, National Grouch Day, and National Mushroom Day.

This is National Metric Week, Earth Science Week, and Teen Read Week.

October is Apple Month, Chili Month, Down Syndrome Awareness Month, Dyslexia Awareness Month, Bullying Prevention Month, Country Music Month, National Arts & Humanities Month, Bat Appreciation Month, and Raptor Month.

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

THEME: GROUCHES

• Grades PreK-1 - PBS LearningMedia - Sesame Street - Grouchology Song (1:03)  - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - PBS LearningMedia - Sesame Street - Bill Hader: Grouchy (2:26)  - VIEW
• Grade PreK-2 - NHPBS Video - The Reading Room - The Grouchy Ladybug (27:00) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street -  Oscar's Rotten Ride Game - DO
• 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 - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street -  Step by Step Handwashing with Elmo Printable - DO
• Grades PreK-1 - Daniel Tiger - Germs Go Away - VIEW
• Grades PreK-3 - Meet the Helpers - Wash You Hands - VIEW and DO
• Grades PreK-3 - Meet the Helpers - Washing Hands to Stay Healthy - VIEW and DO
• Grades K-3 - Odd Squad - How TO Wash Your Hands -VIEW
• Grades 9-12- PBS LearningMedia - It's Okay to Be Smart - Why Soap Is Still Our Best Weapon Against Coronavirus - 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 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - How can you “Program” a Mushroom to Create Leather-like Materials? (5:22) - VIEW and DO
• 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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NHPBS  - 11.1   Comcast (802)   Live Stream   More Options

• 6-6:30 am NHPBS -  Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum - I Am Edmund Hillary/I Am Celia Cruz
• 6:30-7 am NHPBS - Arthur - Buster's Breathless/The Fright Stuff
• 7-7:30 am NHPBS - Molly of Denali - Tooth Or Consequences/Qyah Spy
• 7:30-8 am NHPBS - Wild Kratts - Blowfish Blowout
• 8-8:30 am NHPBS - Hero Elementary - When Fur Flies / Pumpkin Palooza
• 8:30-9 am NHPBS - Alma's Way - Alma's Showstopper/Ultimate Helper
• 2:30-3 pm NHPBS - Let's Go Luna! - The Big Squeeze/Meet The Presses
• 3-3:30 pm NHPBS - Nature Cat - Enter The Dragonfly/Water Woes
• 8-9 pm NHPBS - All-Star Orchestra

NHPBS EXPLORE  - 11.2   Comcast (801)   More Options

• 2:30-3 pm NHPBS EXPLORE - Elinor Wonders Why - The Science Of Staying Warm/The Seed Of An Idea
• 3-3:30 pm NHPBS EXPLORE - Hero Elementary - When Fur Flies / Pumpkin Palooza
• 3:30-4 pm NHPBS EXPLORE - Pinkalicious & Peterrific - Peter's Pet/Cupcake Calamity
• 4-4:30 pm NHPBS EXPLORE - Let's Go Luna! - D'orsay Day/Honey In Paris
• 4:30-5 pm NHPBS EXPLORE - Odd Squad - O Games
• 5-5:30 pm NHPBS EXPLORE -  Wild Kratts - Praying Mantis
• 5:30-6 pm NHPBS EXPLORE -  Molly of Denali - Operation Sleepover/Beneath The Surface
• 9:30-10:30 NHPBS EXPLORE - Frontline - Taliban Takeover

NH WORLD - 11.3   Comcast (965)  More Options

• 8-9 am NH WORLD - Nova - Arctic Drift
• 9-10 am NH WORLD - Impossible Builds - Ice World
• 10-11 am NH WORLD - Impossible Builds - Europe In The Desert
• 3-4:30 pm NH WORLD - America ReFramed - We Like It Like That

NH KIDS - 11.5  Schedule   Live Stream   More Options

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