Round and Round and Up and Down Learning
Friday, July 25, 2025
Today is Merry-Go-Round Day, National Hot Fudge Sundae Day, Hire A Veteran Day, National Wine and Cheese Day, World Drowning Prevention Day, and System Administrator Appreciation Day.
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
National Park Month Resource of the Day
Ice Cream Month Resource of the Day
Today's Theme: Merry-Go-Rounds, Maxfield Parrish, and Puerto Rico
ON THIS DATE
BIRTHDAYS
SONG OF THE DAY
- Joni Mitchell - The Circle Game - LISTEN
- The Hollies - On a Carousel - LISTEN
- Blood, Sweat & Tears - Spinning Wheel - LISTEN
NATIONAL PARK MONTH RESOURCE OF THE DAY
National Park of American Samoa - GO
ICE CREAM MONTH RESOURCE OF THE DAY
Martha Speaks Operation Ice Cream Game - PLAY
THEME: MERRY-GO-ROUNDS
- Grades PreK-2- Pinkalicious & Peterrific - The Zebra Merry Go Round! - VIEW
- Grades 7-12 - Teaching Ideas for Langston Hughes' Poem "Merry Go Round" - VIEW and DO
THEME: MAXFIELD PARRISH
- Grades 4-12 - National Museum of American Illustration - READ and VIEW
- Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Shakespeare Uncovered - Twelfth Night (2:44) - VIEW
THEME: PUERTO RICO
- Grades PreK-2 - Alma's Way - Alma Goes to Puerto Rico (45:15) - VIEW
- Grades 5-12 - PBS LearningMedia - SciGirls - Dr. Amelia Merced - Biologist in Puerto Rico (In Spanish) (3:38) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Puerto Rico's Bomba, A Dance of The African Diaspora (6:33) -VIEW
- Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Craft in America - Mosaic Artist Rebuilds His Community in Puerto Rico (4:42) - VIEW
- Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - The Island Next Door: Puerto Rico and Connecticut After Hurricane Maria (26:48) - VIEW
- Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Culture Quest - Puerto Rico (27:59) - VIEW
- Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Frontline - Blackout in Puerto Rico (54:47) - VIEW
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Global Perspectives - Luis Martinez-Fernadez - History of Cuba and Puerto Rico (26:46) - VIEW
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - The Migrant Kitchen - Puerto Rico: Food Sovereignty (26:47) - VIEW
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:
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.
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.
Everyday Scholastic will feature four learning experiences, built around a story or video.
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.
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Cheshire County Historical Society
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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.
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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.
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Squam Lakes Natural Science Center
- A resource to keep you connected to nature - Enjoy nature at home with these online learning experiences brought to you by the Science Center’s Naturalists.
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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.
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Tiger Takes On

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.