Apples and Johnny Appleseed and Rabbits - September 26

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Saturday, September 26, 2026

Today is Johnny Appleseed Day, International Rabbit Day, International Lace Day, National Ghost Hunting Day, Dumpling Day, Be Brave Day, Shamu the Whale Day, Key Lime Pie Day, Lumberjack Day, Record Store Day, and National Pancake Day.

• Hispanic/Latino Month Resource of the Day: Oh Noah
• Classical Music Month Resource of the Day: William Tell Overture by Gioachino Rossini
• Classical Music Resource of the Day: Bugs Bunny Opera 

 AMERICAN REVOLUTION HISTORY ON THIS DATE

1777 – American Revolution: British troops occupy Philadelphia.

1789 – George Washington appoints Thomas Jefferson as the first United States Secretary of State.

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Poems of the Day
Art of the Day
Today's Theme:  Apples and Johnny Appleseed

ON THIS DATE

• 1905 - Albert Einstein introduces his special theory of relativity in the third of his Annus Mirabilis papers.
• 1960 - Richard Nixon and John F. Kennedy meet in the first televised presidential debate.
• 1969- The Beatles' last album, Abbey Road, is released.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1774 - Gardener Johnny Appleseed
• 1849 - Russian physiologist Ivan Pavlov
• 1888 - British poet T. S. Eliot
• 1898 - Composer George Gershwin
• 1948 - Singer Olivia Newton-John (Olivia Newton-John Reads All Tucked In on Sesame Street)

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• The Osmonds - One Bad Apple - LISTEN
• George Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue - LISTEN
• Olivia Newton-John - I Honestly Love You - LISTEN
• Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit - LISTEN
  
• Elton John - Jack Rabbit - LISTEN
• Cab Calloway - Run Little Rabbit - LISTEN

POEMS OF THE DAY 

• Donald Hall - Apples
• Donald Hall - White Apples
• T.S. Elliot - The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock

ART OF THE DAY 

• Paul Cezanne - Still Life with Apples and Pears (ca.1892-92)

THEME:  APPLES AND JOHNNY APPLESEED

• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - A is for Apple with Elmo (1:25) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Eating Apples (1:57) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Super Grover Saves Elmo's Apple (3:10) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - The Case of Ernie's Apple (3:35) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - PBS LearningMedia - Snack Hacks - Apple Donuts (0:30) - VIEW and DO
• Grades PreK-2 - Curious George - Apple Picking Game - DO
• PreK-3 - PBS LearningMedia - Valley's Gold - Apples (2:24) - VIEW
• Grades 3-8 - PBS LearningMedia - Know Ohio - Johnny Appleseed (2:24) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NPR - All Things Considered - Johnny Appleseed Planted Stories Of Myth, Adventure (8:48)  - LISTEN
• Grade 6-12 - US Apples - Apple Varieties - READ
• Grades 6-12 - Mental Floss - 9 Facts That Tell the True Story of Johnny Appleseed - READ

THEME: Rabbits

• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Mumford's Magic Rabbit (2:17) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Elmo and Rabbit Discuss Practice (0:54) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Cookie Bunny is Coming to Town (2:16) - VIEW
• Grades K-4 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nature -  Rabbits vs. Hares Collection - VIEW and DO
• Grades K-5 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Chinese Folktale: The Little Rabbits (6:58) - VIEW and DO
• Grades K-5 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nature - Remarkable Rabbits Clips - VIEW and DO
• Grades 4-6 - NHPBS LearningMedia - DragonflyTV - Rabbits (7:37) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 4-12 - NHPBS NatureWorks - Leporidae - Rabbits, Hares - READ
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nature - Remarkable Rabbits - Snowshoe Hare Population Cycles (4:40) -  VIEW and DO

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