Kitchen Kids, Peanuts, and Roald Dahl - September 13

Recipe for Learning

Tuesday, September 13, 2022

  • Today is  Fortune Cookie Day, Programmers Day, Kids Take Over The Kitchen Day, Celiac Awareness Day, National Peanut Day, Scooby-Doo Day, Uncle Sam Day, and Roald Dahl Day.
  • September is National Square Dancing Month, National Food Safety Education Month, Classical Music Month, Library Card Sign-up Month, National Hispanic Heritage Month, National Save A Tiger Month, College Savings Month, and Be Kind To Editors & Writers Month.

  • Hispanic/Latino Resource of the Day: Origin of Everything: Why Do We Say Latino?

  • Classical Music Resource of the Day: State of the Arts:  Classical Music: Strange Bedfellows

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme:  Kitchen Kids and Peanuts
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ON THIS DATE

  • 1788 - The Philadelphia Convention sets the date for the first U.S. presidential election and names New York City as the temporary capital. 
  • 1948 - Maine's Margaret Chase Smith is elected to the U.S. Senate and becomes the first woman to serve in both the House and the Senate.
  • 1971 - State police and National Guardsmen storm Attica Prison in New York to stop rioting. 
  • 1989 - Desmond Tutu leads the largest anti-apartheid march ever held in South Africa.
  • 1993 -  Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Palestine Liberation Organization chairman Yasser Arafat sign the Oslo Accords at the White House granting Palestine limited autonomy.

BIRTHDAYS

SONGS OF THE DAY 

  • The Kiboomers - Found a Peanut - LISTEN
  • Arthur Schoenberg - Verklärte Nacht, Op.4 - LISTEN

THEME: KITCHEN KIDS

  • Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - C is for Cooking with Anthony Mackie (2:12)  - VIEW
  • Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Elmo's Learning About Cooking (0:51) - VIEW
  • Grades PreK-2 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Daniel Tiger - Making Dumplings (2:17) -VIEW
  • Grades PreK-2 - Daniel Tiger - Cooking with Daniel (1:51) - VIEW
  • Grades PreK-3 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Kid Vision - Cooking School Field Trip (8:50) - VIEW and DO
  • Grades PreK-3 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nature Cat -Cook Up Some Edible Slime (1:22) - VIEW and DO
  • Grades K-3 - Ready Jet Go! - Cooking School Game - DO
  • Grades K-4 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Arthur - Kooky Cooking - DO
  • Grades K-8 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Zoom - Cooking Cookies with Solar Power (3:12) -  VIEW, READ, DO
  • Grades 4-8 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Healthy Eating - Cooking Across Generations (2:51) - VIEW, READ, DO
  • Grades 4-8 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Healthy Eating - Cooking for a Good Cause (2:48)  - VIEW, READ, DO
  • Grades 4-8 - NHPBS Video - SciGirls - Science Cooks (28:00) - VIEW
  • Grades Professional Development - NHPBS LearningMedia - Classroom Close-up -  Cooking with Culture (4:11) -  VIEW
  • Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Video - Amy LaBelle's Cooking with Kids - VIEW and DO
  • Grades 4-12 - Twice As Good - VIEW

THEME: PEANUTS

  • Grades PreK-4 - Arthur - Peanut Allergy Collection - READ, VIEW, DO
  • Grades 3-7 - NHPBS LearningMedia George Washington Carver:  Scientist, Inventor, and Teacher (Available in Spanish) (4:02) - VIEW
  • Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Virginia Peanuts (29:09) - VIEW
  • Grades 9-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia -The Peanut Solution (4:40) - VIEW, READ, DO

THEME: ROALD DAHL

  • Grades 2-6 - NHPBS Video - Rainbow Readers - Loren Cook - Matilda Review (0:53) - VIEW
  • Grades 2-6 - NHPBS Video - Rainbow Readers - Owen Cook - Matilda Review (0:32) - VIEW
  • Grades 2-6 - NHPBS Video - Rainbow Readers - Mia Jackson - Fantastic Mr. Fox Review (0:57) - VIEW
  • Grades 3-6 - ReadWriteThink - Roald Dahl Activities and Resources - READ and DO
  • Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Antiques Roadshow - Roald Dahl: 1973 Letters and Poems (1:51) - VIEW
  • Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Antiques Roadshow - 1964 Autographed Roald Dahl Book (1:22) - VIEW
  • Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Antiques Roadshow - 1964 Inscribed Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Roald Dahl Book (3:41) - VIEW
  • Grades 8-12 - BBC - The Marvelous World of Roald Dahl (59:11) - VIEW
  • Grades 9-12 - BBC - The Dark Side of Roald Dahl - READ
  • Grades 9-12 - BBC - Newsround - Seven Fantastic Facts About Roald Dahl - READ

Watch 

NHPBS  - 11.1   Comcast (802)   Live Stream   More Options
NHPBS EXPLORE  - 11.2   Comcast (801)   More Options
NH WORLD - 11.3   Comcast (965)  More Options
NH KIDS - 11.5  Schedule   Live Stream   More Options

SCHOOLS THAT CHANGE COMMUNITIES
Tuesday, 9/13 from 2-3 pm NH WORLD
K-12 public schools in five states - Massachusetts, Maryland, South Dakota, Oregon, and California - are tackling educational reform at the local level. Principals, teachers, students, residents, and others discuss place- and community-based education, an interdisciplinary approach that emphasizes hands-on, curiosity-based investigation using the surrounding community and neighborhoods as "living" classrooms.

SHAW RISING
Tuesday, 9/13 from 3-4 pm NH WORLD
Shaw University started in 1865 with a bible class for newly freed slaves in Raleigh, North Carolina, and fought prejudice post-Civil War, to become a co-educational college, teaching medicine, law, and religion. Despite Jim Crow laws, Shaw rises again during the Civil Rights Movement and today, as the oldest Historically Black College in the South, continues to face challenges to its existence. SHAW RISING Streaming Video

BECOMING TRAUMA RESPONSIVE
Tuesday, 9/13 from 4-5 pm NH WORLD
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, schools across the United States strained to meet the social and emotional needs of students. Most school districts reported significant increases in depression and general anxiety from students and educators alike, underscoring the need for trauma-informed training, practices, and resources. BECOMING TRAUMA RESPONSIVE Streaming Video

FACING SUICIDE
Tuesday, 9/13 from 9-10:30 pm NHPBS
Explore the powerful stories of those impacted by suicide-one of America's most urgent health crises-and journey to the front lines of research with scientists whose work is leading to better prevention and treatment. FACING SUICIDE Streaming Video

LOSING LAMBERT: A JOURNEY THROUGH SURVIVAL AND HOPE
Tuesday, 9/13 from 10:30-11 pm NHPBS
Kathy O'Hern Fowler, who lost her 16-year-old son to suicide in 1995, spent years struggling with the loss and grief. However, the life-altering experience led her to advocate for other parents who tragically find themselves in the same position. LOSING LAMBERT Streaming Video


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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